Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Gary M. Moore

27Patents
17h-index
8Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 8, 1988 → Mar 29, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5444217A Rapid thermal processing apparatus for processing semiconductor wafers Electricity 601 Expired
US5053247A Method for increasing the batch size of a barrel epitaxial reactor and reactor produced thereby Chemistry; Metallurgy 452 Expired
US5820686A Multi-layer susceptor for rapid thermal process reactors Chemistry; Metallurgy 416 Expired
US5683518A Rapid thermal processing apparatus for processing semiconductor wafers Electricity 130 Expired
US5710407A Rapid thermal processing apparatus for processing semiconductor wafers Electricity 71 Expired
US5580388A Multi-layer susceptor for rapid thermal process reactors Electricity 54 Expired
US6310327A Rapid thermal processing apparatus for processing semiconductor wafers Electricity 44 Expired
US5207835A High capacity epitaxial reactor Chemistry; Metallurgy 38 Expired
US5872632A Cluster tool layer thickness measurement apparatus Physics 35 Expired
US6328221A Method for controlling a gas injector in a semiconductor processing reactor Chemistry; Metallurgy 27 Expired
US5802099A Method for measuring substrate temperature in radiant heated reactors Physics 26 Expired
US6347749B1 Semiconductor processing reactor controllable gas jet assembly Chemistry; Metallurgy 26 Expired
US6110289A Rapid thermal processing barrel reactor for processing substrates Chemistry; Metallurgy 24 Expired
US6799603B1 Gas flow controller system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6151447A Rapid thermal processing apparatus for processing semiconductor wafers Electricity 19 Expired
US5601107A Automated process gas supply system for evacuating a process line Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US5240024A Automated process gas supply system for evacuating a process line Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US5801961A Power management system for a semiconductor processing facility Electricity 14 Expired
US6169244A Thermocouple sheath cover Physics 13 Expired
US6475284B1 Gas dispersion head Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US6163015A Substrate support element Electricity 8 Expired
US5417236A Automated process gas supply system for evacuating a process line Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US7794667B2 Gas ring and method of processing substrates Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Active
US4823654A Wafer handling tool and method of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US8610033B1 Rapid thermal process reactor utilizing a low profile dome Electricity 3 Active

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