Inventor · Boise, ID, US

Dan B. Millward

107Patents
20h-index
46Co-inventors
90Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 6, 2000 → Dec 18, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6517933B1 Hybrid polymer materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 94 Expired
US8083953B2 Registered structure formation via the application of directed thermal energy to diblock copolymer films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 91 Active
US6607994B2 Nanoparticle-based permanent treatments for textiles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US7964107B2 Methods using block copolymer self-assembly for sub-lithographic patterning Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 60 Active
US8101261B2 One-dimensional arrays of block copolymer cylinders and applications thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Active
US7959975B2 Methods of patterning a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Active
US8294139B2 Multilayer antireflection coatings, structures and devices including the same and methods of making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Active
US8114300B2 Multi-layer method for formation of registered arrays of cylindrical pores in polymer films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Active
US8097175B2 Method for selectively permeating a self-assembled block copolymer, method for forming metal oxide structures, method for forming a metal oxide pattern, and method for patterning a semiconductor structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US8080615B2 Crosslinkable graft polymer non-preferentially wetted by polystyrene and polyethylene oxide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Active
US8114301B2 Graphoepitaxial self-assembly of arrays of downward facing half-cylinders Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Active
US8372295B2 Extensions of self-assembled structures to increased dimensions via a “bootstrap” self-templating method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US8426313B2 Thermal anneal of block copolymer films with top interface constrained to wet both blocks with equal preference Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Active
US7300873B2 Systems and methods for forming metal-containing layers using vapor deposition processes Chemistry; Metallurgy 27 Expired
US8409449B2 Registered structure formation via the application of directed thermal energy to diblock copolymer films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US8394483B2 Two-dimensional arrays of holes with sub-lithographic diameters formed by block copolymer self-assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US8404124B2 Alternating self-assembling morphologies of diblock copolymers controlled by variations in surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US8900963B2 Methods of forming semiconductor device structures, and related structures Electricity 22 Active
US8551808B2 Methods of patterning a substrate including multilayer antireflection coatings Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Active
US8445592B2 Crosslinkable graft polymer non-preferentially wetted by polystyrene and polyethylene oxide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US8513359B2 Crosslinkable graft polymer non preferentially wetted by polystyrene and polyethylene oxide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US6497733B1 Dye fixatives Textiles; Paper 19 Expired
US8512846B2 Two-dimensional arrays of holes with sub-lithographic diameters formed by block copolymer self-assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US8557128B2 Sub-10 nm line features via rapid graphoepitaxial self-assembly of amphiphilic monolayers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US6679924B2 Dye fixatives Textiles; Paper 18 Expired

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