Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Haruo Okano

91Patents
37h-index
119Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 15, 1978 → May 26, 2000

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5429995A Method of manufacturing silicon oxide film containing fluorine Electricity 373 Expired
US5030319A Method of oxide etching with condensed plasma reaction product Electricity 342 Expired
US5156881A Method for forming a film on a substrate by activating a reactive gas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 319 Expired
US5413967A Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 271 Expired
US5385763A Method for forming a film on a substrate by activating a reactive gas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 251 Expired
US5302240A Method of manufacturing semiconductor device Electricity 98 Expired
US5444207A Plasma generating device and surface processing device and method for processing wafers in a uniform magnetic field Electricity 85 Expired
US5258332A Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices including rounding of corner portions by etching Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US5607718A Polishing method and polishing apparatus Electricity 78 Expired
US5641702A Method of making semiconductor integrated-circuit capacitor Electricity 69 Expired
US5775980A Polishing method and polishing apparatus Electricity 66 Expired
US5707487A Method of manufacturing semiconductor device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Expired
US5731634A Semiconductor device having a metal film formed in a groove in an insulating film Electricity 61 Expired
US5298112A Method for removing composite attached to material by dry etching Physics 59 Expired
US4529475A Dry etching apparatus and method using reactive gases Electricity 58 Expired
US5776557A Method for forming a film on a substrate by activating a reactive gas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US4595601A Method of selectively forming an insulation layer Electricity 57 Expired
US5312519A Method of cleaning a charged beam apparatus Electricity 56 Expired
US5445996A Method for planarizing a semiconductor device having a amorphous layer Electricity 56 Expired
US5429730A Method of repairing defect of structure Physics 56 Expired
US5445710A Method of manufacturing semiconductor device Electricity 52 Expired
US4492610A Dry Etching method and device therefor Electricity 50 Expired
US4838978A Dry etching apparatus Electricity 48 Expired
US5514904A Semiconductor device with monocrystalline gate insulating film Electricity 47 Expired
US5411631A Dry etching method Chemistry; Metallurgy 46 Expired

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