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Tom A. Watson — 34 Patents

CYCymer: 27 patents #14 of 339Top 5%
Ford: 3 patents #4,990 of 17,473Top 30%
HLHughes Electronics Limited: 1 patents #605 of 1,474Top 45%
San Diego, CA: #1,109 of 23,606 inventorsTop 5%
California: #14,619 of 386,348 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #100,737 of 4,157,543Top 3%
34 Patents All Time
Tom A. Watson has been granted 34 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cymer. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in May 2013. Tom A. Watson ranks #100,737 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.4%). Patent records list Tom A. Watson in San Diego, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 34 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8443787 Method for fuel vapor canister purging Steven Yellin Schondorf 2013-05-21 $25,667,000
8104454 Method for fuel vapor canister purging Steven Yellin Schondorf 2012-01-31 $17,796,000
7775195 Method for fuel vapor canister purging Steven Yellin Schondorf 2010-08-17 $30,012,000
7346093 DUV light source optical element improvements Richard L. Sandstrom, John M. Algots, Joshua Brown, Raymond F. Cybulski, John Dunlop +6 more 2008-03-18 $6,813,000
7277464 Method and apparatus for controlling the output of a gas discharge laser system John Allen Rule, Paolo Zambon, Omez S. Mesina, Weijie ZHENG 2007-10-02 $3,345,000
7203562 Process monitoring system for lithography lasers Parthiv Patel, Joseph Conway, Muljadi Tantra, Jeffrey W. Moen, Jason R. Carlesi +2 more 2007-04-10 $5,116,000
7132123 High rep-rate laser with improved electrodes Richard G. Morton, Timothy Dyer, Thomas D. Steiger, Richard C. Ujazdowski, Bryan Moosman +3 more 2006-11-07 $14,774,000
6937635 High rep-rate laser with improved electrodes Richard G. Morton, Timothy Dyer, Thomas D. Steiger, Richard C. Ujazdowski, Bryan Moosman +3 more 2005-08-30 $11,076,000
6914919 Six to ten KHz, or greater gas discharge laser system Richard C. Ujazdowski, Alex P. Ivaschenko, Richard L. Sandstrom, Robert A. Shannon, R. Kyle Webb +6 more 2005-07-05 $4,793,000
6914927 Laser discharge chamber passivation by plasma Richard L. Sandstrom, Richard G. Morton, Robert E. Weeks, John Quitter, Mark R. Lewis 2005-07-05 $4,793,000
6690706 High rep-rate laser with improved electrodes Richard G. Morton, Timothy Dyer, Thomas D. Steiger, Richard C. Ujazdowski, Bryan Moosman +1 more 2004-02-10 $7,742,000
6687562 Process monitoring system for lithography lasers Parthiv Patel, Joseph Conway, Muljadi Tantra, Jeffrey W. Moen, Jason R. Carlesi +2 more 2004-02-03 $15,701,000
6644324 Laser discharge chamber passivation by plasma Richard L. Sandstrom, Richard G. Morton, Robert E. Weeks, John Quitter, Mark R. Lewis 2003-11-11 $19,727,000
6408260 Laser lithography quality alarm system Michael Watts 2002-06-18 $17,231,000
6392743 Control technique for microlithography lasers Paolo Zambon, Gamaralalage G. Padmabandu, Palash P. Das 2002-05-21 $21,407,000
6320892 Energy efficient lithography laser Gamaralalage G. Padmabandu, Palash P. Das, Paolo Zambon 2001-11-20 $5,813,000
6318039 Cornice or crown molding finishing accessory Scott P. Thompson 2001-11-20
6240117 Fluorine control system with fluorine monitor Mengxiong Gong, Palash P. Das, Richard L. Sandstrom, Thomas Patrick Duffey 2001-05-29 $6,001,000
6163559 Beam expander for ultraviolet lasers 2000-12-19 $7,479,000
6144686 Tangential fan with cutoff assembly and vibration control for electric discharge laser Thomas Hofmann, James K. Howey, Robert A. Shannon, Richard C. Ujazdowski, R. Kyle Webb 2000-11-07 $12,799,000
6128323 Reliable modular production quality narrow-band high REP rate excimer laser David W. Myers, Herve A. Besaucele, Palash P. Das, Thomas Patrick Duffey, Alexander I. Ershov +14 more 2000-10-03 $13,925,000
6034984 Tangential fan with cutoff assembly and vibration control for electric discharge laser Thomas Hofmann, James K. Howey, Robert A. Shannon, Richard C. Ujazdowski, R. Kyle Webb 2000-03-07 $13,978,000
6034978 Gas discharge laser with gas temperature control Richard C. Ujazdowski, Robert A. Shannon, Dmitry Berger, William N. Partlo, Paul St. Mark Shadforth Thompson +9 more 2000-03-07 $13,978,000
6028880 Automatic fluorine control system Jason R. Carlesi, Shahryar Rokni, Mengxiong Gong, Palash P. Das, Michael C. Binder +3 more 2000-02-22 $8,451,000
5991324 Reliable. modular, production quality narrow-band KRF excimer laser David S. Knowles, James H. Azzola, Herve A. Besaucele, Palash P. Das, Alexander I. Ershov +8 more 1999-11-23 $21,131,000