Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Jim K. Atkinson

11Patents
3h-index
20Co-inventors
56Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 5, 2009 → Aug 2, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8968055B2 Methods and apparatus for pre-chemical mechanical planarization buffing module Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Active
US8869422B2 Methods and apparatus for marangoni substrate drying using a vapor knife manifold Electricity 6 Active
US9352471B1 Substrate gripper apparatus and methods Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US8250695B2 Roller assembly for a brush cleaning device in a cleaning module Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US10229842B2 Double sided buff module for post CMP cleaning Electricity 1 Active
US9013176B2 Methods and apparatus for sensing a substrate in a load cup Physics 1 Active
US10256120B2 Systems, methods and apparatus for post-chemical mechanical planarization substrate buff pre-cleaning Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US11430672B2 Drying environments for reducing substrate defects Electricity 0 Active
US11710648B2 Drying environments for reducing substrate defects Electricity 0 Active
US9119461B2 High stiffness, anti-slip scrubber brush assembly, high-stiffness mandrel, subassemblies, and assembly methods Electricity 0 Active
US9636714B2 Compression molded articles employing circumferential surfaces having friction-enhancing patterns to contact substrates during wet chemical processes Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active

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