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Robert A. Weaver — 23 Patents

SESemitool: 19 patents #16 of 141Top 15%
Escondido, CA: #77 of 1,330 inventorsTop 6%
California: #24,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Robert A. Weaver has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Semitool. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in January 2011. Robert A. Weaver ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Robert A. Weaver in Escondido, CA, US.

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Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7866292 Apparatus and methods for continuous variable valve timing Rikki Scott LaBere 2011-01-11
7332066 Apparatus and method for electrochemically depositing metal on a semiconductor workpiece Linlin Chen, Gregory J. Wilson, Paul R. McHugh, Thomas Ritzdorf 2008-02-19 $2,542,000
7189318 Tuning electrodes used in a reactor for electrochemically processing a microelectronic workpiece Gregory J. Wilson, Paul R. McHugh, Thomas Ritzdorf 2007-03-13 $4,137,000
7160421 Turning electrodes used in a reactor for electrochemically processing a microelectronic workpiece Gregory J. Wilson, Paul R. McHugh, Thomas Ritzdorf 2007-01-09 $2,040,000
7127828 Lockdown rotor for a processing machine Ronald Schlagenhauser 2006-10-31 $3,595,000
7115196 Apparatus and method for electrochemically depositing metal on a semiconductor workpiece Linlin Chen, Gregory J. Wilson, Paul R. McHugh, Thomas Ritzdorf 2006-10-03 $1,688,000
7102763 Methods and apparatus for processing microelectronic workpieces using metrology Thomas Ritzdorf, Steve Eudy, Gregory J. Wilson, Paul R. McHugh, Brian Aegerter +2 more 2006-09-05 $3,211,000
7020537 Tuning electrodes used in a reactor for electrochemically processing a microelectronic workpiece Gregory J. Wilson, Paul R. McHugh, Thomas Ritzdorf 2006-03-28 $2,898,000
6881309 Diffuser with spiral opening pattern for electroplating reactor vessel Kyle M. Hanson, Jerry Simchuk, Raymon F. Thompson 2005-04-19 $3,551,000
6861027 Method and apparatus for processing a microelectronic workpiece including an apparatus and method for executing a processing step at an elevated temperature Paul R. McHugh, Gregory J. Wilson 2005-03-01 $3,984,000
6780374 Method and apparatus for processing a microelectronic workpiece at an elevated temperature Gregory J. Wilson, Paul R. McHugh 2004-08-24 $3,171,000
6565729 Method for electrochemically depositing metal on a semiconductor workpiece Linlin Chen, Gregory J. Wilson, Paul R. McHugh, Thomas Ritzdorf 2003-05-20 $2,589,000
6471913 Method and apparatus for processing a microelectronic workpiece including an apparatus and method for executing a processing step at an elevated temperature Paul R. McHugh, Gregory J. Wilson 2002-10-29 $1,335,000
6370791 Processing machine with lockdown rotor Ronald Schlagenhauser 2002-04-16 $6,012,000
6254742 Diffuser with spiral opening pattern for an electroplating reactor vessel Kyle M. Hanson, Jerry Simchuk, Raymon F. Thompson 2001-07-03 $6,727,000
6164963 Semiconductor furnace processing vessel base 2000-12-26
6030208 Thermal processor Victor J. Williams, Coby Scott GROVE 2000-02-29 $11,924,000
5947718 Semiconductor processing furnace 1999-09-07 $3,129,000
5908292 Semiconductor processing furnace outflow cooling system John Z. Smith, Martin Jones, Paul R. McHugh 1999-06-01 $2,360,000
5904478 Semiconductor processing furnace heating subassembly William D. McEntire, Kevin B. Peck 1999-05-18 $2,265,000
5846073 Semiconductor furnace processing vessel base 1998-12-08 $1,511,000
4703741 Gasoline combustion engine Jeffrey M. Curran, Jeffrey D. Weaver 1987-11-03
D282864 Semiautomatic rifle 1986-03-04