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Robert D. Topa — 10 Patents

IBM: 10 patents #10,925 of 70,183Top 20%
Binghamton, NY: #40 of 500 inventorsTop 8%
New York: #14,754 of 115,490 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Robert D. Topa has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in September 2003. Robert D. Topa ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Robert D. Topa in Binghamton, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2003Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1992.peak 31986: 1 patents19861991: 1 patents19911992: 3 patents19921993: 2 patents19932001: 2 patents20012003: 1 patents2003

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6626196 Arrangement and method for degassing small-high aspect ratio drilled holes prior to wet chemical processing Francis J. Downes, Jr., Raymond T. Galasco, Lawrence P. Lehman 2003-09-30 $10,221,000
6228246 Removal of metal skin from a copper-Invar-copper laminate Madhav Datta, Raymond T. Galasco, Lawrence P. Lehman, Roy H. Magnuson, Robin A. Susko 2001-05-08 $26,391,000
6179990 Biased acid cleaning of a copper-invar-copper laminate Raymond T. Galasco, Lawrence P. Lehman, Roy H. Magnuson 2001-01-30 $13,187,000
5242569 Thermocompression bonding in integrated circuit packaging Sung Kwon Kang, Michael J. Palmer, Timothy C. Reiley 1993-09-07 $11,159,000
5237743 Method of forming a conductive end portion on a flexible circuit member Raymond A. Busacco, Fletcher W. Chapin, David W. Dranchak, Jaynal A. Molla, George J. Saxenmeyer, Jr. 1993-08-24 $7,496,000
5148261 Thermocompression bonding in integrated circuit packaging Sung Kwon Kang, Michael J. Palmer, Timothy C. Reiley 1992-09-15 $12,539,000
5135155 Thermocompression bonding in integrated circuit packaging Sung Kwon Kang, Michael J. Palmer, Timothy C. Reiley 1992-08-04 $10,228,000
5120418 Lead frame plating apparatus for thermocompression bonding Sung Kwon Kang, Michael J. Palmer, Timothy C. Reiley 1992-06-09 $7,952,000
5006917 Thermocompression bonding in integrated circuit packaging Sung Kwon Kang, Michael J. Palmer, Timothy C. Reiley 1991-04-09 $15,031,000
4564426 Process for the deposition of palladium-nickel alloy Timothy P. Henning 1986-01-14 $33,933,000