Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Leon Volfovski

32Patents
10h-index
55Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 6, 1997 → Mar 28, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5871390A Method and apparatus for aligning and tensioning a pad/belt used in linear planarization for chemical mechanical polishing Performing Operations; Transporting 59 Expired
US7357842B2 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Expired
US7925377B2 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Active
US6454332B1 Apparatus and methods for handling a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US7694647B2 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US7743728B2 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US7699021B2 Cluster tool substrate throughput optimization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Active
US8146530B2 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US8215262B2 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8181596B2 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US10242890B2 Substrate support with heater Electricity 9 Active
US7779527B2 Methods and apparatus for installing a scrubber brush on a mandrel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8550031B2 Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US9698074B2 Heated substrate support with temperature profile control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US10964584B2 Process kit ring adaptor Electricity 4 Active
US9538583B2 Substrate support with switchable multizone heater Electricity 4 Active
US7900311B2 Wafer edge cleaning Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US11211269B2 Multi-object capable loadlock system Electricity 2 Active
US9698041B2 Substrate temperature control apparatus including optical fiber heating, substrate temperature control systems, electronic device processing systems, and methods Electricity 2 Active
US9706605B2 Substrate support with feedthrough structure Electricity 1 Active
US11626305B2 Sensor-based correction of robot-held object Physics 1 Active
US10217650B2 Methods and apparatus for substrate edge cleaning Electricity 0 Active
US8099817B2 Wafer edge cleaning Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11823937B2 Calibration of an aligner station of a processing system Electricity 0 Active
US11600580B2 Replaceable end effector contact pads, end effectors, and maintenance methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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