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William D. Lee — 13 Patents

ATAxcelis Technologies: 9 patents #25 of 300Top 9%
REResearch Electro-Optics: 3 patents #2 of 10Top 20%
Boulder, CO: #543 of 5,018 inventorsTop 15%
Colorado: #3,472 of 40,980 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
William D. Lee has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Axcelis Technologies. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in July 2025. William D. Lee ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list William D. Lee in Boulder, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2010 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2012.peak 32010: 2 patents20102011: 2 patents20112012: 3 patents20122013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents20142015: 2 patents20152016: 1 patents20162025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12353001 Fiber noise cancellation Josue Davila-Rodriguez 2025-07-08
9281227 Multi-resistivity Johnsen-Rahbek electrostatic clamp Ashwin M. Purohit 2016-03-08 $3,734,000
9048276 Matched coefficient of thermal expansion for an electrostatic chuck Ashwin M. Purohit 2015-06-02 $3,024,000
9036326 Gas bearing electrostatic chuck Marvin R. LaFontaine, Ashwin M. Purohit, Joseph Gillespie, Donovan Beckel, Teng-Chao David Tao +2 more 2015-05-19 $3,094,000
8902560 Electrostatic chuck ground punch David B. Smith, Marvin R. LaFontaine, Ashwin M. Purohit 2014-12-02 $2,303,000
8422193 Annulus clamping and backside gas cooled electrostatic chuck Teng-Chao David Tao, Marvin R. LaFontaine, Ashwin M. Purohit 2013-04-16 $745,000
8270142 De-clamping wafers from an electrostatic chuck Ashwin M. Purohit, Marvin R. LaFontaine, Richard J. Rzeszut 2012-09-18 $758,000
8241425 Non-condensing thermos chuck Ashwin M. Purohit, Marvin R. LaFontaine 2012-08-14 $749,000
8182861 Methods and devices for monitoring and controlling thin film processing Dale C. Ness, Alan D. Streater 2012-05-22
8023247 Electrostatic chuck with compliant coat Ashwin M. Purohit, Marvin R. LaFontaine, Richard J. Rzeszut 2011-09-20 $2,264,000
7952851 Wafer grounding method for electrostatic clamps Marvin R. LaFontaine, Ari Eiriksson, Ashwin M. Purohit 2011-05-31 $3,468,000
7828929 Methods and devices for monitoring and controlling thin film processing Dale C. Ness, Alan D. Streater 2010-11-09
7787505 Multi-longitudinal mode laser providing polarization control Quentin A. Turchette 2010-08-31