Inventor · San Mateo, CA, US

Darin Bivens

11Patents
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11Co-inventors
55Inventor score

Filing activity: May 3, 2006 → Mar 10, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7909961B2 Method and apparatus for photomask plasma etching Electricity 17 Active
US7520999B2 Method of processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor with dynamic adjustment of the plasma source power applicator and the workpiece relative to one another Electricity 16 Active
US7943005B2 Method and apparatus for photomask plasma etching Electricity 10 Active
US7504041B2 Method of processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor employing a dynamically adjustable plasma source power applicator Electricity 6 Active
US7967930B2 Plasma reactor for processing a workpiece and having a tunable cathode Electricity 6 Active
US8002946B2 Mask etch plasma reactor with cathode providing a uniform distribution of etch rate Electricity 5 Active
US7419551B2 Plasma reactor with apparatus for dynamically adjusting the plasma source power applicator and the workpiece relative to one another Electricity 3 Active
US7964818B2 Method and apparatus for photomask etching Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active
US7431797B2 Plasma reactor with a dynamically adjustable plasma source power applicator Electricity 2 Active
US8012366B2 Process for etching a transparent workpiece including backside endpoint detection steps Electricity 2 Active
US8568553B2 Method and apparatus for photomask plasma etching Electricity 0 Active

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