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Alferd Cofer — 17 Patents

TETegal: 13 patents #4 of 53Top 8%
Lam Research: 3 patents #821 of 2,128Top 40%
SBSilicon Valley Bank: 1 patents #13 of 56Top 25%
Petaluma, CA: #38 of 492 inventorsTop 8%
California: #35,467 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Alferd Cofer has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Tegal. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in July 2011. Alferd Cofer ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Alferd Cofer in Petaluma, CA, US.

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Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7985688 Notch stop pulsing process for plasma processing system Tamarak Pandhumsoporn 2011-07-26 $35,580,000
7459100 Methods and apparatus for sequentially alternating among plasma processes in order to optimize a substrate Adrian Kiermasz, Tamarak Pandhumsoporn 2008-12-02 $23,516,000
7351664 Methods for minimizing mask undercuts and notches for plasma processing system Tamarak Pandhumsoporn, William Frederick Bosch 2008-04-01 $9,821,000
7223699 Plasma etch reactor and method Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Leslie G. Jerde, Robert C. Vail, Kurt A. Olson 2007-05-29 $453,000
6958295 Method for using a hard mask for critical dimension growth containment Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Leslie G. Jerde 2005-10-25 $1,111,000
6951820 Method for using a hard mask for critical dimension growth containment Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Leslie G. Jerde 2005-10-04 $7,127,000
6905969 Plasma etch reactor and method Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Leslie G. Jerde, Robert C. Vail, Kurt A. Olson 2005-06-14 $1,116,000
6774046 Method for minimizing the critical dimension growth of a feature on a semiconductor wafer Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Leslie G. Jerde, Kurt A. Olson, Paritosh Rajora 2004-08-10 $1,193,000
6620335 Plasma etch reactor and method Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Leslie G. Jerde, Robert C. Vail, Kurt A. Olson 2003-09-16 $837,000
6500314 Plasma etch reactor and method Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Leslie G. Jerde, Robert C. Vail, Kurt A. Olson 2002-12-31 $236,000
6492280 Method and apparatus for etching a semiconductor wafer with features having vertical sidewalls Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Paritosh Rajora 2002-12-10 $234,000
6410448 Plasma etch reactor and method for emerging films Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Robert C. Vail 2002-06-25 $247,000
6354240 Plasma etch reactor having a plurality of magnets Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Leslie G. Jerde, Robert C. Vail, Kurt A. Olson 2002-03-12 $363,000
6287975 Method for using a hard mask for critical dimension growth containment Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Leslie G. Jerde 2001-09-11
6190496 Plasma etch reactor and method for emerging films Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Robert C. Vail 2001-02-20 $1,009,000
6127277 Method and apparatus for etching a semiconductor wafer with features having vertical sidewalls Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Paritosh Rajora 2000-10-03 $1,477,000
6048435 Plasma etch reactor and method for emerging films Stephen P. DeOrnellas, Robert C. Vail 2000-04-11 $2,496,000