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Milind Weling

VTVlsi Technology: 35 patents #4 of 594Top 1%
INIntermolecular: 6 patents #93 of 248Top 40%
CSCadence Design Systems: 5 patents #303 of 2,263Top 15%
Philips: 5 patents #1,000 of 7,731Top 15%
PAPhilips Electronics North America: 3 patents #126 of 725Top 20%
S3Sandisk 3D: 1 patents #139 of 180Top 80%
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba: 1 patents #13,537 of 21,451Top 65%
VTVsli Technology: 1 patents #5 of 38Top 15%
Pleasanton, CA: #79 of 3,062 inventorsTop 3%
California: #6,736 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #46,227 of 4,157,543Top 2%
55 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 55 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6267076 Gas phase planarization process for semiconductor wafers Rao Annapragada, Calvin T. Gabriel 2001-07-31
6255210 Semiconductor dielectric structure and method for making the same Rao Annapragada 2001-07-03
6242805 Method of using a polish stop film to control dishing during copper chemical mechanical polishing 2001-06-05
6214734 Method of using films having optimized optical properties for chemical mechanical polishing endpoint detection Subhas Bothra 2001-04-10
6211087 Chemical wet etch removal of underlayer material after performing chemical mechanical polishing on a primary layer Calvin T. Gabriel 2001-04-03
6196900 Ultrasonic transducer slurry dispenser Liming Zhang, Samuel V. Dunton 2001-03-06
6193860 Method and apparatus for improved copper plating uniformity on a semiconductor wafer using optimized electrical currents 2001-02-27
6139428 Conditioning ring for use in a chemical mechanical polishing machine Charles Franklin Drill 2000-10-31
6114246 Method of using a polish stop film to control dishing during copper chemical mechanical polishing 2000-09-05
6057245 Gas phase planarization process for semiconductor wafers Rao Annapragada, Calvin T. Gabriel 2000-05-02
6034434 Optimized underlayer structures for maintaining chemical mechanical polishing removal rates Subhas Bothra 2000-03-07
6028013 Moisture repellant integrated circuit dielectric material combination Rao Annapragada, Samuel V. Dunton, Subhas Bothra 2000-02-22
6022265 Complementary material conditioning system for a chemical mechanical polishing machine Charles Franklin Drill, Calvin T. Gabriel, Richard Russ, David E. Henderson 2000-02-08
6013558 Silicon-enriched shallow trench oxide for reduced recess during LDD spacer etch Ian Robert Harvey, Calvin T. Gabriel 2000-01-11
5965941 Use of dummy underlayers for improvement in removal rate consistency during chemical mechanical polishing Subhas Bothra, Calvin T. Gabriel 1999-10-12
5952241 Method and apparatus for improving alignment for metal masking in conjuction with oxide and tungsten CMP Daniel C. Baker, Charles Franklin Drill 1999-09-14
5953612 Self-aligned silicidation technique to independently form silicides of different thickness on a semiconductor device Xi-Wei Lin 1999-09-14
5910022 Method and system for tungsten chemical mechanical polishing for unplanarized dielectric surfaces 1999-06-08
5861342 Optimized structures for dummy fill mask design Calvin T. Gabriel 1999-01-19
5783488 Optimized underlayer structures for maintaining chemical mechanical polishing removal rates Subhas Bothra 1998-07-21
5757502 Method and a system for film thickness sample assisted surface profilometry 1998-05-26
5653622 Chemical mechanical polishing system and method for optimization and control of film removal uniformity Charles Franklin Drill 1997-08-05
5639697 Dummy underlayers for improvement in removal rate consistency during chemical mechanical polishing Subhas Bothra, Calvin T. Gabriel 1997-06-17
5618757 Method for improving the manufacturability of the spin-on glass etchback process Subhas Bothra 1997-04-08
5540958 Method of making microscope probe tips Subhas Bothra 1996-07-30