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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
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Shawming Ma

MTMattson Technology: 25 patents #5 of 230Top 3%
BCBeijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co.: 23 patents #3 of 72Top 5%
Applied Materials: 8 patents #1,541 of 7,310Top 25%
ATAgilent Technologies: 6 patents #357 of 3,411Top 15%
HP: 4 patents #1,237 of 7,018Top 20%
TITexas Instruments: 3 patents #4,047 of 12,488Top 35%
Sunnyvale, CA: #377 of 14,302 inventorsTop 3%
California: #8,766 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #59,911 of 4,157,543Top 2%
47 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 47 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12347677 Enhanced ignition in inductively coupled plasmas for workpiece processing Stephen E. Savas 2025-07-01
12159789 Atomic layer etch process using plasma in conjunction with a rapid thermal activation process 2024-12-03
12119216 Arc lamp with forming gas for thermal processing systems Michael X. Yang, Rolf Bremensdorfer, Dave Camm, Joseph Cibere, Dieter Hezler +1 more 2024-10-15
12002652 Variable mode plasma chamber utilizing tunable plasma potential Stephen E. Savas 2024-06-04
11848204 Enhanced ignition in inductively coupled plasmas for workpiece processing Stephen E. Savas 2023-12-19
11791181 Methods for the treatment of workpieces Ting Xie, Hua Chung, Haochen Li, Xinliang Lu, Haichun Yang +1 more 2023-10-17
11764072 Method for processing a workpiece using a multi-cycle thermal treatment process Michael X. Yang 2023-09-19
11721539 Arc lamp with forming gas for thermal processing systems Michael X. Yang, Rolf Bremensdorfer, Dave Camm, Joseph Cibere, Dieter Hezler +1 more 2023-08-08
11508560 Focus ring adjustment assembly of a system for processing workpieces under vacuum Martin L. Zucker, Peter J. Lembesis, Ryan Pakulski 2022-11-22
11348767 Plasma processing apparatus having a focus ring adjustment assembly Martin L. Zucker, Peter J. Lembesis, Ryan Pakulski 2022-05-31
11348784 Enhanced ignition in inductively coupled plasmas for workpiece processing Stephen E. Savas 2022-05-31
11289323 Processing of semiconductors using vaporized solvents Shuang Meng, Michael X. Yang 2022-03-29
11264249 Carbon containing hardmask removal process using sulfur containing process gas Fen Dai, Tinghao Wang, Oliver Jan, Moo-Hyun Kim, Zhongming Liu 2022-03-01
11201036 Plasma strip tool with uniformity control Vladimir Nagorny, Dixit V. Desai, Ryan Pakulski 2021-12-14
11189464 Variable mode plasma chamber utilizing tunable plasma potential Stephen E. Savas 2021-11-30
11062912 Atomic layer etch process using plasma in conjunction with a rapid thermal activation process 2021-07-13
11049692 Methods for tuning plasma potential using variable mode plasma chamber Stephen E. Savas 2021-06-29
11039527 Air leak detection in plasma processing apparatus with separation grid Shuang Meng, Xinliang Lu, Hua Chung 2021-06-15
10950428 Method for processing a workpiece Ting Xie, Hua Chung, Xinliang Lu, Michael X. Yang 2021-03-16
10901321 Strip process for high aspect ratio structure Vijay M. Vaniapura, Li Hou 2021-01-26
10790119 Plasma processing apparatus with post plasma gas injection Vladimir Nagorny, Dixit V. Desai, Ryan Pakulski 2020-09-29
10599039 Strip process for high aspect ratio structure Vijay M. Vaniapura, Li Hou 2020-03-24
10580661 Atomic layer etch process using plasma in conjunction with a rapid thermal activation process 2020-03-03
10573532 Method for processing a workpiece using a multi-cycle thermal treatment process Michael X. Yang 2020-02-25
10078266 Implanted photoresist stripping process Wei-Hua Liou, Chun-Yen Kang, Vijay M. Vaniapura, Hai-Au M. Phan-Vu 2018-09-18