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Viktor Shel — 8 Patents

Applied Materials: 8 patents #1,563 of 7,310Top 25%
Milpitas, CA: #638 of 3,192 inventorsTop 20%
California: #74,834 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Viktor Shel has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in October 2001. Viktor Shel ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Viktor Shel in Milpitas, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2001Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1996.peak 31995: 1 patents19951996: 3 patents19961998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents19992001: 2 patents2001

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6308654 Inductively coupled parallel-plate plasma reactor with a conical dome Gerhard Schneider, Andrew Nguyen, Robert Wu, Gerald Yin 2001-10-30 $79,129,000
6252354 RF tuning method for an RF plasma reactor using frequency servoing and power, voltage, current or DI/DT control Kenneth S. Collins, Craig A. Roderick, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., John Trow 2001-06-26 $57,772,000
5872456 Apparatus for directly measuring component values within an RF circuit Craig A. Roderick 1999-02-16 $63,876,000
5790365 Method and apparatus for releasing a workpiece from and electrostatic chuck 1998-08-04 $23,823,000
5585766 Electrically tuned matching networks using adjustable inductance elements 1996-12-17 $28,233,000
5574410 Electronically tuned matching networks using adjustable inductance elements and resonant tank circuits Kenneth S. Collins, John Trow, Craig A. Roderick, Jay D. Pinson, II, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr. +1 more 1996-11-12 $24,715,000
5572170 Electronically tuned matching networks using adjustable inductance elements and resonant tank circuits Kenneth S. Collins, John Trow, Craig A. Roderick, Jay D. Pinson, II, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr. +1 more 1996-11-05 $21,825,000
5392018 Electronically tuned matching networks using adjustable inductance elements and resonant tank circuits Kenneth S. Collins, John Trow, Craig A. Roderick, Jay D. Pinson, II, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr. +1 more 1995-02-21 $13,844,000