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J. Brett Rolfson — 147 Patents

Micron: 146 patents #77 of 6,345Top 2%
Boise, ID: #35 of 3,546 inventorsTop 1%
Idaho: #50 of 8,810 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #6,501 of 4,157,543Top 1%
147 Patents All Time

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Showing 126–147 of 147 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
5403435 Process for selectively etching integrated circuit devices having deep trenches or troughs or elevated features with re-entrant profiles David A. Cathey 1995-04-04
5376483 Method of making masks for phase shifting lithography 1994-12-27
5374868 Method for formation of a trench accessible cold-cathode field emission device Kevin Tjaden 1994-12-20
5372901 Removable bandpass filter for microlithographic aligners David A. Cathey 1994-12-13
5372973 Method to form self-aligned gate structures around cold cathode emitter tips using chemical mechanical polishing technology Trung T. Doan, Tyler Lowrey, David A. Cathey 1994-12-13
5358892 Etch stop useful in avoiding substrate pitting with poly buffered locos 1994-10-25
5358599 Process for etching a semiconductor device using an improved protective etching mask David A. Cathey 1994-10-25
5329207 Field emission structures produced on macro-grain polysilicon substrates David A. Cathey, Tyler Lowrey, Trung T. Doan 1994-07-12
5300463 Method of selectively etching silicon dioxide dielectric layers on semiconductor wafers David A. Cathey 1994-04-05
5275237 Liquid filled hot plate for precise temperature control Michael W. Starkweather 1994-01-04
5259799 Method to form self-aligned gate structures and focus rings Trung T. Doan, Tyler Lowrey, David A. Cathey 1993-11-09
5240796 Method of fabricating a chromeless phase shift reticle Ruojia Lee 1993-08-31
5232549 Spacers for field emission display fabricated via self-aligned high energy ablation David A. Cathey, Chris C. Yu, Trung T. Doan, Tyler Lowrey 1993-08-03
5229331 Method to form self-aligned gate structures around cold cathode emitter tips using chemical mechanical polishing technology Trung T. Doan, Tyler Lowrey, David A. Cathey 1993-07-20
5225035 Method of fabricating a phase-shifting photolithographic mask reticle having identical light transmittance in all transparent regions 1993-07-06
5223083 Process for etching a semiconductor device using an improved protective etching mask David A. Cathey 1993-06-29
5205770 Method to form high aspect ratio supports (spacers) for field emission display using micro-saw technology Tyler Lowrey, Trung T. Doan, David A. Cathey 1993-04-27
5194346 Method of fabricating phase shifting reticles with an accurate phase shift layer David A. Cathey 1993-03-16
5194345 Method of fabricating phase shift reticles 1993-03-16
5194344 Method of fabricating phase shift reticles including chemically mechanically planarizing David A. Cathey 1993-03-16
5186670 Method to form self-aligned gate structures and focus rings Trung T. Doan, Tyler Lowrey, David A. Cathey 1993-02-16
5091290 Process for promoting adhesion of a layer of photoresist on a substrate having a previous layer of photoresist 1992-02-25