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David S. Knowles — 14 Patents

CYCymer: 10 patents #45 of 339Top 15%
TCTcz: 2 patents #5 of 6Top 85%
UFUS Air Force: 2 patents #3,485 of 16,312Top 25%
San Diego, CA: #3,169 of 23,606 inventorsTop 15%
California: #43,920 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
David S. Knowles has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cymer. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in January 2015. David S. Knowles ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list David S. Knowles in San Diego, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8927898 Systems and method for optimization of laser beam spatial intensity profile Brandon Turk 2015-01-06
8183498 Systems and method for optimization of laser beam spatial intensity profile Brandon Turk 2012-05-22
7679029 Systems and methods to shape laser light as a line beam for interaction with a substrate having surface variations 2010-03-16 $7,119,000
7567607 Very narrow band, two chamber, high rep-rate gas discharge laser system Daniel J. W. Brown, Herve A. Besaucele, David W. Myers, Alexander I. Ershov, William N. Partlo +10 more 2009-07-28 $9,408,000
7471455 Systems and methods for generating laser light shaped as a line beam Palash P. Das, Albert Cefalo, Vitaliy Shklover, Holger Muenz 2008-12-30 $3,586,000
7218661 Line selected F2 two chamber laser system Daniel J. W. Brown, Richard L. Sandstrom, German E. Rylov, Eckehard D. Onkels, Herve A. Besaucele +8 more 2007-05-15 $3,882,000
7061961 Very narrow band, two chamber, high rep-rate gas discharge laser system Daniel J. W. Brown, Herve A. Besaucele, David W. Myers, Alexander I. Ershov, William N. Partlo +10 more 2006-06-13 $16,761,000
7058107 Line selected F2 two chamber laser system Daniel J. W. Brown, Richard L. Sandstrom, German E. Rylov, Eckehard D. Onkels, Herve A. Besaucele +8 more 2006-06-06 $16,970,000
6985508 Very narrow band, two chamber, high reprate gas discharge laser system Daniel J. W. Brown, Herve A. Besaucele, David W. Meyers, Alexander I. Ershov, William N. Partlo +10 more 2006-01-10 $13,028,000
6801560 Line selected F2 two chamber laser system Daniel J. W. Brown, Richard L. Sandstrom, German E. Rylov, Eckehard D. Onkels, Herve A. Besaucele +8 more 2004-10-05 $10,833,000
6625191 Very narrow band, two chamber, high rep rate gas discharge laser system Daniel J. W. Brown, Herve A. Besaucele, David W. Myers, Alexander I. Ershov, William N. Partlo +10 more 2003-09-23 $19,708,000
6147754 Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy soil contamination probe Gregory A. Theriault, Stephen H. Lieberman, Leonard J. Martini 2000-11-14
6115061 In situ microscope imaging system for examining subsurface environments Stephen H. Lieberman, Leonard J. Martini 2000-09-05
5991324 Reliable. modular, production quality narrow-band KRF excimer laser James H. Azzola, Herve A. Besaucele, Palash P. Das, Alexander I. Ershov, Igor V. Fomenkov +8 more 1999-11-23 $21,131,000