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Thomas E. Wicker — 24 Patents

Lam Research: 22 patents #110 of 2,128Top 6%
IBM: 2 patents #32,909 of 70,183Top 50%
TETegal: 1 patents #34 of 53Top 65%
Vallejo, CA: #2 of 237 inventorsTop 1%
California: #23,266 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
Thomas E. Wicker has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Lam Research. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in August 2006. Thomas E. Wicker ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list Thomas E. Wicker in Vallejo, CA, US.

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Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7096819 Inductive plasma processor having coil with plural windings and method of controlling plasma density Jian J. Chen, Robert Veltrop 2006-08-29 $14,349,000
6881608 Semiconductor processing equipment having improved process drift control 2005-04-19 $37,257,000
6673198 Semiconductor processing equipment having improved process drift control 2004-01-06 $47,614,000
6583064 Low contamination high density plasma etch chambers and methods for making the same Robert A. Maraschin, William S. Kennedy 2003-06-24 $12,299,000
6583572 Inductive plasma processor including current sensor for plasma excitation coil Robert Veltrop, Jian J. Chen 2003-06-24 $12,299,000
6527912 Stacked RF excitation coil for inductive plasma processor Jian J. Chen, Robert Veltrop 2003-03-04 $4,992,000
6463875 Multiple coil antenna for inductively-coupled plasma generation systems Jian J. Chen, Robert Veltrop 2002-10-15 $3,906,000
6464843 Contamination controlling method and apparatus for a plasma processing chamber Alan M. Schoepp, Robert A. Maraschin 2002-10-15 $3,906,000
6394026 Low contamination high density plasma etch chambers and methods for making the same Robert A. Maraschin, William S. Kennedy 2002-05-28 $38,948,000
6306244 Apparatus for reducing polymer deposition on substrate support William S. Kennedy, Robert A. Maraschin, Joel M. Cook, Alan M. Schoepp 2001-10-23 $9,139,000
6251793 Particle controlling method for a plasma processing chamber Robert A. Maraschin 2001-06-26 $70,724,000
6227140 Semiconductor processing equipment having radiant heated ceramic liner William S. Kennedy, Robert A. Maraschin 2001-05-08 $18,186,000
6164241 Multiple coil antenna for inductively-coupled plasma generation systems Jian J. Chen, Robert Veltrop 2000-12-26 $12,327,000
6155199 Parallel-antenna transformer-coupled plasma generation system Jian J. Chen, Robert Veltrop 2000-12-05 $19,413,000
6155203 Apparatus for control of deposit build-up on an inner surface of a plasma processing chamber William S. Kennedy, Albert Lamm, Robert A. Maraschin 2000-12-05 $19,413,000
6129808 Low contamination high density plasma etch chambers and methods for making the same Robert A. Maraschin, William S. Kennedy 2000-10-10 $48,860,000
6035868 Method and apparatus for control of deposit build-up on an inner surface of a plasma processing chamber William S. Kennedy, Albert Lamm, Robert A. Maraschin 2000-03-14 $91,109,000
6033585 Method and apparatus for preventing lightup of gas distribution holes Albert Lamm, Vahid Vahedi 2000-03-07 $107,441,000
6028286 Method for igniting a plasma inside a plasma processing reactor Joel M. Cook, Jian J. Chen 2000-02-22 $24,217,000
5993594 Particle controlling method and apparatus for a plasma processing chamber Robert A. Maraschin 1999-11-30 $32,165,000
5863376 Temperature controlling method and apparatus for a plasma processing chamber Joel M. Cook, Robert A. Maraschin, William S. Kennedy, Neil Benjamin 1999-01-26 $22,619,000
5543184 Method of reducing particulates in a plasma tool through steady state flows Michael Barnes, Dennis K. Coultas, John C. Forster, John H. Keller 1996-08-06
5518547 Method and apparatus for reducing particulates in a plasma tool through steady state flows Michael Barnes, Dennis K. Coultas, John C. Forster, John H. Keller 1996-05-21 $11,195,000
4724510 Electrostatic wafer clamp Roger B. Lachenbruch 1988-02-09