Inventor · Walnut Creek, CA, US

Daniel Flamm

36Patents
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46Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: May 23, 1977 → Jan 25, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4918031A Processes depending on plasma generation using a helical resonator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 178 Expired
US4498953A Etching techniques Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 166 Expired
US4310380A Plasma etching of silicon Electricity 85 Expired
US6127275A Process depending on plasma discharges sustained by inductive coupling Electricity 49 Expired
US6017221A Process depending on plasma discharges sustained by inductive coupling Electricity 47 Expired
US5304282A Processes depending on plasma discharges sustained in a helical resonator Electricity 40 Expired
US4314875A Device fabrication by plasma etching Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US4377436A Plasma-assisted etch process with endpoint detection Physics 29 Expired
US6858112B2 Process depending on plasma discharges sustained by inductive coupling Electricity 24 Expired
US4394237A Spectroscopic monitoring of gas-solid processes Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US5980766A Process optimization in gas phase dry etching Electricity 19 Expired
US4397711A Crystallographic etching of III-V semiconductor materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US5711849A Process optimization in gas phase dry etching Electricity 14 Expired
US6231776A Multi-temperature processing Electricity 11 Expired
US10620444B2 Diffractive optical beam shaping element Physics 10 Active
US4130490A Electric discharge for treatment of trace contaminants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US4960656A Devices and process for producing devices containing silicon nitride films Electricity 8 Expired
US10661384B2 Optical system for beam shaping Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Active
US4554047A Downstream apparatus and technique Electricity 6 Expired
US10882143B2 System for asymmetric optical beam shaping Physics 6 Active
US4372834A Purification process for compounds useful in optical fiber manufacture Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US7593040B2 Image anti-shake in digital cameras Electricity 4 Active
USRE40264E1 Multi-temperature processing General 3 Expired
US11169387B2 Optical assembly for variably generating a multi-focus profile Physics 2 Active
US11150483B2 Diffractive optical beam shaping element Physics 1 Active

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