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Mark Harless — 15 Patents

RTRudolph Technologies: 10 patents #2 of 136Top 2%
ATAugust Technology: 4 patents #2 of 19Top 15%
New Hope, MN: #11 of 184 inventorsTop 6%
Minnesota: #4,986 of 52,454 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Mark Harless has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Rudolph Technologies. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in October 2016. Mark Harless ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Mark Harless in New Hope, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2016Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2010.peak 32001: 1 patents20012004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents20062007: 2 patents20072008: 2 patents20082009: 1 patents20092010: 3 patents20102012: 1 patents20122016: 2 patents2016

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9464992 Automated wafer defect inspection system and a process of performing such inspection Jeffrey O'Dell, Thomas Verburgt, Cory Watkins 2016-10-11 $3,600,000
9337071 Automated wafer defect inspection system and a process of performing such inspection Jeffrey O'Dell, Thomas Verburgt, Cory Watkins 2016-05-10 $3,608,000
8130372 Wafer holding mechanism Cory Watkins, Pat Simpkins, Kevin Barr 2012-03-06 $2,926,000
7822260 Edge inspection Cory Watkins, Francy Abraham 2010-10-26 $3,044,000
7729528 Automated wafer defect inspection system and a process of performing such inspection Jeffrey O'Dell, Thomas Verburgt, Cory Watkins 2010-06-01 $4,340,000
7703823 Wafer holding mechanism Cory Watkins, Pat Simpkins, Kevin Barr 2010-04-27 $1,719,000
7629993 Automated wafer defect inspection system using backside illumination Jeremy Jenum, Willard Charles Raymond 2009-12-08 $4,180,000
7340087 Edge inspection Cory Watkins, Francy Abraham 2008-03-04 $2,972,000
7321108 Dynamic focusing method and apparatus Cory Watkins, David Vaughnn, Pat Simpkins, Shaileshkumar Goyal, Gerald Brown +1 more 2008-01-22
7196300 Dynamic focusing method and apparatus Cory Watkins, David Vaughnn, Pat Simpkins, Shaileshkumar Goyal, Gerald Brown +1 more 2007-03-27 $2,733,000
7170075 Inspection tool with a 3D point sensor to develop a focus map Norman L. Oberski 2007-01-30 $4,909,000
7111095 Data transfer device with data frame grabber with switched fabric interface wherein data is distributed across network over virtual lane Cory Watkins 2006-09-19
6937753 Automated wafer defect inspection system and a process of performing such inspection Jeffrey O'Dell, Thomas Verburgt, Steve Herrmann 2005-08-30 $2,847,000
6826298 Automated wafer defect inspection system and a process of performing such inspection Jeffrey O'Dell, Thomas Verburgt, Cory Watkins 2004-11-30 $2,304,000
6324298 Automated wafer defect inspection system and a process of performing such inspection Jeffrey O'Dell, Thomas Verburgt 2001-11-27 $1,760,000