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Steven G. Barbee

IBM: 47 patents #1,870 of 70,183Top 3%
Dover Plains, NY: #1 of 19 inventorsTop 6%
New York: #2,047 of 115,490 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #60,322 of 4,157,543Top 2%
47 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–47 of 47 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
5573624 Chemical etch monitor for measuring film etching uniformity during a chemical etching process Tony F. Heinz, Yiping Hsiao, Leping Li, Eugene H. Ratzlaff, Justin W. Wong 1996-11-12
5573623 Apparatus for contactless real-time in-situ monitoring of a chemical etching process Tony F. Heinz, Leping Li, Eugene H. Ratzlaff 1996-11-12
5559428 In-situ monitoring of the change in thickness of films Leping Li, Arnold Halperin, Tony F. Heinz 1996-09-24
5540777 Aluminum oxide LPCVD system Jonathan D. Chapple-Sokol, Richard A. Conti, Richard Hsiao, James A. O'Neill, Narayana V. Sarma +3 more 1996-07-30
5516399 Contactless real-time in-situ monitoring of a chemical etching Michael J. Balconi-Lamica, Tony F. Heinz, Yiping Hsiao, Leping Li, Eugene H. Ratzlaff +1 more 1996-05-14
5501766 Minimizing overetch during a chemical etching process Tony F. Heinz, Yiping Hsiao, Leping Li, Eugene H. Ratzlaff, Justin W. Wong 1996-03-26
5500073 Real time measurement of etch rate during a chemical etching process Tony F. Heinz, Yiping Hsiao, Leping Li, Eugene H. Ratzlaff, Justin W. Wong 1996-03-19
5489361 Measuring film etching uniformity during a chemical etching process Tony F. Heinz, Yiping Hsiao, Leping Li, Eugene H. Ratzlaff, Justin W. Wong 1996-02-06
5480511 Method for contactless real-time in-situ monitoring of a chemical etching process Tony F. Heinz, Leping Li, Eugene H. Ratzlaff 1996-01-02
5456788 Method and apparatus for contactless real-time in-situ monitoring of a chemical etching process Madhav Datta, Tony F. Heinz, Leping Li, Eugene H. Ratzlaff, Ravindra V. Shenoy 1995-10-10
5451289 Fixture for in-situ noncontact monitoring of wet chemical etching with passive wafer restraint Tony F. Heinz, Leping Li, Eugene H. Ratzlaff 1995-09-19
5445705 Method and apparatus for contactless real-time in-situ monitoring of a chemical etching process Madhav Datta, Tony F. Heinz, Leping Li, Eugene H. Ratzlaff, Ravindra V. Shenoy 1995-08-29
5392124 Method and apparatus for real-time, in-situ endpoint detection and closed loop etch process control Tony F. Heinz, Ulrich Hofer, Leping Li, Victor J. Silvestri 1995-02-21
5386121 In situ, non-destructive CVD surface monitor Tony F. Heinz, Leping Li, Victor J. Silvestri 1995-01-31
5381234 Method and apparatus for real-time film surface detection for large area wafers Tony F. Heinz, Richard J. Lebel, Leping Li, Victor J. Silvestri 1995-01-10
5338390 Contactless real-time in-situ monitoring of a chemical etching process Tony F. Heinz, Leping Li, Eugene H. Ratzlaff 1994-08-16
5220405 Interferometer for in situ measurement of thin film thickness changes Leping Li, Victor J. Silvestri 1993-06-15
5134963 LPCVD reactor for high efficiency, high uniformity deposition Jonathan D. Chapple-Sokol, Richard A. Conti, David E. Kotecki 1992-08-04
4781970 Strengthening a ceramic by post sinter coating with a compressive surface layer Hung-Chang W. Huang, Donald J. Hunt, Jungihl Kim, Jae Man Park, Charles H. Perry +1 more 1988-11-01
4717596 Method for vacuum vapor deposition with improved mass flow control Gregory P. Devine, William J. Patrick, Gerard Seeley 1988-01-05
4640221 Vacuum deposition system with improved mass flow control Gregory P. Devine, William J. Patrick, Gerard Seeley 1987-02-03
4400715 Thin film semiconductor device and method for manufacture James M. Leas, James Lloyd, Arunachala Nagarajan 1983-08-23