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Richard M. Blank

Lam Research: 26 patents #90 of 2,128Top 5%
NS Novellus Systems: 7 patents #125 of 780Top 20%
Overall (All Time): #105,320 of 4,157,543Top 3%
33
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 25 most recent of 33 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12341040 Integrated adaptive positioning systems and routines for automated wafer-handling robot teach and health check Hossein Sadeghi, Peter Thaulad, Mark E. Emerson, Arulselvam Simon Jeyapalan, Marco Piccigallo 2025-06-24
12322641 Mechanical indexer for multi-station process module Michael Nordin, Karl Leeser, Robert Sculac, Damien Slevin 2025-06-03
12272583 Reduced footprint wafer handling platform Christopher W. Burkhart, Richard H. Gould, Candi Kristoffersen, Michael Nordin, Hironobu Yasuumi 2025-04-08
12168301 Fixture for automatic calibration of substrate transfer robot Aravind Alwan, Behnam BEHZIZ, Peter Thaulad, Mark E. Emerson 2024-12-17
11908714 Transfer robot for reduced footprint platform architecture Richard H. Gould 2024-02-20
11833662 Wafer handling robot with radial gas curtain and/or interior volume control Charles N. Ditmore 2023-12-05
11742229 Auto-calibration to a station of a process module that spins a wafer Jacob L. Hiester, Peter Thaulad, Paul Konkola 2023-08-29
11699610 Rotational indexer with additional rotational axes Karl Leeser 2023-07-11
11581214 Enhanced automatic wafer centering system and techniques for same Peter Thaulad, Brett M. Herzig, Benjamin W. Mooring 2023-02-14
11521869 Reduced footprint platform architecture with linear vacuum transfer module Richard H. Gould 2022-12-06
11512393 Dynamic sheath control with edge ring lift Jacob L. Hiester, Curtis Bailey, Michael J. Janicki 2022-11-29
11482436 Rotational indexer with additional rotational axes Karl Leeser 2022-10-25
11239100 Auto-calibration to a station of a process module that spins a wafer Jacob L. Hiester, Peter Thaulad, Paul Konkola 2022-02-01
11024531 Optimized low energy / high productivity deposition system Michael Nordin, Karl Leeser, Robert Sculac 2021-06-01
10796940 Enhanced automatic wafer centering system and techniques for same Peter Thaulad, Brett M. Herzig, Benjamin W. Mooring 2020-10-06
10651065 Auto-calibration to a station of a process module that spins a wafer Jacob L. Hiester, Peter Thaulad, Paul Konkola 2020-05-12
10515834 Multi-station tool with wafer transfer microclimate systems Mohsen Salek, Richard H. Gould, Efrain Quiles 2019-12-24
10509052 Smart vibration wafer with optional integration with semiconductor processing tool Peter Thaulad, Arulselvam Simon Jeyapalan, Tyson Ringold, Victor Eduardo Espinosa, III 2019-12-17
10483142 Vacuum robot positioning system with reduced sensitivity to chamber pressure Mark Tan, Christopher W. Burkhart, Richard H. Gould 2019-11-19
10155309 Wafer handling robots with rotational joint encoders 2018-12-18
10109517 Rotational indexer with additional rotational axes Karl Leeser 2018-10-23
9576833 Robot for a substrate processing system Matt McLellan 2017-02-21
9472432 Dedicated hot and cold end effectors for improved throughput 2016-10-18
9349629 Touch auto-calibration of process modules Peter Thaulad, Jacob L. Hiester 2016-05-24
9299598 Robot with integrated aligner 2016-03-29