Inventor · Santa Cruz, CA, US

Donald E. Stephens

23Patents
13h-index
20Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 7, 1974 → Aug 28, 2002

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5486134A System and method for texturing magnetic data storage disks Physics 52 Expired
US4518700A Method and apparatus for regulating the temperature of an analytical instrument reactor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US5875507A Wafer cleaning apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US4438070A Packed column thermal reactor for an analytical instrument Physics 35 Expired
US5490809A System and method for texturing magnetic data storage disks Physics 35 Expired
US6625835B1 Disk cascade scrubber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US3950240A Anode for electrolytic processes Chemistry; Metallurgy 29 Expired
US4188464A Bipolar electrode with intermediate graphite layer and polymeric layers Chemistry; Metallurgy 28 Expired
US3941487A Colorimetric fluid analyzer Physics 26 Expired
US4534941A Analytical instrument thermoelectric temperature regulator Physics 21 Expired
US4294799A Temperature regulating apparatus Physics 19 Expired
US6625901B1 Apparatus and method for drying a thin substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US4012296A Electrode for electrolytic processes Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US6588043B1 Wafer cascade scrubber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US6430841B1 Apparatus for drying batches of wafers Electricity 13 Expired
US6446355B1 Disk drying apparatus and method Electricity 11 Expired
US6345404B1 Wafer cleaning apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US6143089A Method of cleaning semiconductor wafers and other substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US4372150A Flow monitoring method and apparatus Physics 9 Expired
US6615510B2 Wafer drying apparatus and method Electricity 9 Expired
US4926702A Sample presence detector for automatic sample injector Physics 9 Expired
US6477786B1 Apparatus for drying batches of disks Electricity 8 Expired
US3969217A Electrolytic anode Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired

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