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Michael Binnard — 86 Patents

NINikon: 84 patents #12 of 2,493Top 1%
NANikon Research Corporation Of America: 2 patents #5 of 29Top 20%
Belmont, CA: #9 of 1,494 inventorsTop 1%
California: #3,026 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #19,585 of 4,157,543Top 1%
86 Patents All Time
Michael Binnard has been granted 86 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nikon. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in July 2025. Michael Binnard ranks #19,585 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.47%). Patent records list Michael Binnard in Belmont, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2003.peak 72001: 1 patents20012002: 2 patents2003: 7 patents2004: 6 patents20042005: 6 patents2006: 2 patents2008: 7 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 3 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 3 patents2013: 7 patents2014: 7 patents20142015: 2 patents2016: 4 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 5 patents2019: 3 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 6 patents2022: 1 patents2024: 4 patents20242025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 86 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12346029 Curved reticle by mechanical and phase bending along orthogonal axes Donis Flagello, Daniel Gene Smith, Stephen P. Renwick 2025-07-01
12303975 Analyzer system for aligning and focusing an energy beam in a three-dimensional printer 2025-05-20
12203745 Metrology for additive manufacturing Eric Peter Goodwin, Heather Lynn Durko, Daniel Gene Smith, Johnathan Agustin Marquez, Patrick Shih Chang +4 more 2025-01-21
12151378 Vibration reduction system for precision robotics applications Yoon Jung Jeong, Alton H. Phillips 2024-11-26 $26,820,000
12066677 Balanced active stabilizers Yoon Jung Jeong, Alton H. Phillips, Matthew Parker-McCormick Bjork 2024-08-20 $20,163,000
12055193 Vibration isolation systems with reaction masses and actuators Alton H. Phillips, Yoon Jung Jeong, Matthew Parker-McCormick Bjork 2024-08-06 $17,070,000
11982521 Measurement of a change in a geometrical characteristic and/or position of a workpiece Daniel Gene Smith 2024-05-14 $33,809,000
11300884 Illumination system with curved 1d-patterned mask for use in EUV-exposure tool Daniel Gene Smith, David M. Williamson, Donis Flagello 2022-04-12
11099483 Euv lithography system for dense line patterning Donis Flagello, David M. Williamson, Stephen P. Renwick, Daniel Gene Smith 2021-08-24
11075573 Power minimizing controller for a stage assembly Neyram Hemati 2021-07-27
11067900 Dense line extreme ultraviolet lithography system with distortion matching 2021-07-20
11061338 High-resolution position encoder with image sensor and encoded target pattern Jonathan K. Wells, Paul Derek Coon, Matthew Rosa, Johnathan Agustin Marquez, Steven Douglas Slonaker +3 more 2021-07-13
10890849 EUV lithography system for dense line patterning Donis Flagello, David M. Williamson, Stephen P. Renwick, Daniel Gene Smith 2021-01-12
10884344 Positioning system using surface pattern recognition and interpolation Paul Derek Coon, Jonathan K. Wells, Matthew Rosa 2021-01-05
10747117 Extreme ultraviolet lithography system that utilizes pattern stitching Daniel Gene Smith, David M. Williamson 2020-08-18
10712671 Dense line extreme ultraviolet lithography system with distortion matching 2020-07-14
10394138 System and method for control of a workpiece and a chuck Paul Derek Coon 2019-08-27
10295911 Extreme ultraviolet lithography system that utilizes pattern stitching Daniel Gene Smith, David M. Williamson 2019-05-21
10254654 Microelectromechanical mirror assembly Shane R. Palmer 2019-04-09
10084364 Power minimizing controller for a stage assembly Neyram Hemati 2018-09-25
10078269 Array of encoders for alignment measurement Eric Peter Goodwin, Ruslan Kurdyumov 2018-09-18
9946163 Apparatus and method for maintaining immersion fluid in the gap under the projection lens during wafer exchange in an immersion lithography machine 2018-04-17
9921495 Magnetic sensor calibration and servo for planar motor stage Pai-Hsueh Yang, J. Kyle Wells, Chetan Mahadeswaraswamy, Tsutomu Ogiwara 2018-03-20
9874817 Microelectromechanical mirror assembly Shane R. Palmer 2018-01-23
9778579 System and method for controlling a temperature of a reaction assembly Michel Pharand, Chetan Mahadeswaraswamy 2017-10-03