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James E. Nulty — 18 Patents

Cypress Semiconductor: 15 patents #108 of 1,852Top 6%
VTVlsi Technology: 2 patents #227 of 594Top 40%
FSFederal Signal: 1 patents #293 of 717Top 45%
San Jose, CA: #3,642 of 32,062 inventorsTop 15%
California: #33,102 of 386,348 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
James E. Nulty has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cypress Semiconductor. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in March 2010. James E. Nulty ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list James E. Nulty in San Jose, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7685705 Method of fabricating a probe card James Hunter, Alexander Herrera 2010-03-30 $7,648,000
7332921 Probe card and method for constructing same James Hunter, Alexander Herrera 2008-02-19 $6,956,000
7112975 Advanced probe card and method of fabricating same Bo Jin 2006-09-26 $3,938,000
6890860 Method for etching and/or patterning a silicon-containing layer Tinghao Wang, Usha Raghuram 2005-05-10 $2,011,000
6847218 Probe card with an adapter layer for testing integrated circuits Brenor L. Brophy, Thomas A. McCleary, Bo Jin, Qi Gu, Thurman J. Rodgers +1 more 2005-01-25 $5,005,000
6784552 Structure having reduced lateral spacer erosion Christopher J. Petti 2004-08-31 $2,837,000
6406640 Plasma etching method Chan-Lon Yang, Usha Raghuram, Kimberley A. Kaufman, Daniel Arnzen 2002-06-18 $11,566,000
6372634 Plasma etch chemistry and method of improving etch control Jianmin Qiao, Sanjay Thekdi, Manuj Rathor 2002-04-16 $5,901,000
6373679 ELECTROSTATIC OR MECHANICAL CHUCK ASSEMBLY CONFERRING IMPROVED TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY ONTO WORKPIECES HELD THEREBY, WORKPIECE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY AND/OR APPARATUS CONTAINING THE SAME, AND METHOD(S) FOR HOLDING AND/OR PROCESSING A WORKPIECE WITH THE SAME Jianmin Qiao, Paul Arleo, Siamak Salimian 2002-04-16 $5,901,000
6214743 Method and structure for making self-aligned contacts Jianmin Oiao 2001-04-10 $21,433,000
6165375 Plasma etching method Chan-Lon Yang, Usha Raghuram, Kimberley A. Kaufman, Daniel Arnzen 2000-12-26 $11,850,000
6066555 Method for eliminating lateral spacer erosion on enclosed contact topographies during RF sputter cleaning Christopher J. Petti 2000-05-23 $86,939,000
5562801 Method of etching an oxide layer 1996-10-08 $14,529,000
5468342 Method of etching an oxide layer Pamela Trammel 1995-11-21 $5,265,000
5441596 Method for forming a stable plasma 1995-08-15 $21,783,000
5045149 Method and apparatus for end point detection 1991-09-03 $3,550,000
5013400 Dry etch process for forming champagne profiles, and dry etch apparatus Howard Kurasaki, Barbara F. Westlund, E. John Vowles 1991-05-07 $2,520,000
4954212 Endpoint detection system and method for plasma etching Calvin T. Gabriel 1990-09-04 $747,000