Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Jeffrey Marks

71Patents
29h-index
85Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 22, 1991 → Feb 2, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9778561B2 Vacuum-integrated hardmask processes and apparatus Electricity 349 Active
US5399237A Etching titanium nitride using carbon-fluoride and carbon-oxide gas Electricity 259 Expired
US5556501A Silicon scavenger in an inductively coupled RF plasma reactor Electricity 246 Expired
US5350479A Electrostatic chuck for high power plasma processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 149 Expired
US5423945A Selectivity for etching an oxide over a nitride Electricity 143 Expired
US5888414A Plasma reactor and processes using RF inductive coupling and scavenger temperature control Electricity 120 Expired
US6518195B1 Plasma reactor using inductive RF coupling, and processes Electricity 113 Expired
US7271107B2 Reduction of feature critical dimensions using multiple masks Electricity 108 Expired
US6488807B1 Magnetic confinement in a plasma reactor having an RF bias electrode Electricity 99 Expired
US6068784A Process used in an RF coupled plasma reactor Electricity 96 Expired
US6251792A Plasma etch processes Electricity 82 Expired
US6444137B1 Method for processing substrates using gaseous silicon scavenger Electricity 68 Expired
US5477975A Plasma etch apparatus with heated scavenging surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US6545420B1 Plasma reactor using inductive RF coupling, and processes Electricity 61 Expired
US9576811B2 Integrating atomic scale processes: ALD (atomic layer deposition) and ALE (atomic layer etch) Electricity 59 Active
US6024826A Plasma reactor with heated source of a polymer-hardening precursor material Electricity 56 Expired
US9806252B2 Dry plasma etch method to pattern MRAM stack Electricity 54 Active
US7720743B1 Methods and apparatus for online auctions and market-places utilizing program terms Physics 52 Expired
US9257638B2 Method to etch non-volatile metal materials Electricity 51 Active
US5204288A Method for planarizing an integrated circuit structure using low melting inorganic material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US5899801A Method and apparatus for removing a substrate from a polishing pad in a chemical mechanical polishing system Performing Operations; Transporting 43 Expired
US5770099A Plasma etch apparatus with heated scavenging surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US9805941B2 Integrating atomic scale processes: ALD (atomic layer deposition) and ALE (atomic layer etch) Electricity 41 Active
US6218312A Plasma reactor with heated source of a polymer-hardening precursor material Electricity 35 Expired
US9130158B1 Method to etch non-volatile metal materials Electricity 34 Active

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