David Watts
20Patents
8h-index
20Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 4, 1997 → Mar 17, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6001730A | Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurry for polishing copper interconnects which use tantalum-based barrier layers | Electricity | 233 | Expired |
| US5897375A | Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurry for copper and method of use in integrated circuit manufacture | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 190 | Expired |
| US5985748A | Method of making a semiconductor device using chemical-mechanical polishing having a combination-step process | Electricity | 50 | Expired |
| US6096652A | Method of chemical mechanical planarization using copper coordinating ligands | Electricity | 44 | Expired |
| US5935871A | Process for forming a semiconductor device | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US6045435A | Low selectivity chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process for use on integrated circuit metal interconnects | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US6071816A | Method of chemical mechanical planarization using a water rinse to prevent particle contamination | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US6372111B1 | Method and apparatus for reclaiming a metal from a CMP process for use in an electroplating process | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 9 | Expired |
| US6362103B1 | Method and apparatus for rejuvenating a CMP chemical solution | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 8 | Expired |
| US9219819B1 | Load balancing and sharing of contextual information in a multi-vendor and/or multiple contact center environment | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US7544609B2 | Method for integrating liner formation in back end of line processing | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US6379463B1 | Web coating material supply apparatus and method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Expired |
| US7820051B2 | Recycling of electrochemical-mechanical planarization (ECMP) slurries/electrolytes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US12101530B2 | Methods and apparatus to identify user presence to a meter | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US11363334B2 | Methods and apparatus to identify user presence to a meter | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US11838583B2 | Methods and apparatus to identify user presence to a meter | General | 0 | Revoked |
| US7883395B2 | Electrical contact structures and methods for use | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US7807036B2 | Method and system for pad conditioning in an ECMP process | Performing Operations; Transporting | 0 | Active |
| US8137158B2 | Electrical contact method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US11895363B2 | Methods and apparatus to identify user presence to a meter | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.