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Walter E. Mlynko — 11 Patents

IBM: 11 patents #10,022 of 70,183Top 15%
Vestal, NY: #76 of 481 inventorsTop 20%
New York: #13,476 of 115,490 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Walter E. Mlynko has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in April 2001. Walter E. Mlynko ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Walter E. Mlynko in Vestal, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2001Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1991.peak 21987: 1 patents19871989: 1 patents19891991: 2 patents19911992: 1 patents19921994: 1 patents19941997: 2 patents19971999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2001

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6221775 Combined chemical mechanical polishing and reactive ion etching process Thomas G. Ference, William Francis Landers, Michael MacDonald, Mark P. Murray, Kirk D. Peterson 2001-04-24 $20,927,000
6147394 Method of photolithographically defining three regions with one mask step and self aligned isolation structure formed thereby James A. Bruce, Steven J. Holmes, Robert K. Leidy, Edward W. Sengle 2000-11-14 $46,730,000
5972570 Method of photolithographically defining three regions with one mask step and self aligned isolation structure formed thereby James A. Bruce, Steven J. Holmes, Robert K. Leidy, Edward W. Sengle 1999-10-26 $20,157,000
5672537 Method for preparing a narrow angle defined trench in a substrate Daniel Carl, Donald M. Kenney, Son Van Nguyen 1997-09-30 $18,961,000
5610441 Angle defined trench conductor for a semiconductor device Daniel Carl, Donald M. Kenney, Son V. Nguyen 1997-03-11 $14,179,000
5312717 Residue free vertical pattern transfer with top surface imaging resists Harbans S. Sachdev, John C. Forster, Leo L. Linehan, Scott A. MacDonald, K. Paul Muller +1 more 1994-05-17 $6,984,000
5110409 Enhanced plasma etching Frank D. Egitto 1992-05-05 $25,866,000
5053104 Method of plasma etching a substrate with a gaseous organohalide compound Suryadevara V. Babu, Joseph G. Hoffarth, Allan R. Knoll, John F. Rembetski, Kenneth D. Mack 1991-10-01 $11,924,000
4985112 Enhanced plasma etching Frank D. Egitto 1991-01-15 $46,357,000
4853081 Process for removing contaminant 1989-08-01 $17,890,000
4654115 Process for removing contaminant Frank D. Egitto, Francis Emmi, Robin A. Susko 1987-03-31 $21,269,000