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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Steven Murdoch — 13 Patents

Applied Materials: 8 patents #1,563 of 7,310Top 25%
Microsoft: 2 patents #17,644 of 40,388Top 45%
Becton, Dickinson And: 1 patents #1,883 of 2,926Top 65%
OAOnespan North America: 1 patents #10 of 20Top 50%
Kla-Tencor: 1 patents #1,876 of 2,049Top 95%
San Ramon, CA: #330 of 2,140 inventorsTop 20%
California: #47,433 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Steven Murdoch has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in December 2019. Steven Murdoch ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Steven Murdoch in San Ramon, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1991.peak 21991: 2 patents19911992: 1 patents1993: 1 patents19931998: 1 patents2002: 2 patents20022003: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072012: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents2019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10511438 Method, system and apparatus using forward-secure cryptography for passcode verification 2019-12-17
9446159 Flow cytometer biosafety hood and systems including the same Scott Horton, Gil Reinin 2016-09-20 $43,701,000
8806565 Secure network location awareness Tuomas Aura, Michael Roe 2014-08-12 $19,073,000
8239549 Dynamic host configuration protocol Tuomas Aura, Michael Roe 2012-08-07 $11,434,000
7292427 Pin lift chuck assembly for warped substrates Timothy Blomgren 2007-11-06 $25,877,000
6599076 Dual cassette load lock Masato Toshima, Phil Salzman, Cheng Wang, Mark A. Stenholm, James Howard +1 more 2003-07-29 $37,730,000
6454508 Dual cassette load lock Masato Toshima, Phil Salzman, Cheng Wang, Mark A. Stenholm, James Howard +1 more 2002-09-24 $13,765,000
6454519 Dual cassette load lock Masato Toshima, Phil Salzman, Cheng Wang, Mark A. Stenholm, James Howard +2 more 2002-09-24 $13,765,000
5769588 Dual cassette load lock Masato Toshima, Phil Salzman, Cheng Wang, Mark A. Stenholm, James Howard +2 more 1998-06-23 $66,533,000
5186594 Dual cassette load lock Masato Toshima, Phil Salzman, Cheng Wang, Mark A. Stenholm, James Howard +2 more 1993-02-16 $6,190,000
5100502 Semiconductor wafer transfer in processing systems Robert Steger, Mahasukh Vora 1992-03-31 $8,118,000
5046909 Method and apparatus for handling semiconductor wafers 1991-09-10 $3,451,000
5000225 Low profile, combination throttle/gate valve for a multi-pump chamber 1991-03-19 $2,991,000