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David A. Markle — 77 Patents

ULUltratech: 24 patents #2 of 110Top 2%
USUltratech Stepper: 20 patents #2 of 40Top 5%
PEPerkinelmer: 11 patents #15 of 711Top 3%
Applied Materials: 10 patents #1,301 of 7,310Top 20%
PSPeriodic Structures: 5 patents #1 of 4Top 25%
FSFederal Signal: 4 patents #72 of 717Top 15%
University of California: 1 patents #8,022 of 18,278Top 45%
Saratoga, CA: #95 of 2,933 inventorsTop 4%
California: #3,703 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #24,274 of 4,157,543Top 1%
77 Patents All Time
David A. Markle has been granted 77 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ultratech. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in October 2025. David A. Markle ranks #24,274 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.58%). Patent records list David A. Markle in Saratoga, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 77 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12443116 Machine measurement metrology frame for a lithography system Ulrich Mueller, Stephen F. Sporer 2025-10-14
11592740 Wire grid polarizer manufacturing methods using frequency doubling interference lithography Jang Fung Chen, Christopher Dennis Bencher 2023-02-28 $49,197,000
11499306 Differential settlement anchors Frank Schwab 2022-11-15
11243480 System for making accurate grating patterns using multiple writing columns each making multiple scans Hwan J. Jeong 2022-02-08 $81,917,000
10983389 Wire grid polarizer manufacturing method Jang Fung Chen 2021-04-20 $98,122,000
10705431 Quarter wave light splitting Christopher Dennis Bencher, Joseph R. Johnson, Mehdi Vaez-Iravani 2020-07-07 $29,619,000
10409172 Digital photolithography using compact eye module layout Thomas Laidig, Timothy N. Thomas 2019-09-10 $15,043,000
10162268 Twisted kaleido Timothy N. Thomas 2018-12-25
9907152 Illumination system with monitoring optical output power Jeffrey Kaskey, Thomas Laidig, Jang Fung Chen 2018-02-27 $32,297,000
9733573 Optical projection array exposure system Thomas Laidig, Jeffrey Kaskey, Jang Fung Chen 2017-08-15 $27,403,000
9645496 Maskless digital lithography systems and methods with image motion compensation 2017-05-09
9401278 Apparatus and methods for improving the intensity profile of a beam image used to process a substrate Andrew M. Hawryluk, Boris Grek 2016-07-26 $2,283,000
9329484 Apparatus and method of direct writing with photons beyond the diffraction limit using two-color resist John S. Petersen 2016-05-03
9304410 Apparatus and method of direct writing with photons beyond the diffraction limit Rudolf H. Hendel, John S. Petersen, Hwan J. Jeong 2016-04-05
9250509 Optical projection array exposure system Thomas Laidig, Jeffrey Kaskey, Jang Fung Chen 2016-02-02 $8,701,000
9195139 Apparatus and method of direct writing with photons beyond the diffraction limit using two-color resist John S. Petersen 2015-11-24
9075013 Apparatus and methods for microscopy having resolution beyond the Abbe limit Hwan J. Jeong, John S. Petersen 2015-07-07
8742286 Apparatus and method for improving the intensity profile of a beam image used to process a substrate Andrew M. Hawryluk, Boris Grek 2014-06-03 $5,502,000
8642232 Method of direct writing with photons beyond the diffraction limit Rudolf H. Hendel, John S. Petersen, Hwan J. Jeong 2014-02-04
8559014 High-resolution, common-path interferometric imaging systems and methods Hwan J. Jeong 2013-10-15
8314360 Apparatuses and methods for irradiating a substrate to avoid substrate edge damage Boris Grek 2012-11-20 $3,412,000
8153930 Apparatus and methods for improving the intensity profile of a beam image used to process a substrate Andrew M. Hawryluk, Boris Grek 2012-04-10 $8,437,000
7947968 Processing substrates using direct and recycled radiation Shiyu Zhang 2011-05-24 $8,150,000
7879741 Laser thermal annealing of lightly doped silicon substrates Somit Talwar, Michael O. Thompson, Boris Grek 2011-02-01 $5,625,000
7767927 Methods and apparatus for remote temperature measurement of a specular surface 2010-08-03 $3,267,000