David E. Brown
49Patents
12h-index
66Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 16, 1976 → May 12, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6559017B1 | Method of using amorphous carbon as spacer material in a disposable spacer process | Electricity | 157 | Expired |
| US7105399B1 | Selective epitaxial growth for tunable channel thickness | Electricity | 100 | Expired |
| US4813431A | Intrapulmonary pressure monitoring system | Human Necessities | 70 | Expired |
| US7534689B2 | Stress enhanced MOS transistor and methods for its fabrication | Electricity | 61 | Active |
| US4093885A | Transducer assembly vibration sensor | Electricity | 54 | Expired |
| US6884733B1 | Use of amorphous carbon hard mask for gate patterning to eliminate requirement of poly re-oxidation | Electricity | 41 | Expired |
| US6506642B1 | Removable spacer technique | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US7053400B2 | Semiconductor device based on Si-Ge with high stress liner for enhanced channel carrier mobility | Electricity | 36 | Expired |
| US4454398A | Terminal seal for miniature sealed toggle switch | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US5243929A | Tubular sanitary sight indicator | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US4628299A | Seismic warning system using RF energy monitor | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6767835B1 | Method of making a shaped gate electrode structure, and device comprising same | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US5645336A | Illuminated fluid level indicator | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US6689688B2 | Method and device using silicide contacts for semiconductor processing | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US7462524B1 | Methods for fabricating a stressed MOS device | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US7553732B1 | Integration scheme for constrained SEG growth on poly during raised S/D processing | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US6943569B1 | Method, system and apparatus to detect defects in semiconductor devices | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US7179745B1 | Method for offsetting a silicide process from a gate electrode of a semiconductor device | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US5743137A | Magnetic float assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| USD367139S | Support frame for bags with handles | General | 6 | Expired |
| US6689413B2 | Using plated surface for recording media without polishing | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US7545838B2 | Incoherent combination of laser beams | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US5249464A | Sight flow apparatus with cartridge | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US5297429A | Sanitary sight indicator | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7480946B1 | Hot tub cover assembly | Fixed Constructions | 4 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.