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Robert W. Berner — 30 Patents

SESemitool: 30 patents #9 of 141Top 7%
Kalispell, MT: #13 of 262 inventorsTop 5%
Montana: #56 of 3,198 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Robert W. Berner has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at Semitool. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in August 2006. Robert W. Berner ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Robert W. Berner in Kalispell, MT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7087143 Plating system for semiconductor materials Wayne J. Schmidt, Daniel J. Woodruff 2006-08-08 $2,890,000
7074246 Modular semiconductor workpiece processing tool Daniel J. Woodruff, Wayne J. Schmidt, Kevin W. Coyle, Vladimir Zila, Worm Lund 2006-07-11 $2,412,000
6960257 Semiconductor processing system with wafer container docking and loading station Raymon F. Thompson, Gary L. Curtis, Stephen P. Culliton, Blaine G. Wright, Darryl Byle 2005-11-01 $2,584,000
6843894 Cathode current control system for a wafer electroplating apparatus Joseph J. Fatula, Jr., Robert Hitzfeld, Richard J. Contreras, Andrew Chiu 2005-01-18 $1,908,000
6833035 Semiconductor processing system with wafer container docking and loading station Raymond F. Thompson, Gary L. Curtis, Stephen P. Culliton, Blaine G. Wright 2004-12-21 $3,607,000
6805778 Contact assembly for supplying power to workpieces during electrochemical processing Robert W. Batz, Jr., Kenneth C. Haugan, Harry J. Geyer 2004-10-19 $1,078,000
6627051 Cathode current control system for a wafer electroplating apparatus Joseph J. Fatula, Jr., Robert Hitzfeld, Richard J. Contreras, Andrew Chiu 2003-09-30 $4,355,000
6461494 Methods for plating semiconductor workpieces using a workpiece-engaging electrode assembly with sealing boot Robert W. Batz, Jr., Kenneth C. Haugan, Harry J. Geyer 2002-10-08 $1,997,000
6454926 Semiconductor plating system workpiece support having workpiece-engaging electrode with submerged conductive current transfer areas Thomas Ritzdorf, Jeffrey I. Turner 2002-09-24 $1,058,000
6440178 Modular semiconductor workpiece processing tool Daniel J. Woodruff, Wayne J. Schmidt, Kevin W. Coyle, Vladimir Zila, Worm Lund 2002-08-27 $1,500,000
6322674 Cathode current control system for a wafer electroplating apparatus Joseph J. Fatula, Jr., Robert Hitzfeld, Richard J. Contreras, Andrew Chiu 2001-11-27 $1,267,000
6319841 Semiconductor processing using vapor mixtures Eric J. Bergman, David Oberlitner 2001-11-20 $1,556,000
6203582 Modular semiconductor workpiece processing tool Daniel J. Woodruff, Wayne J. Schmidt, Kevin W. Coyle, Vladimir Zila, Worm Lund 2001-03-20 $5,335,000
6162734 Semiconductor processing using vapor mixtures Eric J. Bergman, David Oberlitner 2000-12-19 $6,147,000
6139703 Cathode current control system for a wafer electroplating apparatus Kyle M. Hanson, K. Chris Haugan, Kevin W. Coyle, James Doolittle 2000-10-31 $7,893,000
6120641 Process architecture and manufacturing tool sets employing hard mask patterning for use in the manufacture of one or more metallization levels on a workpiece E. Henry Stevens 2000-09-19 $8,529,000
6014817 Semiconductor wafer processing system Raymon F. Thompson, Gary L. Curtis, Stephen P. Culliton, Blaine G. Wright 2000-01-18 $3,314,000
6004440 Cathode current control system for a wafer electroplating apparatus Kyle M. Hanson, K. Chris Haugan, Kevin W. Coyle, James Doolittle 1999-12-21 $1,727,000
6001234 Methods for plating semiconductor workpieces using a workpiece-engaging electrode assembly with sealing boot Robert W. Batz, Jr., Kenneth C. Haugan, Harry J. Geyer 1999-12-14 $3,296,000
5996241 Semiconductor wafer processing system with immersion module Raymon F. Thompson, Gary L. Curtis, Stephen P. Culliton, Blaine G. Wright 1999-12-07 $2,932,000
5954911 Semiconductor processing using vapor mixtures Eric J. Bergman, David Oberlitner 1999-09-21 $2,805,000
5882168 Semiconductor processing systems Raymon F. Thompson, Gary L. Curtis, Stephen P. Culliton, Blaine G. Wright 1999-03-16 $909,000
5836736 Semiconductor processing system with wafer container docking and loading station Raymon F. Thompson, Gary L. Curtis, Stephen P. Culliton, Blaine G. Wright, Darryl Byle 1998-11-17 $1,806,000
5788454 Semiconductor wafer processing system Raymon F. Thompson, Gary L. Curtis, Stephen P. Culliton, Blaine G. Wright 1998-08-04 $1,807,000
5784797 Carrierless centrifugal semiconductor processing system Gary L. Curtis, Raymon F. Thompson, Ed Fix 1998-07-28 $918,000