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Chad Rue — 28 Patents

FEFei: 20 patents #14 of 681Top 3%
IBM: 6 patents #16,491 of 70,183Top 25%
Portland, OR: #666 of 9,213 inventorsTop 8%
Oregon: #1,435 of 28,073 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Chad Rue has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Fei. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in December 2025. Chad Rue ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Chad Rue in Portland, OR, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12488957 Crenellated sample holder and sputter target for sample preparation in cryo electron microscopy applications 2025-12-02
11798804 Method of material deposition Brian Roberts Routh, Jr., Thomas G. Miller, Noel Thomas Franco 2023-10-24
11735404 Method, device and system for the treatment of biological cryogenic samples by plasma focused ion beams Alex DE MARCO, Sergey Gorelick, Joseph Christian, Kenny Mani, Steven Randolph +1 more 2023-08-22
11651924 Method of producing microrods for electron emitters, and associated microrods and electron emitters Kun Liu, Alan Bahm 2023-05-16
11069523 Method of material deposition Brian Roberts Routh, Jr., Thomas G. Miller, Noel Thomas Franco 2021-07-20
11062879 Face-on, gas-assisted etching for plan-view lamellae preparation Noel Thomas Franco, Kenny Mani, Joe Christian, Jeffrey Blackwood 2021-07-13
10930514 Method and apparatus for the planarization of surfaces Philip Brundage, Zachary Klassen 2021-02-23
10546719 Face-on, gas-assisted etching for plan-view lamellae preparation Noel Thomas Franco, Kenny Mani, Joe Christian, Jeffrey Blackwood 2020-01-28
10347463 Enhanced charged particle beam processes for carbon removal Joe Christian, Kenny Mani, Noel Thomas Franco 2019-07-09
10325754 Ion implantation to alter etch rate David Foord 2019-06-18
10190953 Tomography sample preparation systems and methods with improved speed, automation, and reliability Guillaume Delpy, Guillaume Audoit, Laurens Franz Taemsz Kwakman, Jorge Filevich 2019-01-29
9983152 Material characterization using ion channeling imaging Steven Randolph 2018-05-29
9978586 Method of material deposition Brian Roberts Routh, Jr., Thomas G. Miller, Noel Thomas Franco 2018-05-22
9761467 Gas injection system with precursor for planar deprocessing of semiconductor devices using a focused ion beam Clive D. Chandler 2017-09-12
9443697 Low energy ion beam etch 2016-09-13 $13,651,000
9087366 High accuracy beam placement for local area navigation Richard Young, Peter D. Carleson, Reinier Louis Warschauer 2015-07-21 $4,531,000
9064811 Precursor for planar deprocessing of semiconductor devices using a focused ion beam Clive D. Chandler 2015-06-23 $18,800,000
8781219 High accuracy beam placement for local area navigation Reinier Louis Warschauer, Richard Young, Peter D. Carleson 2014-07-15 $4,468,000
8610092 Charged particle beam processing system with visual and infrared imaging Enrique Agorio 2013-12-17 $14,080,000
8455822 Navigation and sample processing using an ion source containing both low-mass and high-mass species 2013-06-04 $8,103,000
8358832 High accuracy beam placement for local area navigation Richard Young, Peter D. Carleson 2013-01-22 $5,088,000
8059918 High accuracy beam placement for local area navigation Richard Young, Peter D. Carleson 2011-11-15 $12,470,000
7781733 In-situ high-resolution light-optical channel for optical viewing and surface processing in parallel with charged particle (FIB and SEM) techniques Steven B. Herschbein, Herschel M. Marchman, Narender Rana 2010-08-24 $3,306,000
7351966 High-resolution optical channel for non-destructive navigation and processing of integrated circuits Herschel M. Marchman, Steven B. Herschbein, Michael Renner, Narender Rana 2008-04-01 $7,825,000
7119333 Ion detector for ion beam applications Steven B. Herschbein, Narender Rana, Michael Sievers 2006-10-10 $5,276,000