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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
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Timothy J. Dalton

IBM: 171 patents #222 of 70,183Top 1%
Infineon Technologies Ag: 9 patents #1,105 of 7,486Top 15%
Globalfoundries: 2 patents #1,397 of 4,424Top 35%
DEDigital Equipment: 1 patents #1,005 of 2,100Top 50%
MIT: 1 patents #4,386 of 9,367Top 50%
Ridgefield, CT: #3 of 574 inventorsTop 1%
Connecticut: #29 of 34,797 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #4,520 of 4,157,543Top 1%
175 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 151–175 of 175 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6838355 Damascene interconnect structures including etchback for low-k dielectric materials Anthony K. Stamper, Edward C. Cooney, III, Jeffrey P. Gambino, John A. Fitzsimmons, Lee M. Nicholson 2005-01-04
6831364 Method for forming a porous dielectric material layer in a semiconductor device and device formed Stephen E. Greco, Jeffrey Hedrick, Satyanarayana V. Nitta, Sampath Purushothaman, Kenneth P. Rodbell +1 more 2004-12-14
6831363 Structure and method for reducing thermo-mechanical stress in stacked vias Sanjit Das, Brett H. Engel, Brian Herbst, Habib Hichri, Bernd Kastenmeier +8 more 2004-12-14
6815329 Multilayer interconnect structure containing air gaps and method for making Katherina Babich, Roy A. Carruthers, Alfred Grill, Jeffrey Hedrick, Christopher V. Jahnes +4 more 2004-11-09
6815813 Self-contained heat sink and a method for fabricating same Kevin S. Petrarca, Michelle L. Steen, Cornelia K. Tsang, Richard P. Volant 2004-11-09
6798029 Method of fabricating micro-electromechanical switches on CMOS compatible substrates Richard P. Volant, John C. Bisson, Donna R. Cote, Robert A. Groves, Kevin S. Petrarca +2 more 2004-09-28
6784485 Diffusion barrier layer and semiconductor device containing same Stephan A. Cohen, John A. Fitzsimmons, Stephen M. Gates, Lynne M. Gignac, Paul C. Jamison +5 more 2004-08-31
6734096 Fine-pitch device lithography using a sacrificial hardmask Minakshisundaran Balasubramanian Anand, Michael D. Armacost, Shyng-Tsong Chen, Stephen M. Gates, Stephen E. Greco +2 more 2004-05-11
6724069 Spin-on cap layer, and semiconductor device containing same Stephen M. Gates, Jeffrey Hedrick, Satyanarayana V. Nitta, Sampath Purushothaman, Christy S. Tyberg 2004-04-20
6720249 Protective hardmask for producing interconnect structures Christopher V. Jahnes, Joyce C. Liu, Sampath Purushothaman 2004-04-13
6657305 Semiconductor recessed mask interconnect technology Stephen A. Cohen, John A. Fitzsimmons, Stephen M. Gates, Brian Herbst, Sampath Purushothaman +1 more 2003-12-02
6649531 Process for forming a damascene structure William J. Cote, Prakash Dev, Daniel C. Edelstein, Scott D. Halle, Gill Yong Lee +1 more 2003-11-18
6635506 Method of fabricating micro-electromechanical switches on CMOS compatible substrates Richard P. Volant, John C. Bisson, Donna R. Cote, Robert A. Groves, Kevin S. Petrarca +2 more 2003-10-21
6617690 Interconnect structures containing stress adjustment cap layer Stephen M. Gates, John A. Fitzsimmons 2003-09-09
6613484 Method to decrease fluorine contamination in low dielectric constant films Bernd Kastenmeier, Theodorus E. Standaert 2003-09-02
6551924 Post metalization chem-mech polishing dielectric etch John P. Hummel 2003-04-22
6548901 Cu/low-k BEOL with nonconcurrent hybrid dielectric interface William J. Cote, Daniel C. Edelstein, Stephen M. Gates 2003-04-15
6472740 Self-supporting air bridge interconnect structure for integrated circuits Brett H. Engel 2002-10-29
6451712 Method for forming a porous dielectric material layer in a semiconductor device and device formed Stephen E. Greco, Jeffrey Hedrick, Satyanarayana V. Nitta, Sampath Purushothaman, Kenneth P. Rodbell +1 more 2002-09-17
6387754 Method of forming an on-chip decoupling capacitor with bottom hardmask Andrew P. Cowley, Peter A. Emmi, Erdem Kaltalioglu, Vincent J. McGahay 2002-05-14
6358832 Method of forming barrier layers for damascene interconnects Daniel C. Edelstein, John G. Gaudiello, Mahadevaiyer Krishnan, Sandra G. Malhotra, Maurice McGlashan-Powell +2 more 2002-03-19
6278147 On-chip decoupling capacitor with bottom hardmask Andrew P. Cowley, Peter A. Emmi, Erdem Kaltalioglu, Vincent J. McGahay 2001-08-21
6153935 Dual etch stop/diffusion barrier for damascene interconnects Daniel C. Edelstein, John G. Gaudiello, Mahadevaiyer Krishnan, Sandra G. Malhotra, Maurice McGlashan-Powell +2 more 2000-11-28
5788869 Methodology for in situ etch stop detection and control of plasma etching process and device design to minimize process chamber contamination Ann C. Westerheim, Jamshed Dubash, Marion Garver, Richard A. Bickford 1998-08-04
5450205 Apparatus and method for real-time measurement of thin film layer thickness and changes thereof Herbert H. Sawin, William T. Conner, Emanuel M. Sachs 1995-09-12