Inventor · Pasadena, CA, US

Frank Greer

40Patents
8h-index
63Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 2, 1999 → Jul 26, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7292870B2 Instant messaging terminal adapted for Wi-Fi access points Electricity 107 Expired
US7065287B1 Apparatus, method and database for control of audio/video equipment Electricity 81 Expired
US6993722B1 User interface system methods and computer program products for multi-function consumer entertainment appliances Electricity 76 Expired
US7995899B2 Apparatus, method and database for control of audio/video equipment Electricity 43 Active
US8053372B1 Method of reducing plasma stabilization time in a cyclic deposition process Electricity 31 Active
US7855147B1 Methods and apparatus for engineering an interface between a diffusion barrier layer and a seed layer Electricity 28 Active
US9324767B1 Superconducting junctions Electricity 12 Active
US8435895B2 Methods for stripping photoresist and/or cleaning metal regions Electricity 9 Active
US7871678B1 Method of increasing the reactivity of a precursor in a cyclic deposition process Electricity 7 Active
US9224594B2 Surface preparation with remote plasma Electricity 6 Active
US8086678B2 Device centric controls for a device controlled through a web portal Physics 6 Active
US9245793B2 Plasma treatment of low-K surface to improve barrier deposition Electricity 6 Active
US9123622B2 Atomic layer deposition of high performance anti reflection coatings on delta-doped CCDs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US7894837B2 Instant messaging terminal adapted for wireless communication access points Electricity 4 Active
US8680637B2 Atomic layer deposition of chemical passivation layers and high performance anti-reflection coatings on back-illuminated detectors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9165971B2 Atomically precise surface engineering for producing imagers Electricity 4 Active
US9373497B2 Methods for stripping photoresist and/or cleaning metal regions Electricity 3 Active
US8697474B2 Methods to fabricate and improve stand-alone and integrated filters Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9224783B2 Plasma densification of dielectrics for improved dielectric loss tangent Electricity 3 Active
US9936387B2 System and method for administration and operation of one or more mobile electronic communications devices Electricity 3 Active
US9425376B2 Plasma cleaning of superconducting layers Electricity 3 Active
US9082927B1 Catalytic growth of Josephson junction tunnel barrier Electricity 3 Active
US8828852B2 Delta-doping at wafer level for high throughput, high yield fabrication of silicon imaging arrays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9131356B2 System and method for administration and operation of one or more mobile electronic communications devices Electricity 2 Active
US9281463B2 Atomic layer deposition of metal-oxide tunnel barriers using optimized oxidants Electricity 1 Active

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