Inventor · Wappingers Falls, NY, US

John S. Lechaton

17Patents
12h-index
26Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 29, 1976 → Apr 19, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4960726A BiCMOS process Electricity 67 Expired
US4726879A RIE process for etching silicon isolation trenches and polycides with vertical surfaces Electricity 52 Expired
US4502913A Total dielectric isolation for integrated circuits Electricity 44 Expired
US4131533A RF sputtering apparatus having floating anode shield Chemistry; Metallurgy 44 Expired
US4661832A Total dielectric isolation for integrated circuits Electricity 28 Expired
US4389281A Method of planarizing silicon dioxide in semiconductor devices Electricity 23 Expired
US4090006A Structure for making coplanar layers of thin films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5086016A Method of making semiconductor device contact including transition metal-compound dopant source Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US4435898A Method for making a base etched transistor integrated circuit Electricity 19 Expired
US4535531A Method and resulting structure for selective multiple base width transistor structures Electricity 18 Expired
US4029562A Forming feedthrough connections for multi-level interconnections metallurgy systems Electricity 14 Expired
US7225915B2 Mountable cleaning apparatus for commercial conveyors Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US4573256A Method for making a high performance transistor integrated circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US4035276A Making coplanar layers of thin films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US4752817A High performance integrated circuit having modified extrinsic base Electricity 10 Expired
US8360006B2 Cat litter box liner with an absorbent scratch resistant pad Human Necessities 8 Active
US5279987A Fabricating planar complementary patterned subcollectors with silicon epitaxial layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired

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