Inventor · Saint Peters, MO, US

John A. Pitney

22Patents
6h-index
16Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 27, 2007 → Jun 11, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8330245B2 Semiconductor wafers with reduced roll-off and bonded and unbonded SOI structures produced from same Electricity 18 Active
US9117670B2 Inject insert liner assemblies for chemical vapor deposition systems and methods of using same Electricity 13 Active
US8165706B2 Methods for generating representations of flatness defects on wafers Electricity 13 Active
US7878562B2 Semiconductor wafer carrier blade Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8186661B2 Wafer holder for supporting a semiconductor wafer during a thermal treatment process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8404049B2 Epitaxial barrel susceptor having improved thickness uniformity Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Active
US9583364B2 Processes and apparatus for preparing heterostructures with reduced strain by radial compression Electricity 6 Active
US8440541B2 Methods for reducing the width of the unbonded region in SOI structures Electricity 6 Active
US10361097B2 Apparatus for stressing semiconductor substrates Electricity 5 Active
US9401271B2 Susceptor assemblies for supporting wafers in a reactor apparatus Electricity 5 Active
US9583363B2 Processes and apparatus for preparing heterostructures with reduced strain by radial distension Electricity 5 Active
US8340801B2 Systems for generating representations of flatness defects on wafers Electricity 4 Active
US10145011B2 Substrate processing systems having multiple gas flow controllers Electricity 3 Active
US8940094B2 Methods for fabricating a semiconductor wafer processing device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US11282715B2 Apparatus for stressing semiconductor substrates Electricity 1 Active
US9328420B2 Gas distribution plate for chemical vapor deposition systems and methods of using same Electricity 1 Active
US11276583B2 Apparatus for stressing semiconductor substrates Electricity 1 Active
US8080464B2 Methods for processing silicon on insulator wafers Electricity 0 Active
US10184193B2 Epitaxy reactor and susceptor system for improved epitaxial wafer flatness Electricity 0 Active
US9193025B2 Single side polishing using shape matching Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US11276582B2 Apparatus for stressing semiconductor substrates Electricity 0 Active
US11764071B2 Apparatus for stressing semiconductor substrates Electricity 0 Active

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