Inventor · Longmont, CO, US

Mark Meloni

35Patents
10h-index
46Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 8, 1999 → Feb 11, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8599301B2 Arrayed imaging systems having improved alignment and associated methods Electricity 132 Active
US9418193B2 Arrayed imaging systems having improved alignment and associated methods Electricity 121 Active
US10002215B2 Arrayed imaging systems having improved alignment and associated methods Electricity 111 Active
US6991514B1 Optical closed-loop control system for a CMP apparatus and method of manufacture thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 109 Expired
US7339682B2 Heterodyne reflectometer for film thickness monitoring and method for implementing Physics 43 Expired
US6685537B1 Polishing pad window for a chemical mechanical polishing tool Performing Operations; Transporting 32 Expired
US6290584A Workpiece carrier with segmented and floating retaining elements Performing Operations; Transporting 30 Expired
US6264532A Ultrasonic methods and apparatus for the in-situ detection of workpiece loss Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Expired
US6466642B1 Methods and apparatus for the in-situ measurement of CMP process endpoint Physics 19 Expired
US6960115B2 Multiprobe detection system for chemical-mechanical planarization tool Electricity 11 Expired
US6805613B1 Multiprobe detection system for chemical-mechanical planarization tool Electricity 9 Expired
US6273792A Method and apparatus for in-situ measurement of workpiece displacement during chemical mechanical polishing Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US6283836A Non-abrasive conditioning for polishing pads Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6287171A System and method for detecting CMP endpoint via direct chemical monitoring of reactions Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US8366874B2 Removing and segregating components from printed circuit boards Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US7589843B2 Self referencing heterodyne reflectometer and method for implementing Physics 5 Active
US10365212B2 System and method for calibration of optical signals in semiconductor process systems Electricity 3 Active
US8582115B2 Tunable and switchable multilayer optical devices Physics 2 Active
US8572831B2 Disassembling an item by means of RF energy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9383323B2 Workpiece characterization system Physics 2 Active
US8807189B2 Removing and segregating components from printed circuit boards Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10925767B2 Laser doppler vibrometry for eye surface vibration measurement to determine cell damage Human Necessities 1 Active
US9310250B1 High dynamic range measurement system for process monitoring Physics 1 Active
US10679832B2 Microwave plasma source Electricity 1 Active
US10794763B2 Fiberoptically-coupled measurement system with reduced sensitivity to angularly-driven variation of signals upon reflection from a wafer Electricity 0 Active

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