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Chris Barns — 44 Patents

Intel: 36 patents #1,000 of 30,777Top 4%
DADwfritz Automation: 2 patents #7 of 19Top 40%
SPSpeedfam-Ipec: 2 patents #50 of 143Top 35%
IEIntegrated Process Equipment: 1 patents #7 of 24Top 30%
NASA: 1 patents #1,837 of 3,881Top 50%
Bishop, CA: #1 of 143 inventorsTop 1%
California: #9,924 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #66,838 of 4,157,543Top 2%
44 Patents All Time
Chris Barns has been granted 44 US patents while listed as an inventor at Intel. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in December 2025. Chris Barns ranks #66,838 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.6%). Patent records list Chris Barns in Bishop, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 44 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12492891 Non-contact optical measurement devices and exchangeable optical probes Shawn Boling, Bhisksha Raj Ramakrishnan, Derek Aqui 2025-12-09
12146736 Metrology system Derek Aqui, Mark Baker, Robert Batten, Shawn Boling, Jared Greco +2 more 2024-11-19
11486689 Metrology system Derek Aqui, Mark Baker, Robert Batten, Shawn Boling, Jared Greco +2 more 2022-11-01
10598521 Metrology system Derek Aqui, Mark Baker, Robert Batten, Shawn Boling, Jared Greco +2 more 2020-03-24
8148786 Complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit using raised source drain and replacement metal gate Jack T. Kavalieros, Annalisa Cappellani, Justin K. Brask, Mark L. Doczy, Matthew V. Metz +2 more 2012-04-03 $17,954,000
7883951 CMOS device with metal and silicide gate electrodes and a method for making it Justin K. Brask, Mark L. Doczy, Jack T. Kavalieros, Matthew V. Metz, Uday Shah +3 more 2011-02-08 $12,723,000
7754552 Preventing silicide formation at the gate electrode in a replacement metal gate technology Justin K. Brask, Mark L. Doczy 2010-07-13 $17,820,000
7671471 Method for making a semiconductor device having a high-k dielectric layer and a metal gate electrode Justin K. Brask, Jack T. Kavalieros, Mark L. Doczy, Uday Shah, Matthew V. Metz +3 more 2010-03-02 $14,883,000
7666465 Introducing nanotubes in trenches and structures formed thereby Paul B. Fischer, Anne Miller, Kenneth Cadien 2010-02-23 $16,403,000
7569443 Complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit using raised source drain and replacement metal gate Jack T. Kavalieros, Annalisa Cappellani, Justin K. Brask, Mark L. Doczy, Matthew V. Metz +2 more 2009-08-04 $15,097,000
7422936 Facilitating removal of sacrificial layers via implantation to form replacement metal gates Matt Prince, Mark L. Doczy, Justin K. Brask, Jack T. Kavalieros 2008-09-09 $18,766,000
7355281 Method for making semiconductor device having a high-k gate dielectric layer and a metal gate electrode Justin K. Brask, Jack T. Kavalieros, Mark L. Doczy, Uday Shah, Matthew V. Metz +3 more 2008-04-08 $22,423,000
7316949 Integrating n-type and p-type metal gate transistors Mark L. Doczy, Justin K. Brask, Steven J. Keating, Brian S. Doyle, Michael L. McSwiney +2 more 2008-01-08 $13,798,000
7294931 Method and apparatus for selective deposition 2007-11-13 $26,433,000
7271045 Etch stop and hard mask film property matching to enable improved replacement metal gate process Matthew J. Prince, Justin K. Brask 2007-09-18 $14,997,000
7239019 Selectively converted inter-layer dielectric Jihperng Leu, Grant Kloster, David H. Gracias, Lee Rockford, Peter K. Moon 2007-07-03 $20,127,000
7238610 Method and apparatus for selective deposition 2007-07-03 $20,127,000
7220635 Method for making a semiconductor device with a metal gate electrode that is formed on an annealed high-k gate dielectric layer Justin K. Brask, Mark L. Doczy, Jack T. Kavalieros, Uday Shah, Matthew V. Metz +3 more 2007-05-22 $18,006,000
7217611 Methods for integrating replacement metal gate structures Jack T. Kavalieros, Justin K. Brask, Mark L. Doczy, Scott A. Hareland, Matthew V. Metz +1 more 2007-05-15 $17,522,000
7208361 Replacement gate process for making a semiconductor device that includes a metal gate electrode Uday Shah, Mark L. Doczy, Justin K. Brask, Jack T. Kavalieros, Matthew V. Metz +1 more 2007-04-24 $13,574,000
7205236 Semiconductor substrate polishing methods and equipment Paul B. Fischer 2007-04-17 $18,299,000
7183184 Method for making a semiconductor device that includes a metal gate electrode Mark L. Doczy, Justin K. Brask, Jack T. Kavalieros, Uday Shah, Robert S. Chau 2007-02-27 $10,067,000
7166506 Poly open polish process Matthew J. Prince, Francis M. Tambwe 2007-01-23 $17,655,000
7157378 Method for making a semiconductor device having a high-k gate dielectric layer and a metal gate electrode Justin K. Brask, Mark L. Doczy, Uday Shah, Jack T. Kavalieros, Matthew V. Metz +3 more 2007-01-02
7153784 Method for making a semiconductor device having a high-k gate dielectric layer and a metal gate electrode Justin K. Brask, Jack T. Kavalieros, Mark L. Doczy, Uday Shah, Matthew V. Metz +3 more 2006-12-26 $11,208,000