Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Benjamin Chen

15Patents
12h-index
21Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: May 14, 1990 → Aug 7, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7239478B1 Write element for perpendicular recording in a data storage system Physics 167 Expired
US7248431B1 Method of fabricating a perpendicular recording write head having a gap with two portions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 160 Expired
US7419891B1 Method and system for providing a smaller critical dimension magnetic element utilizing a single layer mask Physics 157 Expired
US7726009B1 Method of fabricating a perpendicular recording write head having a gap with two portions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 154 Active
US6744608B1 Method and system for making TMR junctions Physics 154 Expired
US7819979B1 Method and system for cleaning magnetic artifacts using a carbonyl reactive ion etch Physics 153 Active
US8081403B1 Magnetic element having a smaller critical dimension of the free layer Physics 149 Active
US6785955B1 Method for providing pedestal-defined zero throat writer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 149 Expired
US5228362A Vehicle steering wheel structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US9166154B2 MTJ stack and bottom electrode patterning process with ion beam etching using a single mask Electricity 39 Active
US4991457A Shift boot support and bezel arrangement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US8962349B1 Method of manufacturing magnetic tunnel junction memory element Electricity 16 Active
US5403981A Steering wheel including speed control switch and its mounting Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US9761633B2 Method for etching MTJ using co process chemistries Electricity 0 Active
US9105569B2 Method of etching MTJ using CO process chemistries Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.