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Stephen C. Schultz

SP Speedfam-Ipec: 16 patents #1 of 143Top 1%
NS Novellus Systems: 4 patents #207 of 780Top 30%
IE Integrated Process Equipment: 1 patents #7 of 24Top 30%
WS Westech Systems: 1 patents #3 of 10Top 30%
Overall (All Time): #198,206 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7402098 Carrier head for workpiece planarization/polishing Brian Severson, John F. Stumpf 2008-07-22
7335092 Carrier head for workpiece planarization/polishing Brian Severson, John F. Stumpf 2008-02-26
7140956 Work piece carrier with adjustable pressure zones and barriers and a method of planarizing a work piece Nikolay Korovin, John D. Herb, James L. Farmer 2006-11-28
7040957 Platen and manifold for polishing workpieces John D. Herb, Dave Marquardt 2006-05-09
7025664 Work piece carrier with adjustable pressure zones and barriers and a method of planarizing a work piece Nikolay Korovin, John D. Herb, James L. Farmer 2006-04-11
7014541 Work piece carrier with adjustable pressure zones and barriers and a method of planarizing a work piece Nikolay Korovin, John D. Herb, James L. Farmer 2006-03-21
6932671 Method for controlling a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) operation Nikolay Korovin 2005-08-23
6878039 Polishing pad window for a chemical-mechanical polishing tool Charles C. Yang, John D. Herb 2005-04-12
6790123 Method for processing a work piece in a multi-zonal processing apparatus Nikolay Korovin 2004-09-14
6758939 Laminated wear ring David Marquardt, Wayne Lougher 2004-07-06
6659850 Work piece carrier with adjustable pressure zones and barriers and a method of planarizing a work piece Nikolay Korovin, John D. Herb, James L. Farmer 2003-12-09
6612903 Workpiece carrier with adjustable pressure zones and barriers Nikolay Korovin, John D. Herb, James L. Farmer 2003-09-02
6599175 Apparatus for distributing a fluid through a polishing pad John D. Herb 2003-07-29
6568991 Method and apparatus for sensing a wafer in a carrier John D. Herb, Ned Teeny 2003-05-27
6540592 Carrier head with reduced moment wear ring John D. Herb, Timothy Dyer 2003-04-01
6500055 Oscillating orbital polisher and method John A. Adams, Everett D. Smith 2002-12-31
6447379 Carrier including a multi-volume diaphragm for polishing a semiconductor wafer and a method therefor Robert D. Gromko, John D. Herb, James Lee, Junedong Lee 2002-09-10
6390905 Workpiece carrier with adjustable pressure zones and barriers Nikolay Korovin, John D. Herb, James L. Farmer 2002-05-21
6336853 Carrier having pistons for distributing a pressing force on the back surface of a workpiece John D. Herb, Nikolay Korovin 2002-01-08
6184139 Oscillating orbital polisher and method John A. Adams, Everett D. Smith 2001-02-06
5643061 Pneumatic polishing head for CMP apparatus Paul David Jackson 1997-07-01
5456627 Conditioner for a polishing pad and method therefor Paul David Jackson, James E. Sanford, Glen Ong, Richard B. Rice, Parag S. Modi +1 more 1995-10-10