Inventor · Saratoga, CA, US

James E. Boyle

17Patents
5h-index
8Co-inventors
55Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 30, 2000 → Jan 11, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6450346B1 Silicon fixtures for supporting wafers during thermal processing Electricity 22 Expired
US6455395B1 Method of fabricating silicon structures including fixtures for supporting wafers Electricity 18 Expired
US7789331B2 Jet mill producing fine silicon powder Performing Operations; Transporting 17 Active
US6979659B2 Silicon fixture supporting silicon wafers during high temperature processing Electricity 8 Expired
US6617225B2 Method of machining silicon Electricity 6 Expired
US7666513B2 Adhesive of a silicon and silica composite for bonding together silicon parts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US6727191B2 High temperature hydrogen anneal of silicon wafers supported on a silicon fixture Electricity 4 Expired
US7108746B2 Silicon fixture with roughened surface supporting wafers in chemical vapor deposition Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US7083694B2 Adhesive of a silicon and silica composite particularly useful for joining silicon parts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7137546B2 Silicon tube formed of bonded staves Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7611989B2 Polysilicon dummy wafers and process used therewith Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7854974B2 Tube formed of bonded silicon staves Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7972703B2 Baffle wafers and randomly oriented polycrystalline silicon used therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US8268448B2 Assembly of silicon parts bonded together with a silicon and silica composite Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7074693B2 Plasma spraying for joining silicon parts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US7736747B2 Silicon parts joined by a silicon layer preferably plasma sprayed Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8486835B2 Czochralski growth of randomly oriented polysilicon and use of randomly oriented polysilicon dummy wafers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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