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James M. E. Harper — 52 Patents

IBM: 52 patents #1,623 of 70,183Top 3%
Yorktown Heights, NY: #64 of 858 inventorsTop 8%
New York: #1,765 of 115,490 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #50,240 of 4,157,543Top 2%
52 Patents All Time
James M. E. Harper has been granted 52 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in February 2012. James M. E. Harper ranks #50,240 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list James M. E. Harper in Yorktown Heights, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2002.peak 61981: 3 patents19811982: 1 patents1983: 3 patents1984: 2 patents19841985: 2 patents1992: 2 patents1993: 1 patents19931995: 4 patents1996: 3 patents1997: 2 patents19971998: 3 patents1999: 2 patents2000: 3 patents20002001: 5 patents2002: 6 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 2 patents2005: 1 patents2006: 2 patents20062007: 1 patents2008: 2 patents2012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 52 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8125082 Reduction of silicide formation temperature on SiGe containing substrates Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Jia Chen, Christopher G. M. M. Detavernier, Christian Lavoie 2012-02-28 $6,579,000
7468766 Reflective spatial light modulator array including a light blocking layer Evan G. Colgan, Frank B. Kaufman, Margaret Paggi Manny, Robert L. Melcher, James L. Speidell 2008-12-23 $10,467,000
7384868 Reduction of silicide formation temperature on SiGe containing substrates Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Jia Chen, Christophe Detavernier, Christian Lavoie 2008-06-10 $5,963,000
7271486 Retarding agglomeration of Ni monosilicide using Ni alloys Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Christophe Detavernier, Christian Lavoie 2007-09-18 $6,075,000
7102234 Method and structure for reduction of contact resistance of metal silicides using a metal-germanium alloy Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Christian Lavoie, Ronnen Andrew Roy, Yun-Yu Wang 2006-09-05 $3,397,000
7081676 Structure for controlling the interface roughness of cobalt disilicide Paul D. Agnello, Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Christian Lavoie, Kirk D. Peterson +4 more 2006-07-25 $9,389,000
6905560 Retarding agglomeration of Ni monosilicide using Ni alloys Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Christophe Detavernier, Christian Lavoie 2005-06-14 $9,509,000
6809030 Method and structure for controlling the interface roughness of cobalt disilicide Paul D. Agnello, Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Christian Lavoie, Kirk D. Peterson +4 more 2004-10-26 $17,835,000
6753606 Method and structure for reduction of contact resistance of metal silicides using a metal-germanium alloy Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Christian Lavoie, Ronnen Andrew Roy, Yun-Yu Wang 2004-06-22 $6,022,000
6503641 Interconnects with Ti-containing liners Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Chao-Kun Hu, Kim Y. Lee, Ismail C. Noyan +2 more 2003-01-07 $16,905,000
6444578 Self-aligned silicide process for reduction of Si consumption in shallow junction and thin SOI electronic devices Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Kevin K. Chan, Guy M. Cohen, Kathryn Guarini +2 more 2002-09-03 $9,688,000
6440851 Method and structure for controlling the interface roughness of cobalt disilicide Paul D. Agnello, Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Christian Lavoie, Kirk D. Peterson +4 more 2002-08-27 $8,564,000
6424388 Reflective spatial light modulator array Evan G. Colgan, Frank B. Kaufman, Margaret Paggi Manny, Robert L. Melcher, James L. Speidell 2002-07-23 $13,664,000
6413859 Method and structure for retarding high temperature agglomeration of silicides using alloys Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Paul Kozlowski, Christian Lavoie, Joseph S. Newbury +1 more 2002-07-02 $11,850,000
6399496 Copper interconnection structure incorporating a metal seed layer Daniel C. Edelstein, Chao-Kun Hu, Andrew H. Simon, Cyprian Emeka Uzoh 2002-06-04 $11,648,000
6346175 Modification of in-plate refractory metal texture by use of refractory metal/nitride layer Evan G. Colgan, Kenneth P. Rodbell, Hiroshi Takatsuji 2002-02-12 $23,472,000
6331486 Method and structure for reduction of contact resistance of metal silicides using a metal-germanium alloy Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Christian Lavoie, Ronnen Andrew Roy, Yun-Yu Wang 2001-12-18 $52,171,000
6323130 Method for self-aligned formation of silicide contacts using metal silicon alloys for limited silicon consumption and for reduction of bridging Stephen Bruce Brodsky, Cyril Cabral, Jr., Roy A. Carruthers, Christian Lavoie, Patricia A. O'Neil +1 more 2001-11-27 $23,652,000
6300236 Copper stud structure with refractory metal liner Robert M. Geffken 2001-10-09 $29,916,000
6187679 Low temperature formation of low resistivity titanium silicide Cyril Cabral, Jr., Lawrence A. Clevenger, Francois M. d'Heurle, Randy W. Mann, Glen L. Miles +3 more 2001-02-13 $30,258,000
6181012 Copper interconnection structure incorporating a metal seed layer Daniel C. Edelstein, Chao-Kun Hu, Andrew H. Simon, Cyprian Emeka Uzoh 2001-01-30 $13,187,000
6150723 Copper stud structure with refractory metal liner Robert M. Geffken 2000-11-21 $39,339,000
6090710 Method of making copper alloys for chip and package interconnections Panayotis Andricacos, Hariklia Deligianni, Chao-Kun Hu, Dale J. Pearson, Scott K. Reynolds +2 more 2000-07-18 $26,569,000
6063506 Copper alloys for chip and package interconnections Panayotis Andricacos, Hariklia Deligianni, Chao-Kun Hu, Dale J. Pearson, Scott K. Reynolds +2 more 2000-05-16 $24,852,000
5911619 Apparatus for electrochemical mechanical planarization Cyprian Emeka Uzoh 1999-06-15 $42,603,000