Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

David E. Berkstresser

31Patents
14h-index
34Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 15, 1982 → Sep 1, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5674786A Method of heating and cooling large area glass substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 184 Expired
US5352294A Alignment of a shadow frame and large flat substrates on a support Chemistry; Metallurgy 106 Expired
US5565071A Integrated sputtering target assembly Electricity 92 Expired
US5607009A Method of heating and cooling large area substrates and apparatus therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US5433835A Sputtering device and target with cover to hold cooling fluid Electricity 79 Expired
US5611865A Alignment of a shadow frame and large flat substrates on a heated support Chemistry; Metallurgy 69 Expired
US5487822A Integrated sputtering target assembly Electricity 64 Expired
US5518593A Shield configuration for vacuum chamber Electricity 60 Expired
US5603816A Sputtering device and target with cover to hold cooling fluid Electricity 52 Expired
US6517303B1 Substrate transfer shuttle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US5676803A Sputtering device Electricity 29 Expired
US5595337A Sputtering device and target with cover to hold cooling fluid Electricity 25 Expired
US4526392A Recumbent velocipede Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Expired
US6746198B2 Substrate transfer shuttle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US6835118B2 Rigid plate assembly with polishing pad and method of using Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US7497414B2 Curved slit valve door with flexible coupling Electricity 11 Active
US8444364B2 Auto-sequencing multi-directional inline processing apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US11011783B2 Thermal and electrical management of battery packs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7364496B2 Polishing head for polishing semiconductor wafers Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Active
US8459276B2 Broken wafer recovery system Electricity 5 Active
US8672603B2 Auto-sequencing inline processing apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9287152B2 Auto-sequencing multi-directional inline processing method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7575220B2 Curved slit valve door Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Expired
US7775853B2 Configurable polishing apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US10158115B2 Flash evaporation of solid state battery component Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

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