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Shinichi Kurita — 132 Patents

Applied Materials: 102 patents #40 of 7,310Top 1%
NINikon: 13 patents #314 of 2,493Top 15%
HDHitachi Power Semiconductor Device: 7 patents #4 of 79Top 6%
ATApplied Komatsu Technology: 4 patents #15 of 62Top 25%
Hitachi: 4 patents #8,948 of 28,497Top 35%
Honda Motor Co.: 2 patents #8,527 of 21,052Top 45%
TCTokyo Gas Co.: 1 patents #144 of 412Top 35%
San Jose, CA: #142 of 32,062 inventorsTop 1%
California: #1,314 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #8,181 of 4,157,543Top 1%
132 Patents All Time
Shinichi Kurita has been granted 132 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in July 2025. Shinichi Kurita ranks #8,181 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.20%). Patent records list Shinichi Kurita in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 11 patents in 2011.peak 111988: 2 patents19881990: 1 patents1995: 1 patents1996: 5 patents19961997: 3 patents1998: 3 patents1999: 1 patents19992001: 3 patents2003: 3 patents2004: 4 patents20042005: 2 patents2006: 8 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 6 patents2009: 7 patents2010: 10 patents20102011: 11 patents2012: 8 patents2013: 5 patents20132014: 6 patents2015: 5 patents2016: 4 patents20162017: 6 patents2018: 4 patents2019: 10 patents20192020: 3 patents2021: 7 patents2023: 2 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 132 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12362149 Film stress control for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition Chien-Teh Kao, Tae Kyung Won, Carl A. Sorensen, Sanjay Yadav, Young Dong LEE +1 more 2025-07-15
11854771 Film stress control for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition Chien-Teh Kao, Tae Kyung Won, Carl A. Sorensen, Sanjay Yadav, Young Dong LEE +1 more 2023-12-26 $30,871,000
11600642 Layer stack for display applications Xiangxin Rui, Soo Young Choi, Yujia Zhai, Lai ZHAO 2023-03-07 $32,704,000
11123837 Method of removal of sharp corners from diffuser plate Ilyoung Richard Hong, Lai ZHAO, Jianhua Zhou, Robin L. Tiner, Gaku Furuta +1 more 2021-09-21 $69,558,000
11094508 Film stress control for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition Chien-Teh Kao, Tae Kyung Won, Carl A. Sorensen, Sanjay Yadav, Young Dong LEE +1 more 2021-08-17 $63,158,000
11049887 Layer stack for display applications Xiangxin Rui, Soo Young Choi, Yujia Zhai, Lai ZHAO 2021-06-29 $47,858,000
11049965 Semiconductor device and alternator using the same Masaki Shiraishi, Tetsuya Ishimaru, Junichi Sakano, Mutsuhiro Mori 2021-06-29
11022032 Engine Masahiro Kontani, Kensuke Mori, Toshiaki Deguchi 2021-06-01 $700,000
11012022 Inverter device and electric motor device using same Tetsuya Ishimaru, Junichi Sakano 2021-05-18
10954833 Air cleaner Masahiro Kontani, Takeji Kawazumi, Toshiaki Deguchi, Kensuke Mori 2021-03-23 $551,000
10697062 Gas flow guide design for uniform flow distribution and efficient purge Chien-Teh Kao, Jeffrey A. Kho, Xiangxin Rui, Jianhua Zhou, ShouQian Shao +1 more 2020-06-30 $26,020,000
10655222 Thin film encapsulation processing system and process kit Srikanth V. RACHERLA, Suhas Bhoski, Xiangxin Rui 2020-05-19 $40,373,000
10604846 Thin film encapsulation mask preheat and substrate buffer chamber Makoto Inagawa, Suhas Bhoski 2020-03-31 $21,055,000
10487401 Diffuser temperature control Robin L. Tiner 2019-11-26 $24,423,000
10453718 Slit valve door with moving mating part Mehran Behdjat, John M. White, Suhail Anwar, Makoto Inagawa 2019-10-22 $16,291,000
10373809 Grooved backing plate for standing wave compensation Robin L. Tiner 2019-08-06 $24,698,000
10312058 Plasma uniformity control by gas diffuser hole design Soo Young Choi, John M. White, Qunhua Wang, Li Hou, Ki Woon Kim +4 more 2019-06-04 $18,308,000
10304761 Semiconductor device and alternator using same Kenya Kawano, Tetsuya Ishimaru, Takeshi TERAKAWA 2019-05-28
10280510 Substrate support assembly with non-uniform gas flow clearance Robin L. Tiner 2019-05-07 $13,988,000
10265868 Transfer robot with substrate cooling Makoto Inagawa, Takayuki Matsumoto 2019-04-23 $20,753,000
10262837 Plasma uniformity control by gas diffuser hole design Soo Young Choi, John M. White, Qunhua Wang, Li Hou, Ki Woon Kim +4 more 2019-04-16 $29,421,000
10205314 Rectifier including MOSFET and hold circuit that boosts gate voltage of MOSFET, and alternator using the same Tetsuya Ishimaru, Mutsuhiro Mori 2019-02-12
10184179 Atomic layer deposition processing chamber permitting low-pressure tool replacement Jozef Kudela, John M. White, Dieter Haas 2019-01-22 $28,931,000
10123379 Substrate support with quadrants Robin L. Tiner, Soo Young Choi, Beom Soo Park, Bora Oh, Gaku Furuta 2018-11-06 $24,517,000
10079536 Rectifier, alternator using same and power supply using same Tetsuya Ishimaru, Takeshi TERAKAWA 2018-09-18