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James A. Tornello — 14 Patents

IBM: 14 patents #8,031 of 70,183Top 15%
JSJsr: 5 patents #221 of 1,137Top 20%
Somers, NY: #60 of 237 inventorsTop 30%
New York: #10,566 of 115,490 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
James A. Tornello has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in April 2019. James A. Tornello ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list James A. Tornello in Somers, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2004.peak 22002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents20032004: 2 patents20042007: 2 patents20072009: 1 patents20092011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents20122017: 2 patents20172018: 2 patents20182019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10262866 Indium phosphide smoothing and chemical mechanical planarization processes Henry A. Beveridge, Tatsuyoshi Kawamoto, Mahadevaiyer Krishnan, Yohei Oishi, Dinesh Kumar Penigalapati +2 more 2019-04-16 $3,839,000
9916985 Indium phosphide smoothing and chemical mechanical planarization processes Henry A. Beveridge, Tatsuyoshi Kawamoto, Mahadevaiyer Krishnan, Yohei Oishi, Dinesh Kumar Penigalapati +2 more 2018-03-13 $2,527,000
9890300 Germanium smoothing and chemical mechanical planarization processes Tatsuyoshi Kawamoto, Mahadevaiyer Krishnan, Yohei Oishi, Dinesh Kumar Penigalapati, Rachel S. Steiner +1 more 2018-02-13 $2,196,000
9646841 Group III arsenide material smoothing and chemical mechanical planarization processes Henry A. Beveridge, Tatsuyoshi Kawamoto, Mahadevaiyer Krishnan, Yohei Oishi, Dinesh Kumar Penigalapati +2 more 2017-05-09 $2,584,000
9646842 Germanium smoothing and chemical mechanical planarization processes Tatsuyoshi Kawamoto, Mahadevaiyer Krishnan, Yohei Oishi, Dinesh Kumar Penigalapati, Rachel S. Steiner +1 more 2017-05-09 $2,584,000
8263497 High-yield method of exposing and contacting through-silicon vias Paul S. Andry, John M. Cotte, Michael F. Lofaro, Edmund J. Sprogis, Cornelia K. Tsang 2012-09-11 $6,476,000
7955160 Glass mold polishing method and structure Michael A. Cobb, Dinesh R. Koli, Michael F. Lofaro, Dennis G. Manzer, Paraneetha Poloju 2011-06-07 $3,978,000
7581314 Method of forming noble metal contacts Hariklia Deligianni, Panayotis Andricacos, L. Paivikki Buchwalter, John M. Cotte, Christopher V. Jahnes +5 more 2009-09-01 $20,741,000
7202764 Noble metal contacts for micro-electromechanical switches Hariklia Deligianni, Panayotis Andricacos, L. Paivikki Buchwalter, John M. Cotte, Christopher V. Jahnes +5 more 2007-04-10 $7,482,000
7199450 Materials and method to seal vias in silicon substrates Jon A. Casey, Michael Berger, Leena Paivikki Buchwalter, Donald F. Canaperi, Raymond R. Horton +2 more 2007-04-03 $7,379,000
6812193 Slurry for mechanical polishing (CMP) of metals and use thereof Michael T. Brigham, Donald F. Canaperi, Michael A. Cobb, William J. Cote, Kenneth M. Davis +9 more 2004-11-02 $9,962,000
6800503 MEMS encapsulated structure and method of making same Joseph T. Kocis, Kevin S. Petrarca, Richard P. Volant, Seshadri Subbanna 2004-10-05 $8,713,000
6503834 Process to increase reliability CuBEOL structures Xiaomeng Chen, Mahadevaiyer Krishnan, Judith M. Rubino, Carlos J. Sambucetti, Soon-Cheon Seo 2003-01-07 $16,905,000
6361402 Method for planarizing photoresist Donald F. Canaperi, Rangarajan Jagannathan, Mahadevaiyer Krishnan, Max G. Levy, Uma Satyendra +2 more 2002-03-26 $26,805,000