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Scott A. Estes — 14 Patents

IBM: 13 patents #8,610 of 70,183Top 15%
Saint Johnsbury Center, VT: #6 of 89 inventorsTop 7%
Vermont: #545 of 4,968 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Scott A. Estes has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in August 2012. Scott A. Estes ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Scott A. Estes in Saint Johnsbury Center, VT, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2004.peak 31994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents2004: 3 patents20042008: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 2 patents2012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8236580 Copper contamination detection method and system for monitoring copper contamination Jay Burnham, Joseph K. V. Comeau, Leslie Peter Crane, James R. Elliott, James S. Nakos +1 more 2012-08-07 $7,112,000
7957917 Copper contamination detection method and system for monitoring copper contamination Jay Burnham, Joseph K. V. Comeau, Leslie Peter Crane, James R. Elliott, James S. Nakos +1 more 2011-06-07 $3,978,000
7888142 Copper contamination detection method and system for monitoring copper contamination Jay Burnham, Joseph K. V. Comeau, Leslie Peter Crane, James R. Elliott, James S. Nakos +1 more 2011-02-15 $3,434,000
7855130 Corrosion inhibitor additives to prevent semiconductor device bond-pad corrosion during wafer dicing operations Robert R Cadieux, Timothy C. Krywanczyk 2010-12-21 $6,138,000
7332054 Etch apparatus Arne Ballantine, Emily E. Fisch, Gary L. Milo, Ronald A. Warren 2008-02-19 $12,555,000
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
6758912 Method of inhibiting contaminants using dilute acid rinse Virginia Chi-Chuen Chao, Thomas B. Faure, Thomas M. Wagner 2004-07-06 $6,814,000
6699400 Etch process and apparatus therefor Arne Ballantine, Emily E. Fisch, Gary L. Milo, Ronald A. Warren 2004-03-02
6494966 Method of minimizing contaminating deposits using dilute acid rinse Virginia Chi-Chuen Chao, Thomas B. Faure, Thomas M. Wagner 2002-12-17 $17,155,000
6191085 Method for cleaning semiconductor devices Emanuel I. Cooper, Glenn W. Gale, Rangarajan Jagannathan, Harald Okorn-Schmidt, David L. Rath 2001-02-20 $23,750,000
6162565 Dilute acid rinse after develop for chrome etch Virginia Chi-Chuen Chao, Thomas B. Faure, Thomas M. Wagner 2000-12-19 $38,646,000
5962384 Method for cleaning semiconductor devices Emanuel I. Cooper, Glenn W. Gale, Rangarajan Jagannathan, Harald Okorn-Schmidt, David L. Rath 1999-10-05 $21,756,000
5459001 Low stress electrodeposition of gold for x-ray mask fabrication Thomas B. Faure, Steven C. Nash 1995-10-17 $11,855,000
5318687 Low stress electrodeposition of gold for X-ray mask fabrication Thomas B. Faure, Steven C. Nash 1994-06-07 $8,003,000

Frequent Collaborators

Thomas B. Faure5 shared
Eric J. White4 shared
Leslie Peter Crane3 shared
Virginia Chi-Chuen Chao3 shared
James R. Elliott3 shared
Jay Burnham3 shared

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