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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Maolin Long — 63 Patents

Lam Research: 42 patents #41 of 2,128Top 2%
BCBeijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co.: 14 patents #6 of 72Top 9%
MTMattson Technology: 14 patents #9 of 230Top 4%
TLTokyo Electron Limited: 5 patents #1,450 of 5,567Top 30%
Applied Materials: 1 patents #4,824 of 7,310Top 70%
Huawei: 1 patents #8,318 of 15,535Top 55%
Santa Clara, CA: #141 of 9,301 inventorsTop 2%
California: #5,396 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #35,470 of 4,157,543Top 1%
63 Patents All Time
Maolin Long has been granted 63 US patents while listed as an inventor at Lam Research. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in September 2025. Maolin Long ranks #35,470 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.85%). Patent records list Maolin Long in Santa Clara, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 13 patents in 2025.peak 132004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 2 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 1 patents2016: 6 patents20162017: 3 patents2018: 3 patents20182019: 5 patents2020: 7 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 3 patents20222023: 5 patents2024: 7 patents20242025: 13 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 63 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12424410 RF pulsing within pulsing for semiconductor RF plasma processing Yuhou Wang, Ying Wu, Alex Paterson 2025-09-23
12417900 Plasma processing apparatus Weimin Zeng, Yu Guan 2025-09-16
12400831 Dual frequency matching circuit for inductively coupled plasma (ICP) loads 2025-08-26
12347661 Pressure control system for a multi-head processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus Changle Guan, Junliang Li 2025-07-01
12340981 Workpiece processing apparatus with outer gas channel insert Weimin Zeng 2025-06-24
12334312 Configurable faraday shield 2025-06-17
12322579 Metal contamination reduction in substrate processing systems with transformer coupled plasma Neema Rastgar, Alexander Paterson 2025-06-03
12283463 Systems and methods for multi-level pulsing in RF plasma tools Ying Wu, John Drewery, Vikram Singh 2025-04-22
12283467 Plasma strip tool with movable insert Qiqun Zhang 2025-04-22
12266503 Hybrid plasma source array 2025-04-01
12261073 Electrostatic chuck assembly for plasma processing apparatus 2025-03-25
12261029 Protection system for switches in direct drive circuits of substrate processing systems Yuhou Wang, Michael J. Martin, Alexander Paterson 2025-03-25
12193138 Matchless plasma source for semiconductor wafer fabrication Yuhou Wang, Ricky Marsh, Alex Paterson 2025-01-07
12165841 Dual-frequency, direct-drive inductively coupled plasma source Yuhou Wang, Alexander Paterson 2024-12-10 $119,772,000
12159770 Cooled shield for ICP source 2024-12-03
12119254 Electrostatic chuck assembly for plasma processing apparatus Weimin Zeng 2024-10-15
12106947 RF reference measuring circuit for a direct drive system supplying power to generate plasma in a substrate processing system 2024-10-01 $207,578,000
12040159 Dual frequency matching circuit for inductively coupled plasma (ICP) loads 2024-07-16
12009184 Lift pin assembly for a plasma processing apparatus Changle Guan 2024-06-11
12002701 Electrostatic chuck assembly for plasma processing apparatus 2024-06-04
11837493 Electrostatic chuck assembly for plasma processing apparatus Weimin Zeng 2023-12-05
11798785 Systems for reverse pulsing Zhongkui Tan, Ying Wu, Qian Fu, Alex Paterson, John Drewery 2023-10-24 $152,530,000
11728137 Direct frequency tuning for matchless plasma source in substrate processing systems Yuhou Wang, Ying Wu, Alexander Paterson 2023-08-15 $186,018,000
11728136 RF pulsing within pulsing for semiconductor RF plasma processing Yuhou Wang, Ying Wu, Alex Paterson 2023-08-15 $186,018,000
11716805 Matchless plasma source for semiconductor wafer fabrication Yuhou Wang, Ricky Marsh, Alex Paterson 2023-08-01 $804,168,000