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Thomas H. Oberlitner — 24 Patents

SESemitool: 19 patents #16 of 141Top 15%
Applied Materials: 4 patents #2,532 of 7,310Top 35%
Kalispell, MT: #15 of 262 inventorsTop 6%
Montana: #85 of 3,198 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
Thomas H. Oberlitner has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Semitool. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in May 2025. Thomas H. Oberlitner ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list Thomas H. Oberlitner in Kalispell, MT, US.

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Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12312702 Plating systems having reduced air entrainment Cameron Law, Daniel Durado, Richard W. Plavidal 2025-05-27
11739434 Plating systems having reduced air entrainment Cameron Law, Daniel Durado 2023-08-29 $78,061,000
10373864 Systems and methods for wetting substrates Paul R. McHugh, Bridger Earl HOERNER, Marvin L. Bernt, Brian Aegerter, Richard W. Plavidal +3 more 2019-08-06 $24,698,000
9469913 Closed loop electrolyte analyzer Cameron Law, Justin Boucher 2016-10-18 $11,711,000
7524406 Processing apparatus including a reactor for electrochemically etching microelectronic workpiece Daniel J. Woodruff, Steve Eudy, James J. Erickson, Matthew Egloff 2009-04-28 $3,172,000
7294244 Microelectronic workpiece processing tool including a processing reactor having a paddle assembly for agitation of a processing fluid proximate to the workpiece Kyle M. Hanson 2007-11-13 $1,261,000
7281741 End-effectors for handling microelectronic workpieces Daniel J. Woodruff, Randy Harris, James J. Erickson, Douglas W. Carr 2007-10-16 $2,748,000
7138016 Semiconductor processing apparatus Timothy J. Reardon, Craig P. Meuchel, Aleksander Owczarz, Raymon F. Thompson 2006-11-21 $4,583,000
7094291 Semiconductor processing apparatus Timothy J. Reardon, Craig P. Meuchel, Aleksander Owczarz, Raymon F. Thompson 2006-08-22 $3,311,000
6869510 Methods and apparatus for processing the surface of a microelectronic workpiece Daniel J. Woodruff, Kyle M. Hanson, Linlin Chen, John M. Pedersen, Vladimir Zila 2005-03-22 $1,261,000
6773559 Processing apparatus including a reactor for electrochemically etching a microelectronic workpiece Daniel J. Woodruff, Steve Eudy, James J. Erickson, Matthew Egloff 2004-08-10 $971,000
6699373 Apparatus for processing the surface of a microelectronic workpiece Daniel J. Woodruff, Kyle M. Hanson, Linlin Chen, John M. Pedersen, Vladimir Zila 2004-03-02 $5,827,000
6645356 Methods and apparatus for processing the surface of a microelectronic workpiece Daniel J. Woodruff, Kyle M. Hanson, Linlin Chen, John M. Pedersen, Vladimir Zila 2003-11-11 $3,031,000
6547937 Microelectronic workpiece processing tool including a processing reactor having a paddle assembly for agitation of a processing fluid proximate to the workpiece Kyle M. Hanson 2003-04-15 $1,091,000
6375741 Semiconductor processing spray coating apparatus Timothy J. Reardon, Craig P. Meuchel 2002-04-23
6322119 Robots for microelectronic workpiece handling Wayne J. Schmidt 2001-11-27 $1,267,000
6318951 Robots for microelectronic workpiece handling Wayne J. Schmidt 2001-11-20 $1,556,000
6309520 Methods and apparatus for processing the surface of a microelectronic workpiece Daniel J. Woodruff, Kyle M. Hanson, Linlin Chen, John M. Pedersen, Vladimir Zila 2001-10-30 $2,823,000
6309524 Methods and apparatus for processing the surface of a microelectronic workpiece Daniel J. Woodruff, Kyle M. Hanson, Linlin Chen, John M. Pedersen, Vladimir Zila 2001-10-30 $2,823,000
6303010 Methods and apparatus for processing the surface of a microelectronic workpiece Daniel J. Woodruff, Kyle M. Hanson, Linlin Chen, John M. Pedersen, Vladimir Zila 2001-10-16 $5,302,000
6066575 Semiconductor processing spray coating apparatus Timothy J. Reardon, Craig P. Meuchel 2000-05-23 $7,940,000
5658387 Semiconductor processing spray coating apparatus Timothy J. Reardon, Craig P. Meuchel 1997-08-19 $4,110,000
5584310 Semiconductor processing with non-jetting fluid stream discharge array Eric J. Bergman 1996-12-17 $2,369,000
5489341 Semiconductor processing with non-jetting fluid stream discharge array Eric J. Bergman 1996-02-06 $1,757,000