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Steven W. Johnston — 21 Patents

Intel: 14 patents #2,935 of 30,777Top 10%
ETEthyl: 3 patents #165 of 494Top 35%
MIMidwest Research Institute: 2 patents #83 of 315Top 30%
ALAlbemarle: 1 patents #228 of 439Top 55%
UFUniversity of Florida Foundation: 1 patents #311 of 807Top 40%
Baton Rouge, LA: #65 of 1,896 inventorsTop 4%
Louisiana: #186 of 10,876 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Steven W. Johnston has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Intel. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in July 2012. Steven W. Johnston ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Steven W. Johnston in Baton Rouge, LA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2007.peak 31988: 2 patents19881989: 1 patents1995: 1 patents19952001: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 3 patents2008: 3 patents20082009: 3 patents2010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8227335 Forming a copper diffusion barrier Valery M. Dubin, Michael L. McSwiney, Peter K. Moon 2012-07-24 $18,521,000
7694413 Method of making a bottomless via Chin-Chang Cheng 2010-04-13 $20,798,000
7605469 Atomic layer deposited tantalum containing adhesion layer Kerry Spurgin, Brennan Peterson 2009-10-20 $20,186,000
7601637 Atomic layer deposited tantalum containing adhesion layer Kerry Spurgin, Brennan Peterson 2009-10-13 $21,403,000
7550385 Amine-free deposition of metal-nitride films Adrien LaVoie, Valery M. Dubin, Juan E. Dominguez, Kevin P. O'Brien, John D. Peck +2 more 2009-06-23 $19,334,000
7459392 Noble metal barrier and seed layer for semiconductors Juan E. Dominguez, Michael L. McSwiney 2008-12-02 $16,850,000
7435679 Alloyed underlayer for microelectronic interconnects Juan E. Dominguez 2008-10-14 $13,671,000
7335587 Post polish anneal of atomic layer deposition barrier layers Kevin P. O'Brien, Sridhar Balakrishnan 2008-02-26 $16,748,000
7279423 Forming a copper diffusion barrier Valery M. Dubin, Michael L. McSwiney, Peter K. Moon 2007-10-09 $11,205,000
7241706 Low k ILD layer with a hydrophilic portion Nate Baxter 2007-07-10 $14,625,000
7220671 Organometallic precursors for the chemical phase deposition of metal films in interconnect applications Harsono S. Simka, Juan E. Dominguez, Adrien LaVoie, Kevin P. O'Brien 2007-05-22 $18,006,000
7071126 Densifying a relatively porous material Kevin P. O'Brien 2006-07-04
6867473 Plating a conductive material on a dielectric material Michael Goodner, Grant Kloster 2005-03-15 $27,410,000
6682989 Plating a conductive material on a dielectric material Michael Goodner, Grant Kloster 2004-01-27 $81,098,000
6596888 MOCVD of WNx thin films using imido precursors Lisa McElwee-White, Timothy J. Anderson, Carlos Ortiz, Omar J. Bchir 2003-07-22
6369603 Radio frequency coupling apparatus and method for measuring minority carrier lifetimes in semiconductor materials Richard K. Ahrenkiel 2002-04-09
6275060 Apparatus and method for measuring minority carrier lifetimes in semiconductor materials Richard K. Ahrenkiel 2001-08-14
5419462 Apparatus for recharging a heated receptacle with particulate matter at a controlled velocity Andrew O. Wikman 1995-05-30 $3,747,000
4866191 Stabilization of amine alanes Everett M. Marlett, Frederick W. Frey, Herbert D. Kaesz 1989-09-12 $4,414,000
4782171 Stabilization of amine alanes Everett M. Marlett, Frederick W. Frey, Herbert D. Kaesz 1988-11-01 $8,331,000
4730070 Stabilization of amine alanes Everett M. Marlett, Frederick W. Frey, Herbert D. Kaesz 1988-03-08 $22,913,000