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David A. Reed — 29 Patents

NINova Measuring Instruments: 15 patents #7 of 108Top 7%
RIRevera, Incorporated: 10 patents #2 of 24Top 9%
CACharles Evans & Associates: 2 patents #1 of 6Top 20%
Belmont, CA: #93 of 1,494 inventorsTop 7%
California: #18,137 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
David A. Reed has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nova Measuring Instruments. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in July 2025. David A. Reed ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list David A. Reed in Belmont, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12360063 System and method for measuring a sample by x-ray reflectance scatterometry Heath A. Pois, Bruno W. Schueler, Rodney Smedt, Jeffrey T. Fanton 2025-07-15
12165863 Systems and approaches for semiconductor metrology and surface analysis using secondary ion mass spectrometry Bruno W. Schueler, Bruce H. Newcome, Rodney Smedt, Chris Bevis 2024-12-10 $59,049,000
11996259 Patterned x-ray emitting target Bruce H. Newcome, Bruno W. Schueler 2024-05-28 $43,910,000
11874237 System and method for measuring a sample by x-ray reflectance scatterometry Heath A. Pois, Bruno Shueler, Rodney Smedt, Jeffrey T. Fanton 2024-01-16 $25,463,000
11823883 Mass spectrometer detector and system and method using the same Christopher F. Bevis, Yungman Alan Liu, Eli Cheifetz, Amit Weingarten, Alexander Kadyshevitch 2023-11-21 $22,838,000
11764050 Systems and approaches for semiconductor metrology and surface analysis using secondary ion mass spectrometry Bruno W. Schueler, Bruce H. Newcome, Rodney Smedt, Chris Bevis 2023-09-19 $20,904,000
11430647 Systems and approaches for semiconductor metrology and surface analysis using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Bruno W. Schueler, Bruce H. Newcome, Rodney Smedt, Chris Bevis 2022-08-30 $25,703,000
11183377 Mass spectrometer detector and system and method using the same Christopher F. Bevis, Yungman Alan Liu, Eli Cheifetz, Amit Weingarten, Alexander Kadyshevitch 2021-11-23 $27,609,000
10910208 Systems and approaches for semiconductor metrology and surface analysis using secondary ion mass spectrometry Bruno W. Schueler, Bruce H. Newcome, Rodney Smedt, Chris Bevis 2021-02-02 $15,872,000
10859519 Methods and systems for measuring periodic structures using multi-angle x-ray reflectance scatterometry (XRS) Heath A. Pois, Bruno W. Schueler, Rodney Smedt, Jeffrey T. Fanton 2020-12-08 $13,735,000
10636644 Systems and approaches for semiconductor metrology and surface analysis using secondary ion mass spectrometry Bruno W. Schueler, Bruce H. Newcome, Rodney Smedt, Chris Bevis 2020-04-28 $6,890,000
10481112 Methods and systems for measuring periodic structures using multi-angle X-ray reflectance scatterometry (XRS) Heath A. Pois, Bruno W. Schueler, Rodney Smedt, Jeffrey T. Fanton 2019-11-19 $4,701,000
10403489 Systems and approaches for semiconductor metrology and surface analysis using secondary ion mass spectrometry Bruno W. Schueler, Bruce H. Newcome, Rodney Smedt, Chris Bevis 2019-09-03 $5,351,000
10119925 Methods and systems for measuring periodic structures using multi-angle X-ray reflectance scatterometry (XRS) Heath A. Pois, Bruno W. Schueler, Rodney Smedt, Jeffrey T. Fanton 2018-11-06 $4,674,000
10056242 Systems and approaches for semiconductor metrology and surface analysis using secondary ion mass spectrometry Bruno W. Schueler, Bruce H. Newcome, Rodney Smedt, Chris Bevis 2018-08-21 $3,446,000
9588066 Methods and systems for measuring periodic structures using multi-angle X-ray reflectance scatterometry (XRS) Heath A. Pois, Bruno W. Schueler, Rodney Smedt, Jeffrey T. Fanton 2017-03-07
9297771 Methods and systems for fabricating platelets of a monochromator for X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy Jeffrey T. Fanton, Rodney Smedt, Bruno W. Schueler 2016-03-29
9240254 System and method for characterizing a film by X-ray photoelectron and low-energy X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy Bruno W. Schueler, Jeffrey T. Fanton, Rodney Smedt 2016-01-19
9201030 Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film Paola deCecco, Bruno W. Schueler, Michael Kwan, David S. Ballance 2015-12-01
8916823 Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film Paolo deCecco, Bruno W. Schueler, Michael Kwan, David S. Ballance 2014-12-23
8610059 Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film Paola deCecco, Bruno W. Schueler, Michael Kwan, David S. Ballance 2013-12-17
8269167 Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film Paola deCecco, Bruno W. Schueler, Michael Kwan, David S. Ballance 2012-09-18
8011830 Method and system for calibrating an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement Bruno W. Schueler, Bruce H. Newcome, Jeffrey Allen Moore 2011-09-06
7884321 Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film Paola deCecco, Bruno W. Schueler, Michael Kwan, David S. Ballance 2011-02-08
7411188 Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film Paola deCecco, Bruno W. Schueler, Michael Kwan, Dave Ballance 2008-08-12