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Robert E. Tompkins — 19 Patents

IBM: 10 patents #10,925 of 70,183Top 20%
DCDorsey Gage Co.: 5 patents #1 of 6Top 20%
ATAlliant Techsystems: 1 patents #285 of 658Top 45%
PTPraxair S.T. Technology: 1 patents #81 of 143Top 60%
UAUS Army: 1 patents #2,854 of 6,974Top 45%
New Garden Township, PA: #9 of 150 inventorsTop 6%
Pennsylvania: #3,661 of 74,527 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Robert E. Tompkins has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in June 2004. Robert E. Tompkins ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Robert E. Tompkins in New Garden Township, PA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6754062 Hybrid ceramic electrostatic clamp Joseph S. Logan, John R. Miller, Mahmood Naim 2004-06-22 $25,907,000
6499987 Positive control non-return valve for an injection molding machine Michael F. Durina 2002-12-31
RE37580 Guard ring electrostatic chuck Michael Barnes, John H. Keller, Joseph S. Logan, Robert P. Westerfield, Jr. 2002-03-12
RE37541 Electrostatic chuck with reference electrode Michael Barnes, John H. Keller, Joseph S. Logan, Robert P. Westerfield, Jr. 2002-02-05
6268994 Electrostatic chuck and method of manufacture Joseph S. Logan, John R. Miller 2001-07-31
5925845 Shoot-through cover for an explosively formed penetrator warhead Erling M. Danielson 1999-07-20 $5,700,000
5905626 Electrostatic chuck with ceramic pole protection Joseph S. Logan 1999-05-18
5901030 Electrostatic chuck employing thermoelectric cooling Joseph S. Logan 1999-05-04
5612851 Guard ring electrostatic chuck Michael Barnes, John H. Keller, Joseph S. Logan, Robert P. Westerfield, Jr. 1997-03-18 $9,376,000
5561585 Electrostatic chuck with reference electrode Michael Barnes, John H. Keller, Joseph S. Logan, Robert P. Westerfield, Jr. 1996-10-01 $9,792,000
5535507 Method of making electrostatic chuck with oxide insulator Michael Barnes, John H. Keller, Joseph S. Logan, Raymond R. Ruckel, Robert P. Westerfield, Jr. 1996-07-16 $6,072,000
5521790 Electrostatic chuck having relatively thick and thin areas and means for uniformly cooling said thick and thin areas during chuck anodization Raymond R. Ruckel, Robert P. Westerfield, Jr. 1996-05-28 $12,387,000
5467249 Electrostatic chuck with reference electrode Michael Barnes, John H. Keller, Joseph S. Logan, Robert P. Westerfield, Jr. 1995-11-14 $11,832,000
5463525 Guard ring electrostatic chuck Michael Barnes, John H. Keller, Joseph S. Logan, Robert P. Westerfield, Jr. 1995-10-31 $8,032,000
5191506 Ceramic electrostatic chuck Joseph S. Logan, Raymond R. Ruckel, Robert P. Westerfield, Jr. 1993-03-02 $8,547,000
5155652 Temperature cycling ceramic electrostatic chuck Joseph S. Logan, Raymond R. Ruckel, Robert P. Westerfield, Jr. 1992-10-13 $5,658,000
5099571 Method for fabricating a split-ring electrostatic chuck Joseph S. Logan, Raymond R. Ruckel, Robert P. Westerfield, Jr. 1992-03-31 $11,685,000
5055964 Electrostatic chuck having tapered electrodes Joseph S. Logan, Raymond R. Ruckel, Robert P. Westerfield, Jr. 1991-10-08 $19,888,000
4845995 Material tester Robert P. Kaste 1989-07-11