Inventor · Kila, MT, US

Gary L. Curtis

51Patents
16h-index
29Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 5, 1992 → May 6, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6447232B1 Semiconductor wafer processing apparatus having improved wafer input/output handling system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 463 Expired
US5544421A Semiconductor wafer processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 72 Expired
US5664337A Automated semiconductor processing systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US5660517A Semiconductor processing system with wafer container docking and loading station Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US5678320A Semiconductor processing systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US6395101B1 Single semiconductor wafer processor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US6423642B1 Reactor for processing a semiconductor wafer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US5784797A Carrierless centrifugal semiconductor processing system Electricity 32 Expired
US6413436B1 Selective treatment of the surface of a microelectronic workpiece Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US6350319B1 Micro-environment reactor for processing a workpiece Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US6264752A Reactor for processing a microelectronic workpiece Electricity 26 Expired
US6632292B1 Selective treatment of microelectronic workpiece surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6014817A Semiconductor wafer processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US7399713B2 Selective treatment of microelectric workpiece surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US5882168A Semiconductor processing systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US5836736A Semiconductor processing system with wafer container docking and loading station Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US5784802A Semiconductor processing systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US6318385A Micro-environment chamber and system for rinsing and drying a semiconductor workpiece Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6712577B2 Automated semiconductor processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5788454A Semiconductor wafer processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US5996241A Semiconductor wafer processing system with immersion module Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US6794291B2 Reactor for processing a semiconductor wafer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6374837B2 Single semiconductor wafer processor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7429537B2 Methods and apparatus for rinsing and drying Electricity 10 Expired
US6446643B2 Micro-environment chamber and system for rinsing and drying a semiconductor workpiece Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired

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