Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

David Thompson

59Patents
9h-index
87Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 23, 1974 → Jun 3, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US10121671B2 Methods of depositing metal films using metal oxyhalide precursors Electricity 407 Active
US4273445A Interferometer gyroscope formed on a single plane optical waveguide Physics 41 Expired
US7129317B2 Slow-crystallizing polyester resins Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Expired
US7094863B2 Polyester preforms useful for enhanced heat-set bottles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US3958294A Rotary scraper Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Expired
US10633740B2 Methods for depositing coatings on aerospace components Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 16 Active
US4426440A Integrated optical grating device by thermal SiO.sub.2 growth on Si Physics 14 Expired
US9230815B2 Methods for depositing fluorine/carbon-free conformal tungsten Electricity 13 Active
US9601339B2 Methods for depositing fluorine/carbon-free conformal tungsten Electricity 9 Active
US4208128A Interferometer gyro using heterodyne phase detection without severe light source coherence requirements Physics 7 Expired
US9768013B2 Apparatus and method for selective deposition Electricity 7 Active
US9911591B2 Selective deposition of thin film dielectrics using surface blocking chemistry Electricity 5 Active
US10036089B2 Methods of depositing a metal alloy film Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Active
US9653352B2 Methods for forming metal organic tungsten for middle of the line (MOL) applications Electricity 4 Active
US10109534B2 Multi-threshold voltage (Vt) workfunction metal by selective atomic layer deposition (ALD) Electricity 4 Active
US4256510A Method of scraping corners Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US8524343B2 Polyester resins for high-efficiency injection molding Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8304510B2 Polyester resins for high-strength articles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US10221481B2 Metal complexes containing amidoimine ligands Electricity 3 Active
US10096514B2 Seamless trench fill using deposition/etch techniques Electricity 3 Active
US9914995B2 Alcohol assisted ALD film deposition Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US10199215B2 Apparatus and method for selective deposition Electricity 2 Active
US10109520B2 Methods for depositing dielectric barrier layers and aluminum containing etch stop layers Electricity 2 Active
US10411267B2 Highly porous cathode catalyst layer structures for flexible solid oxide fuel cell applications in vehicles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11746185B2 Pet composition, pet preform, refillable pet bottle and methods for making the same Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active

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