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IBM: 10 patents #10,888 of 70,183Top 20%
Overall (All Time): #524,414 of 4,157,543Top 15%
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Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6579149 Support and alignment device for enabling chemical mechanical polishing rinse and film measurements Richard J. Lebel, Frederic Maurer, Paul Smith, Hemantha K. Wickramasinghe, Theodore G. van Kessel 2003-06-17
6458020 Slurry recirculation in chemical mechanical polishing Jeffrey A. Brigante, Thomas L. Conrad, David J. Fontaine, Paul Smith, Theodore G. van Kessel 2002-10-01
6340601 Method for reworking copper metallurgy in semiconductor devices Thomas F. Curran, Timothy C. Krywanczyk, Michael S. Lube, Matthew D. Moon, Clark D. Reynolds +6 more 2002-01-22
6334807 Chemical mechanical polishing in-situ end point system Richard J. Lebel, Martin P. O'Boyle, Paul Smith, Theodore G. van Kessel, Hemantha K. Wickramasinghe 2002-01-01
6319093 Chemical-mechanical polishing system and method for integrated spin dry-film thickness measurement Richard J. Lebel, Frederic Maurer, Paul Smith, Hemantha K. Wickramasinghe, Theodore G. van Kessel 2001-11-20
6022266 In-situ pad conditioning process for CMP Timothy Scott Bullard, Richard J. Lebel, Paul Smith 2000-02-08
5885135 CMP wafer carrier for preferential polishing of a wafer Daniel D. Desorcie, Richard J. Lebel, Charles A. McKinney, Timothy J. Rickard, Jr., Paul Smith +2 more 1999-03-23
5874318 Dishing and erosion monitor structure for damascene metal processing Faye D. Baker, Daniel S. Brooks, Robert K. Leidy, Anne Elizabeth McGuire 1999-02-23
5723874 Dishing and erosion monitor structure for damascene metal processing Faye D. Baker, Daniel S. Brooks, Robert K. Leidy, Anne Elizabeth McGuire 1998-03-03
5663637 Rotary signal coupling for chemical mechanical polishing endpoint detection with a westech tool Leping Li, Steven G. Barbee, Gary R. Doyle, Arnold Halperin, Kevin L. Holland +4 more 1997-09-02