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Robert Wu — 28 Patents

Applied Materials: 24 patents #516 of 7,310Top 8%
AEAdvanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment: 1 patents #26 of 61Top 45%
HP: 1 patents #11,359 of 7,018Top 165%
Fort Collins, CO: #128 of 3,421 inventorsTop 4%
Colorado: #1,181 of 40,980 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Robert Wu has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in August 2011. Robert Wu ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Robert Wu in Fort Collins, CO, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7992518 Silicon carbide gas distribution plate and RF electrode for plasma etch chamber Tuqiang Ni 2011-08-09
6800213 Precision dielectric etch using hexafluorobutadiene Ji Ding, Hidehiro Kojiri, Yoshio Ishikawa, Keiji Horioka, Ruiping Wang +1 more 2004-10-05
6776873 Yttrium oxide based surface coating for semiconductor IC processing vacuum chambers Jennifer Y. Sun, Shun Wu, Senh Thach, Ananda H. Kumar, Hong Wang +2 more 2004-08-17
6513452 Adjusting DC bias voltage in plasma chamber Hongching Shan, Evans Lee, Michael Welch, Bryan Pu, Paul Luscher +2 more 2003-02-04 $18,252,000
6454898 Inductively coupled RF Plasma reactor having an overhead solenoidal antenna and modular confinement magnet liners Kenneth S. Collins, Michael R. Rice, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Craig A. Roderick, Eric Askarinam +5 more 2002-09-24 $13,765,000
6432318 Dielectric etch process reducing striations and maintaining critical dimensions Ji Ding, Hidehiro Kojiri, Yoshio Ishikawa, Keiji Horioka, Ruiping Wang +1 more 2002-08-13 $22,156,000
6379574 Integrated post-etch treatment for a dielectric etch process Hui Ou-Yang, Chih-Ping Yang, Lin-Xiu Ye, Chih-Pang Chen, You-Neng Cheng +2 more 2002-04-30 $26,677,000
6361705 Plasma process for selectively etching oxide using fluoropropane or fluoropropylene Ruiping Wang, Gerald Yin, Hao Lu, Jian Ding 2002-03-26 $33,068,000
6308654 Inductively coupled parallel-plate plasma reactor with a conical dome Gerhard Schneider, Viktor Shel, Andrew Nguyen, Gerald Yin 2001-10-30 $79,129,000
6221782 Adjusting DC bias voltage in plasma chamber Hongching Shan, Evans Lee, Michael Welch, Bryan Pu, Paul Luscher +2 more 2001-04-24 $56,824,000
6183655 Tunable process for selectively etching oxide using fluoropropylene and a hydrofluorocarbon Ruiping Wang, Gerald Yin, Jian Ding 2001-02-06 $70,544,000
6074512 Inductively coupled RF plasma reactor having an overhead solenoidal antenna and modular confinement magnet liners Kenneth S. Collins, Michael R. Rice, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Craig A. Roderick, Eric Askarinam +5 more 2000-06-13 $124,024,000
6074959 Method manifesting a wide process window and using hexafluoropropane or other hydrofluoropropanes to selectively etch oxide Ruiping Wang, Gerald Yin, Jian Ding 2000-06-13 $124,024,000
6009830 Independent gas feeds in a plasma reactor Haojiang Li 2000-01-04 $125,197,000
5986875 Puncture resistant electrostatic chuck Arik Donde, Hyman J. Levinstein, Andreas Hegedus, Edwin C. Weldon, Shamouil Shamouilian +2 more 1999-11-16 $69,047,000
5965463 Silane etching process Chunshi Cui, Gerald Yin 1999-10-12 $64,159,000
5910221 Bonded silicon carbide parts in a plasma reactor 1999-06-08 $70,049,000
5904778 Silicon carbide composite article particularly useful for plasma reactors Hao Lu, Nianci Han, Gerald Yin 1999-05-18 $64,674,000
5891350 Adjusting DC bias voltage in plasma chambers Hong Ching Shan, Evans Lee, Michael Welch, Bryan Pu, Paul Luscher +2 more 1999-04-06 $106,761,000
5865937 Broad-band adjustable power ratio phase-inverting plasma reactor Hongching Shan, Hiroji Hanawa, Michael Welch 1999-02-02 $58,566,000
5729423 Puncture resistant electrostatic chuck Arik Donde, Hyman J. Levinstein, Andreas Hegedus, Edwin C. Weldon, Shamouil Shamouilian +2 more 1998-03-17 $79,338,000
5607542 Inductively enhanced reactive ion etching Gerald Yin 1997-03-04 $23,013,000
5605637 Adjustable dc bias control in a plasma reactor Hongching Shan, Evans Lee 1997-02-25 $55,158,000
5585012 Self-cleaning polymer-free top electrode for parallel electrode etch operation Hyman J. Levinstein, Hongching Shan 1996-12-17 $28,233,000
5560780 Protective coating for dielectric material on wafer support used in integrated circuit processing apparatus and method of forming same Jian Ding 1996-10-01 $64,906,000