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Varian, Inc.

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999Patents
45Active
999Granted
47Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jun 13, 1957 → Sep 30, 2008 · 45 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4917556A Modular wafer transport and processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 634 Expired
US4670126A Sputter module for modular wafer processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 414 Expired
US4572198A Catheter for use with NMR imaging systems Human Necessities 403 Expired
US4764076A Valve incorporating wafer handling arm Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 370 Expired
US4868844A Mutileaf collimator for radiotherapy machines Human Necessities 301 Expired
US4726046A X-ray and electron radiotherapy clinical treatment machine Human Necessities 288 Expired
US4589424A Microwave hyperthermia applicator with variable radiation pattern Human Necessities 285 Expired
US6198957A Radiotherapy machine including magnetic resonance imaging system Human Necessities 283 Expired
US4398121A Mode suppression means for gyrotron cavities Electricity 238 Expired
US4851788A Mode suppressors for whispering gallery gyrotron Electricity 229 Expired
US5015914A Couplers for extracting RF power from a gyrotron cavity directly into fundamental mode waveguide Electricity 229 Expired
US4868843A Multileaf collimator and compensator for radiotherapy machines Human Necessities 197 Expired
US3969077A Alkali metal leak detection method and apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 188 Expired
US4836733A Wafer transfer system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 179 Expired
US4875487A Compressional wave hyperthermia treating method and apparatus Human Necessities 155 Expired
US4449885A Wafer transfer system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 151 Expired
US5354381A Plasma immersion ion implantation (PI.sup.3) apparatus Electricity 151 Expired
US4017332A Solar cells employing stacked opposite conductivity layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 143 Expired
US4705951A Wafer processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 142 Expired
US4311427A Wafer transfer system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 142 Expired
US4457359A Apparatus for gas-assisted, solid-to-solid thermal transfer with a semiconductor wafer Electricity 134 Expired
US4987309A Radiation therapy unit Physics 121 Expired
US4338480A Stacked multijunction photovoltaic converters Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 120 Expired
US4112306A Neutron irradiation therapy machine Human Necessities 118 Expired
US4512391A Apparatus for thermal treatment of semiconductor wafers by gas conduction incorporating peripheral gas inlet Chemistry; Metallurgy 118 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.