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Thomas B. Faure — 23 Patents

IBM: 23 patents #4,699 of 70,183Top 7%
Colchester, VT: #31 of 432 inventorsTop 8%
Vermont: #338 of 4,968 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Thomas B. Faure has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in October 2021. Thomas B. Faure ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Thomas B. Faure in Colchester, VT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11143953 Protection of photomasks from 193nm radiation damage using thin coatings of ALD Al2O3 Robert L. Sandstrom, Peter H. Bartlau, Supratik Guha, Edward W. Kiewra, Louis M. Kindt +1 more 2021-10-12 $3,967,000
8568959 Techniques for reducing degradation and/or modifying feature size of photomasks Peter H. Bartlau, Alfred Wagner 2013-10-29 $6,299,000
7861208 Structure for partitioned dummy fill shapes for reduced mask bias with alternating phase shift masks Howard S. Landis, Jeanne-Tania Sucharitaves 2010-12-28 $5,922,000
7754394 Method to etch chrome for photomask fabrication Shaun Crawford, Cuc K. Huynh, James P. Levin 2010-07-13 $6,420,000
7709300 Structure and method for partitioned dummy fill shapes for reduced mask bias with alternating phase shift masks Howard S. Landis, Jeanne-Tania Sucharitaves 2010-05-04 $4,679,000
7014959 CD uniformity of chrome etch to photomask process Shaun Crawford, Timothy J. Dalton, Cuc K. Huynh, Michelle L. Steen, Thomas M. Wagner 2006-03-21 $6,971,000
7014958 Method for dry etching photomask material Timothy J. Dalton, Michelle L. Steen 2006-03-21 $6,971,000
6758912 Method of inhibiting contaminants using dilute acid rinse Virginia Chi-Chuen Chao, Scott A. Estes, Thomas M. Wagner 2004-07-06 $6,814,000
6494966 Method of minimizing contaminating deposits using dilute acid rinse Virginia Chi-Chuen Chao, Scott A. Estes, Thomas M. Wagner 2002-12-17 $17,155,000
6436605 Plasma resistant composition and use thereof Marie Angelopoulos, Ari Aviram, Edward D. Babich, Timothy A. Brunner, C. Richard Guarnieri +2 more 2002-08-20 $9,830,000
6426177 Single component developer for use with ghost exposure Steven Flanders, Lyndon S. Gibbs, James P. Levin, Harold G. Linde, Joseph L. Malenfant, Jr. +1 more 2002-07-30 $10,205,000
6287434 Plating cell apparatus for x-ray mask fabrication Robin J. Ackel, Douglas E. Benoit, Michael H. Charland 2001-09-11
6270949 Single component developer for copolymer resists Steven Flanders, James P. Levin, Harold G. Linde, Jeffrey F. Shepard 2001-08-07 $22,988,000
6162565 Dilute acid rinse after develop for chrome etch Virginia Chi-Chuen Chao, Scott A. Estes, Thomas M. Wagner 2000-12-19 $38,646,000
6039858 Plating process for x-ray mask fabrication Robin J. Ackel, Douglas E. Benoit, Michael H. Charland 2000-03-21 $35,798,000
5783309 Recovery of an anodically bonded glass device from a substrate by use of a metal interlayer Kurt R. Kimmel, Wilbur D. Pricer, Charles A. Whiting 1998-07-21 $12,143,000
5538151 Recovery of an anodically bonded glass device from a susstrate by use of a metal interlayer Kurt R. Kimmel, Wilbur D. Pricer, Charles A. Whiting 1996-07-23 $7,499,000
5459001 Low stress electrodeposition of gold for x-ray mask fabrication Scott A. Estes, Steven C. Nash 1995-10-17 $11,855,000
5409852 Method of Manufacturing three dimensional integrated device and circuit structures Bernard S. Meyerson, Wilbur D. Pricer, Cecilia C. Smolinski 1995-04-25 $11,120,000
5318687 Low stress electrodeposition of gold for X-ray mask fabrication Scott A. Estes, Steven C. Nash 1994-06-07 $8,003,000
5319240 Three dimensional integrated device and circuit structures Bernard S. Meyerson, Wilbur D. Pricer, Cecilia C. Smolinski 1994-06-07 $8,003,000
5160987 Three-dimensional semiconductor structures formed from planar layers Wilber D. Pricer, Bernard S. Meyerson, William J. Nestork, John R. Turnbull, Jr. 1992-11-03 $14,331,000
5124561 Process for X-ray mask warpage reduction Kurt R. Kimmel, James G. Ryan, Timothy D. Sullivan 1992-06-23 $17,034,000