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David Ward Brown — 11 Patents

INIntevac: 5 patents #15 of 113Top 15%
DIDiamonex, Incorporated: 3 patents #8 of 18Top 45%
DEDepartment Of Energy: 1 patents #41 of 740Top 6%
UEUS Dept of Energy: 1 patents #1,355 of 5,099Top 30%
Pleasanton, CA: #606 of 3,062 inventorsTop 20%
California: #56,011 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
David Ward Brown has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Intevac. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in February 2018. David Ward Brown ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list David Ward Brown in Pleasanton, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2000.peak 31990: 1 patents19901992: 1 patents19922000: 3 patents20002003: 1 patents20032006: 2 patents20062009: 1 patents20092017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9896758 Method to produce highly transparent hydrogenated carbon protective coating for transparent substrates David Fang Wei Chen, Charles Liu, Samuel D. Harkness, IV 2018-02-20 $1,384,000
9605340 Method to produce highly transparent hydrogenated carbon protective coating for transparent substrates David Fang Wei Chen, Charles Liu, Samuel D. Harkness, IV 2017-03-28 $2,746,000
7479686 Backside imaging through a doped layer Kenneth Costello, Kevin Fairbairn, Yun H. Chung, Patricia Gober, Edward Yin 2009-01-20 $1,439,000
7042060 Backside thinning of image array devices Kenneth Costello, Kevin Fairbairn, Yun H. Chung, Patricia Gober, Edward Yin 2006-05-09 $7,701,000
7005637 Backside thinning of image array devices Kenneth Costello, Kevin Fairbairn, Yun H. Chung, Patricia Gober, Edward Yin 2006-02-28 $5,994,000
6504294 Method and apparatus for deposition of diamond-like carbon and silicon-doped diamond-like carbon coatings from a hall-current ion source Leonard Mahoney, Rudolph Hugo Petrmichl 2003-01-07
6086796 Diamond-like carbon over-coats for optical recording media devices and method thereof Edward G. Thear, Leonard Mahoney, Rudolph Hugo Petrmichl 2000-07-11
6086962 Method for deposition of diamond-like carbon and silicon-doped diamond-like carbon coatings from a hall-current ion source Leonard Mahoney, Rudolph Hugo Petrmichl 2000-07-11
6046758 Highly wear-resistant thermal print heads with silicon-doped diamond-like carbon protective coatings Melissa A. Baylog, Fred M. Kimock, Bradley J. Knapp, Rudolph Hugo Petrmichl, Edward G. Thear 2000-04-04
5124174 Process for forming one or more substantially pure layers in substrate material using ion implantation Ronald G. Musket, Zuhair A. Munir 1992-06-23
4976987 Process for forming one or more substantially pure layers in substrate material using ion implantation Ronald G. Musket, Zuhair A. Munir 1990-12-11