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Thomas A. Walsh — 18 Patents

STStrasbaugh: 10 patents #3 of 32Top 10%
Lam Research: 2 patents #1,028 of 2,128Top 50%
MMMemc Electronic Materials: 1 patents #138 of 273Top 55%
HP: 1 patents #11,359 of 7,018Top 165%
Atascadero, CA: #3 of 161 inventorsTop 2%
California: #33,102 of 386,348 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Thomas A. Walsh has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Strasbaugh. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in April 2017. Thomas A. Walsh ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Thomas A. Walsh in Atascadero, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9610669 Methods and systems for use in grind spindle alignment Larry Spiegel 2017-04-04
9393669 Systems and methods of processing substrates William J. Kalenian, Michael Vogtmann, Benjamin C. Smedley, Larry Spiegel, Thomas E. Brake 2016-07-19
9082713 Method of grinding wafer stacks to provide uniform residual silicon thickness Thomas E. Brake 2015-07-14
8968052 Systems and methods of wafer grinding Michael Vogtmann 2015-03-03
8565919 Method, apparatus and system for use in processing wafers William J. Kalenian, Dave Halley 2013-10-22
8133093 Grinding apparatus having an extendable wheel mount Michael Vogtmann 2012-03-13
7458878 Grinding apparatus and method Salman Kassir 2008-12-02
7156946 Wafer carrier pivot mechanism William J. Kalenian 2007-01-02
7118446 Grinding apparatus and method Salman Kassir 2006-10-10
7040955 Chemical-mechanical planarization tool force calibration method and system William J. Kalenian 2006-05-09
6935934 Parallel alignment method and apparatus for chemical mechanical polishing — 2005-08-30 $5,956,000
6354926 Parallel alignment method and apparatus for chemical mechanical polishing — 2002-03-12 $52,678,000
6045716 Chemical mechanical polishing apparatus and method Dan Trojan 2000-04-04 $14,879,000
5964646 Grinding process and apparatus for planarizing sawed wafers Salman Kassir 1999-10-12 $1,332,000
5605487 Semiconductor wafer polishing appartus and method Harold J. Hileman, Robert J. Walsh 1997-02-25 $14,205,000
5240158 Belt-type carrier device — 1993-08-31
4518114 Dip soldering apparatus and method — 1985-05-21 $16,472,000
4380412 Lap shaping machine with oscillatable point cutter and selectively rotatable or oscillatable lap — 1983-04-19

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