Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Gene Lee

15Patents
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32Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 5, 1999 → Aug 19, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6235643A Method for etching a trench having rounded top and bottom corners in a silicon substrate Electricity 270 Expired
US6583063B1 Plasma etching of silicon using fluorinated gas mixtures Electricity 43 Expired
US9299580B2 High aspect ratio plasma etch for 3D NAND semiconductor applications Electricity 14 Active
US8658541B2 Method of controlling trench microloading using plasma pulsing Electricity 9 Active
US9595451B1 Highly selective etching methods for etching dielectric materials Electricity 6 Active
US9054045B2 Method for isotropic etching Electricity 4 Active
US10636675B2 Methods of etching metal-containing layers Electricity 3 Active
US11527408B2 Multiple spacer patterning schemes Electricity 2 Active
US10957558B2 Methods of etching metal-containing layers Electricity 2 Active
US9852923B2 Mask etch for patterning Electricity 1 Active
US11315787B2 Multiple spacer patterning schemes Electricity 0 Active
US11658043B2 Selective anisotropic metal etch Electricity 0 Active
US12211693B2 Spacer patterning process with flat top profile Electricity 0 Active
US12266537B2 Selective barrier metal etching Electricity 0 Active
US12322602B2 Recessed metal etching methods Electricity 0 Active

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