Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Melvin Keith Carter

13Patents
5h-index
8Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 31, 1975 → Aug 16, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6638326B2 Compositions for chemical mechanical planarization of tantalum and tantalum nitride Chemistry; Metallurgy 17 Expired
US4053281A Method and apparatus for determining organic carbon in sulfureous compounds Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US7247566B2 CMP method for copper, tungsten, titanium, polysilicon, and other substrates using organosulfonic acids as oxidizers Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US4252103A Frame structure for a solar heating panel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6866792B2 Compositions for chemical mechanical planarization of copper Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US7252718B2 Forming a passivating aluminum fluoride layer and removing same for use in semiconductor manufacture Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US7816568B2 Direct catalytic conversion of cellulose materials to ethanol Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US6563006B2 Catalytic oxidative conversion of hydrocarbons to aldehydes Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US7855311B2 Formation of hydroxycarbonyl compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US7033409B2 Compositions for chemical mechanical planarization of tantalum and tantalum nitride Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Expired
US8697406B2 Direct catalytic conversion of sugars to ethanol Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US4172886A Carbohydrate conversion to carbon monoxide and synthetic coal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired
US4945063A Method for detecting organic compounds by photoacoustic conversion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired

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