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Thomas E. Wicker

Lam Research: 22 patents #110 of 2,128Top 6%
IBM: 2 patents #32,839 of 70,183Top 50%
TE Tegal: 1 patents #34 of 53Top 65%
Overall (All Time): #175,739 of 4,157,543Top 5%
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Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7096819 Inductive plasma processor having coil with plural windings and method of controlling plasma density Jian J. Chen, Robert Veltrop 2006-08-29
6881608 Semiconductor processing equipment having improved process drift control 2005-04-19
6673198 Semiconductor processing equipment having improved process drift control 2004-01-06
6583064 Low contamination high density plasma etch chambers and methods for making the same Robert A. Maraschin, William S. Kennedy 2003-06-24
6583572 Inductive plasma processor including current sensor for plasma excitation coil Robert Veltrop, Jian J. Chen 2003-06-24
6527912 Stacked RF excitation coil for inductive plasma processor Jian J. Chen, Robert Veltrop 2003-03-04
6463875 Multiple coil antenna for inductively-coupled plasma generation systems Jian J. Chen, Robert Veltrop 2002-10-15
6464843 Contamination controlling method and apparatus for a plasma processing chamber Alan M. Schoepp, Robert A. Maraschin 2002-10-15
6394026 Low contamination high density plasma etch chambers and methods for making the same Robert A. Maraschin, William S. Kennedy 2002-05-28
6306244 Apparatus for reducing polymer deposition on substrate support William S. Kennedy, Robert A. Maraschin, Joel M. Cook, Alan M. Schoepp 2001-10-23
6251793 Particle controlling method for a plasma processing chamber Robert A. Maraschin 2001-06-26
6227140 Semiconductor processing equipment having radiant heated ceramic liner William S. Kennedy, Robert A. Maraschin 2001-05-08
6164241 Multiple coil antenna for inductively-coupled plasma generation systems Jian J. Chen, Robert Veltrop 2000-12-26
6155199 Parallel-antenna transformer-coupled plasma generation system Jian J. Chen, Robert Veltrop 2000-12-05
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
6129808 Low contamination high density plasma etch chambers and methods for making the same Robert A. Maraschin, William S. Kennedy 2000-10-10
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
6033585 Method and apparatus for preventing lightup of gas distribution holes Albert Lamm, Vahid Vahedi 2000-03-07
6028286 Method for igniting a plasma inside a plasma processing reactor Joel M. Cook, Jian J. Chen 2000-02-22
5993594 Particle controlling method and apparatus for a plasma processing chamber Robert A. Maraschin 1999-11-30
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
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
4724510 Electrostatic wafer clamp Roger B. Lachenbruch 1988-02-09