James A. Cunningham
45Patents
17h-index
21Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 12, 1974 → Aug 26, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6441492B1 | Diffusion barriers for copper interconnect systems | Electricity | 272 | Expired |
| US6177703A | Method and apparatus for producing a single polysilicon flash EEPROM having a select transistor and a floating gate transistor | Electricity | 53 | Expired |
| US6455937B1 | Arrangement and method for improved downward scaling of higher conductivity metal-based interconnects | Electricity | 45 | Expired |
| US6003608A | Fire suppression system for an enclosed space | Human Necessities | 38 | Expired |
| US7609972B2 | Acquisition, pointing, and tracking architecture for laser communication | Electricity | 38 | Active |
| US6293517A | Ball valve having convex seat | Fixed Constructions | 35 | Expired |
| US5801397A | Device having a self-aligned gate electrode wrapped around the channel | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US5246203A | Oilfield valve | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 33 | Expired |
| US6521532B1 | Method for making integrated circuit including interconnects with enhanced electromigration resistance | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US7026714B2 | Copper interconnect systems which use conductive, metal-based cap layers | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US6208004A | Semiconductor device with high-temperature-stable gate electrode for sub-micron applications and fabrication thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US5945025A | Fire extinguishing composition and method for fire extinguishing | Human Necessities | 27 | Expired |
| US5868205A | Self-contained automatic fire extinguisher | Human Necessities | 23 | Expired |
| US6272050A | Method and apparatus for providing an embedded flash-EEPROM technology | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US3996655A | Processes of forming insulated gate field effect transistors with channel lengths of one micron in integrated circuits with component isolated and product | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US6551872B1 | Method for making integrated circuit including interconnects with enhanced electromigration resistance using doped seed layer and integrated circuits produced thereby | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US7385982B2 | Systems and methods for providing quality of service (QoS) in an environment that does not normally support QoS features | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US6087214A | Arrangement and method for DRAM cell using shallow trench isolation | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US5705405A | Method of making the film transistor with all-around gate electrode | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US6177697A | Arrangement for DRAM cell using shallow trench isolation | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US5736433A | Double mask hermetic passivation method providing enhanced resistance to moisture | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US5628493A | Oilfield valve | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US6494495B1 | Locked connection | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 10 | Expired |
| US4006444A | Acoustic imaging apparatus | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US5529285A | Oilfield valve | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.