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Rick Endo — 18 Patents

INIntermolecular: 12 patents #51 of 248Top 25%
Applied Materials: 6 patents #1,938 of 7,310Top 30%
Redwood City, CA: #533 of 5,061 inventorsTop 15%
California: #33,102 of 386,348 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Rick Endo has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Intermolecular. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in January 2015. Rick Endo ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Rick Endo in Redwood City, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2013.peak 42007: 2 patents20072008: 2 patents20082010: 2 patents20102011: 2 patents20112012: 2 patents20122013: 4 patents20132014: 3 patents20142015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8932995 Combinatorial process system Kurt H. Weiner, Indranil De, James Tsung, Maosheng Zhao, Jeremy Cheng 2015-01-13 $704,000
8770143 Multi-region processing system Kurt H. Weiner, Indranil De, James Tsung, Maosheng Zhao 2014-07-08 $438,000
8771483 Combinatorial process system Kurt H. Weiner, Indranil De, James Tsung, Maosheng Zhao, Jeremy Cheng 2014-07-08 $438,000
8758581 Combinatorial process system Kurt H. Weiner, Indranil De, James Tsung, Maosheng Zhao, Jeremy Cheng 2014-06-24 $794,000
8500908 Method and system for mask handling in high productivity chamber James Tsung, Kurt H. Weiner 2013-08-06 $903,000
8486821 Method and apparatus for variable conductance Jay DeDontney, James Tsung 2013-07-16 $753,000
8449678 Combinatorial process system Kurt H. Weiner, Indranil De, James Tsung, Maosheng Zhao, Jeremy Cheng 2013-05-28 $1,878,000
8387563 Combinatorial process system Jeremy Cheng, Indranil De, James Tsung, Kurt H. Weiner, Maosheng Zhao 2013-03-05 $1,413,000
8317925 Method and system for mask handling in high productivity chamber Kurt H. Weiner, James Tsung 2012-11-27 $514,000
8216376 Method and apparatus for variable conductance Jay DeDontney, James Tsung 2012-07-10 $1,445,000
8039052 Multi-region processing system and heads Kurt H. Weiner, Indranil De, James Tsung, Maosheng Zhao 2011-10-18
7993461 Method and system for mask handling in high productivity chamber Kurt H. Weiner, James Tsung 2011-08-09
7836901 Method and apparatus for wafer cleaning Steven Verhaverbeke, J. Kelly Truman, Alexander Sou-Kang Ko 2010-11-23 $4,531,000
7819985 Method and apparatus for wafer cleaning Steven Verhaverbeke, J. Kelly Truman, Alexander Sou-Kang Ko 2010-10-26 $13,462,000
7451774 Method and apparatus for wafer cleaning Steven Verhaverbeke, J. Kelly Truman, Alexander Sou-Kang Ko 2008-11-18 $14,778,000
7334588 Method and apparatus for wafer cleaning Steven Verhaverbeke, J. Kelly Truman, Alexander Sou-Kang Ko 2008-02-26 $21,345,000
7290976 Semiconductor substrate processing apparatus with a passive substrate gripper Ralph Wadensweiler, Alexander Sou-Kang Ko 2007-11-06 $26,570,000
7205023 Method and apparatus for chemical mixing in a single wafer process Steven Verhaverbeke, J. Kelly Truman, Alexander Sou-Kang Ko 2007-04-17 $10,588,000