Inventor · West Linn, OR, US

John Howells

9Patents
7h-index
7Co-inventors
56Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 16, 1977 → Oct 11, 2002

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6183186A Wafer handling system and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 81 Expired
US4161252A Set of sorting-stacking bins Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Expired
US4425070A Separated discards carrier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US5915910A Semiconductor wafer transfer method and apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US6152680A Wafer cassette rotation mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US6816251B2 Method and apparatus for detecting defects along the edge of electronic media Physics 9 Expired
US6545752B1 Method and apparatus for detecting defects along the edge of electronic media Physics 9 Expired
US6566673B1 Method and apparatus for detecting defects along the edge of electronic media Physics 3 Expired
US6053668A Water slide for transferring semiconductor wafers Electricity 1 Expired

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