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David Chen — 8 Patents

NSNovellus Systems: 8 patents #108 of 780Top 15%
SSStmicroelectronics Sa: 2 patents #2,467 of 4,662Top 55%
San Jose, CA: #7,707 of 32,062 inventorsTop 25%
California: #74,834 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
David Chen has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Novellus Systems. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in June 2016. David Chen ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list David Chen in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2016Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2005.peak 22004: 1 patents20042005: 2 patents20052008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents20092011: 1 patents20112013: 1 patents20132016: 1 patents2016

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9373497 Methods for stripping photoresist and/or cleaning metal regions Haruhiro Harry Goto, Martina Su, Frank Greer, Shamsuddin Alokozai 2016-06-21
8435895 Methods for stripping photoresist and/or cleaning metal regions Haruhiro Harry Goto, Martina Martina, Frank Greer, Shamsuddin Alokozai 2013-05-07
8058181 Method for post-etch cleans Yuh-Jia Su, Eddie Chiu, Maria Paola Pozzoli, Senzi Li, Giuseppe Colangelo +2 more 2011-11-15 $3,616,000
7569492 Method for post-etch cleans Yuh-Jia Su, Eddie Chiu, Maria Paola Pozzoli, Senzi Li, Giuseppe Colangelo +2 more 2009-08-04
7390755 Methods for post etch cleans Yuh-Jia Su, Eddie Chiu, Maria Paola Pozzoli, Senzi Li, Giuseppe Colangelo +2 more 2008-06-24
6867086 Multi-step deposition and etch back gap fill process Robert Shepherd, Vishal Gauri, George D. Papasouliotis 2005-03-15 $15,156,000
6855225 Single-tube interlaced inductively coupling plasma source Yuh-Jia Su, Vincent Decaux 2005-02-15 $15,739,000
6693043 Method for removing photoresist from low-k films in a downstream plasma system Senzi Li, Helmuth Treichel, Kirk Ostrowski, Chevan Goonetilleke, Jim Su 2004-02-17 $50,486,000