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Beth Ward — 9 Patents

IBM: 9 patents #11,946 of 70,183Top 20%
South Burlington, VT: #236 of 1,136 inventorsTop 25%
Vermont: #769 of 4,968 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Beth Ward has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in April 2014. Beth Ward ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Beth Ward in South Burlington, VT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8709887 Method for fabricating a nitrided silicon-oxide gate dielectric Jay Burnham, James S. Nakos, James J. Quinlivan, Bernie Roque, Steven M. Shank 2014-04-29 $5,775,000
7714366 CMOS transistor with a polysilicon gate electrode having varying grain size Arne Ballantine, Kevin K. Chan, Jeffrey D. Gilbert, Kevin M. Houlihan, Glen L. Miles +3 more 2010-05-11 $5,650,000
7291568 Method for fabricating a nitrided silicon-oxide gate dielectric Jay Burnham, James S. Nakos, James J. Quinlivan, Bernie Roque, Steven M. Shank 2007-11-06 $19,194,000
7109559 Nitrided ultra thin gate dielectrics Mukesh V. Khare, Christopher P. D'Emic, Thomas T. Hwang, Paul C. Jamison, James J. Quinlivan 2006-09-19 $6,659,000
6909157 Thermal nitrogen distribution method to improve uniformity of highly doped ultra-thin gate capacitors Jay Burnham, James S. Nakos, James J. Quinlivan, Steven M. Shank, Deborah A. Tucker 2005-06-21 $6,933,000
6893948 Method of reducing polysilicon depletion in a polysilicon gate electrode by depositing polysilicon of varying grain size Arne Ballantine, Kevin K. Chan, Jeffrey D. Gilbert, Kevin M. Houlihan, Glen L. Miles +3 more 2005-05-17 $7,073,000
6893979 Method for improved plasma nitridation of ultra thin gate dielectrics Mukesh V. Khare, Christopher P. D'Emic, Thomas T. Hwang, Paul C. Jamison, James J. Quinlivan 2005-05-17 $7,073,000
6706644 Thermal nitrogen distribution method to improve uniformity of highly doped ultra-thin gate capacitors Jay Burnham, James S. Nakos, James J. Quinlivan, Steven M. Shank, Deborah A. Tucker 2004-03-16 $17,709,000
6670263 Method of reducing polysilicon depletion in a polysilicon gate electrode by depositing polysilicon of varying grain size Arne Ballantine, Kevin K. Chan, Jeffrey D. Gilbert, Kevin M. Houlihan, Glen L. Miles +3 more 2003-12-30 $8,971,000