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Bob Kong — 10 Patents

INIntermolecular: 8 patents #72 of 248Top 30%
MTMattson Technology: 1 patents #139 of 230Top 65%
TETessera: 1 patents #207 of 271Top 80%
Newark, CA: #162 of 939 inventorsTop 20%
California: #61,378 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Bob Kong has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Intermolecular. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in May 2015. Bob Kong ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Bob Kong in Newark, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2012.peak 22004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents20052011: 1 patents20112012: 2 patents20122013: 2 patents20132014: 2 patents20142015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9023137 Electroless deposition of platinum on copper Igor Ivanov, Zhi-Wen Sun, Jinhong Tong 2015-05-05 $318,000
8859427 Formation of a zinc passivation layer on titanium or titanium alloys used in semiconductor processing Tony P. Chiang, Chi-I Lang, Zhi-Wen Sun, Jinhong Tong 2014-10-14 $181,000
8728879 Formation of a zinc passivation layer on titanium or titanium alloys used in semiconductor processing Tony P. Chiang, Chi-I Lang, Zhi-Wen Sun, Jinhong Tong 2014-05-20 $453,000
8551560 Methods for improving selectivity of electroless deposition processes Jinhong Tong, Zhi-Wen Sun, Chi-I Lang, Nitin Kumar, Zachary Fresco 2013-10-08 $340,000
8545998 Electroless deposition of platinum on copper Igor Ivanov, Zhi-Wen Sun, Jinhong Tong 2013-10-01 $1,196,000
8278215 Noble metal activation layer Zhi-Wen Sun, Igor Ivanov, Tony P. Chiang 2012-10-02 $1,267,000
8143164 Formation of a zinc passivation layer on titanium or titanium alloys used in semiconductor processing Zhi-Wen Sun, Chi-I Lang, Jinhong Tong, Tony P. Chiang 2012-03-27 $1,016,000
7968462 Noble metal activation layer Zhi-Wen Sun, Igor Ivanov, Tony P. Chiang 2011-06-28
6873039 Methods of making microelectronic packages including electrically and/or thermally conductive element Masud Beroz, Michael Warner 2005-03-29 $23,217,000
6797312 Electroless plating solution and process Nanhai Li 2004-09-28 $5,260,000