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Sam Lee — 11 Patents

Applied Materials: 6 patents #1,938 of 7,310Top 30%
HCHitco Carbon Composites: 3 patents #4 of 12Top 35%
MIMicrochem: 1 patents #7 of 20Top 35%
SCSgl Carbon Composites: 1 patents #5 of 8Top 65%
TCThe University Of Chicago: 1 patents #530 of 1,377Top 40%
Kalispell, MT: #36 of 262 inventorsTop 15%
Montana: #213 of 3,198 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Sam Lee has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in November 2024. Sam Lee ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Sam Lee in Kalispell, MT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12146235 Plating and deplating currents for material co-planarity in semiconductor plating processes Paul R. McHugh, Charles Sharbono, Jing Xu, John L. Klocke, Keith E. Ypma 2024-11-19 $80,955,000
11814744 Substrate cleaning components and methods in a plating system Nolan L. Zimmerman, Gregory J. Wilson, Andrew Anten, Richard W. Plavidal, Eric J. Bergman +2 more 2023-11-14 $33,075,000
11788200 Fluid recovery in semiconductor processing Kyle M. Hanson, Eric J. Bergman 2023-10-17 $42,568,000
11352711 Fluid recovery in semiconductor processing Kyle M. Hanson, Eric J. Bergman 2022-06-07 $46,649,000
10618925 Tungsten precursor Jong Taik Lee, Jun-Young Lee, Ho Seob Kim 2020-04-14
9922874 Methods of enhancing polymer adhesion to copper Prayudi Lianto, Charles Sharbono, Marvin L. Bernt, Guan Huei See, Arvind Sundarrajan 2018-03-20 $37,605,000
9758893 Electroplating methods for semiconductor substrates Charles Sharbono 2017-09-12 $20,589,000
6255234 Ultra low friction carbon/carbon composites for extreme temperature applications Ali Erdemir, Donald E. Busch, George R. Fenske, Gary D. Shepherd, Gary Pruett 2001-07-03
6226866 Method of making carbon-carbon composite valve for high performance internal combustion engines Doug Wilson, Raj Mathur 2001-05-08
6085714 Carbon--carbon composite valve for high performance internal combustion engines Doug Wilson, Raj Mathur 2000-07-11
5759688 Silicon carbide fiber reinforced carbon composites Paul V. Mosher 1998-06-02 $151,000