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Robert Tas — 15 Patents

Lam Research: 4 patents #669 of 2,128Top 35%
MIMiasole: 3 patents #11 of 37Top 30%
BCBeijing Apollo Ding Rong Solar Technology Co.: 2 patents #11 of 51Top 25%
NSNovellus Systems: 2 patents #345 of 780Top 45%
Kla-Tencor: 2 patents #1,153 of 2,049Top 60%
ALApollo Precision Fujian Limited: 1 patents #9 of 34Top 30%
Aromas, CA: #6 of 35 inventorsTop 20%
California: #40,789 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Robert Tas has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Lam Research. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in June 2023. Robert Tas ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Robert Tas in Aromas, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2011.peak 42004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 4 patents2012: 1 patents20122014: 2 patents2015: 1 patents20152018: 1 patents2019: 1 patents20192021: 1 patents2023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11668601 Instrumented substrate apparatus Earl Jensen 2023-06-06 $156,391,000
11056366 Sample transport device with integrated metrology Giampietro Bieli, Kevin O'Brien, Shankar Krishnan, Joshua Butler 2021-07-06 $92,735,000
10211351 Photovoltaic cell with high efficiency CIGS absorber layer with low minority carrier lifetime and method of making thereof John Corson, Alex Austin, Neil Mackie, Mats Larsson, Korhan Demirkan +9 more 2019-02-19
10043921 Photovoltaic cell with high efficiency cigs absorber layer with low minority carrier lifetime and method of making thereof John Corson, Alex Austin, Neil Mackie, Mats Larsson, Korhan Demirkan +9 more 2018-08-07
9169548 Photovoltaic cell with copper poor CIGS absorber layer and method of making thereof John Corson, Alex Austin, Ron Rulkens, Jochen Titus, Paul Shufflebotham +2 more 2015-10-27
8710999 Emergency power-off button with proximity alarm 2014-04-29
8622017 Electroless plating system Igor Ivanov, Shashank Ravindra Kulkarni, Ron Rulkens 2014-01-07 $5,237,000
8338214 Sodium salt containing CIG targets, methods of making and methods of use thereof Daniel R. Juliano, Neil Mackie, Abdelouahab Ziani 2012-12-25
8048707 Sulfur salt containing CIG targets, methods of making and methods of use thereof Paul Shufflebotham, Daniel R. Juliano, Neil Mackie 2011-11-01
7972652 Electroless plating system Igor Ivanov, Shashank Ravindra Kulkarni, Ron Rulkens 2011-07-05 $11,591,000
7935558 Sodium salt containing CIG targets, methods of making and methods of use thereof Daniel R. Juliano, Neil Mackie, Abdelouahab Ziani 2011-05-03
7913644 Electroless deposition system Ron Rulkens, Shashank Ravindra Kulkarni, Artur Kolics, Nancy E. Gilbert 2011-03-29 $22,521,000
7845308 Systems incorporating microwave heaters within fluid supply lines of substrate processing chambers and methods for use of such systems Jason Stephen Corneille, Nancy E. Gilbert, Steven Flanders, Timothy Joseph Franklin, Jason Wright +2 more 2010-12-07 $40,949,000
6846391 Process for depositing F-doped silica glass in high aspect ratio structures George D. Papasouliotis, Patrick A. Van Cleemput, Bart J. van Schravendijk 2005-01-25 $16,049,000
6794290 Method of chemical modification of structure topography George D. Papasouliotis 2004-09-21 $16,611,000