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Robert Steger — 48 Patents

Lam Research: 27 patents #88 of 2,128Top 5%
Applied Materials: 21 patents #616 of 7,310Top 9%
San Jose, CA: #1,042 of 32,062 inventorsTop 4%
California: #8,595 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #57,596 of 4,157,543Top 2%
48 Patents All Time
Robert Steger has been granted 48 US patents while listed as an inventor at Lam Research. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in November 2017. Robert Steger ranks #57,596 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.4%). Patent records list Robert Steger in San Jose, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 48 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9824904 Method and apparatus for controlling spatial temperature distribution Neil Benjamin 2017-11-21 $24,021,000
8963052 Method for controlling spatial temperature distribution across a semiconductor wafer Neil Benjamin 2015-02-24 $37,061,000
8921740 Method and apparatus for controlling the spatial temperature distribution across the surface of a workpiece support Neil Benjamin 2014-12-30 $35,693,000
8747559 Substrate support having dynamic temperature control 2014-06-10 $20,157,000
8536494 Method and apparatus for controlling the spatial temperature distribution across the surface of a workpiece support Neil Benjamin 2013-09-17 $6,583,000
7993460 Substrate support having dynamic temperature control 2011-08-09 $15,422,000
7939784 Electrostatic chuck support assembly Keith Comendant 2011-05-10 $9,663,000
7869184 Method of determining a target mesa configuration of an electrostatic chuck 2011-01-11 $13,608,000
7718932 Electrostatic chuck having radial temperature control capability 2010-05-18 $18,068,000
7648582 Cleaning of electrostatic chucks using ultrasonic agitation and applied electric fields 2010-01-19 $8,291,000
7501605 Method of tuning thermal conductivity of electrostatic chuck support assembly Keith Comendant 2009-03-10 $14,080,000
7480974 Methods of making gas distribution members for plasma processing apparatuses 2009-01-27 $9,306,000
7282454 Switched uniformity control Richard A. Gottscho 2007-10-16 $25,670,000
7274004 Method and apparatus for controlling the spatial temperature distribution across the surface of a workpiece support Neil Benjamin 2007-09-25 $24,441,000
7254510 Smart component-based management techniques in a substrate processing system Neil Benjamin, Richard A. Gottscho, Nicolas Bright 2007-08-07 $13,488,000
7223321 Faraday shield disposed within an inductively coupled plasma etching apparatus Keith Comendant 2007-05-29 $63,094,000
7176403 Method and apparatus for the compensation of edge ring wear in a plasma processing chamber 2007-02-13 $61,244,000
7161121 Electrostatic chuck having radial temperature control capability 2007-01-09 $24,466,000
7152011 Smart component-based management techniques in a substrate processing system Neil Benjamin, Richard A. Gottscho, Nicolas Bright 2006-12-19 $67,848,000
6976782 Methods and apparatus for in situ substrate temperature monitoring 2005-12-20 $9,374,000
6952255 System and method for integrated multi-use optical alignment Andrew Perry, Neil Benjamin 2005-10-04 $7,543,000
6896765 Method and apparatus for the compensation of edge ring wear in a plasma processing chamber 2005-05-24 $8,033,000
6858265 Technique for improving chucking reproducibility Fred C. Redeker, Shijian Li 2005-02-22 $18,056,000
6847014 Method and apparatus for controlling the spatial temperature distribution across the surface of a workpiece support Neil Benjamin 2005-01-25 $12,763,000
6805952 Low contamination plasma chamber components and methods for making the same Christopher C. Chang 2004-10-19 $12,116,000