Inventor · Milpitas, CA, US

Michael Beck

22Patents
5h-index
24Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 17, 1975 → Jan 27, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7332428B2 Metal interconnect structure and method Electricity 14 Expired
US4004499A Bolt-on piston assembly Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Expired
US8309435B2 Crack stops for semiconductor devices Electricity 12 Active
US7651942B2 Metal interconnect structure and method Electricity 10 Expired
US8093150B2 Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices and structures thereof Electricity 6 Active
US8008750B2 Crack stops for semiconductor devices Electricity 5 Active
US7452804B2 Single damascene with disposable stencil and method therefore Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US7894240B2 Method and apparatus for reducing charge trapping in high-k dielectric material Physics 4 Active
US8442671B2 System, method and operating unit for forming mixed layers for pallets Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US7670497B2 Oxidant and passivant composition and method for use in treating a microelectronic structure Electricity 3 Active
US9755745B2 Device for simultaneous data and power transmission over an optical waveguide Electricity 3 Active
US6692260B2 Business method and device for marketing automobile fluid replacement services Physics 3 Expired
US10246212B2 Container storage system and support and cross bar of such a container storage system Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US7691736B2 Minimizing low-k dielectric damage during plasma processing Electricity 2 Active
US10801872B1 Methane monitoring and conversion apparatus and methods Physics 1 Active
US11271376B1 Wire puller Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US11641094B1 Wire puller Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US8378439B2 Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices and structures thereof Electricity 1 Active
US8018061B2 Integrated circuit hard mask processing system Electricity 0 Active
US7615484B2 Integrated circuit manufacturing method using hard mask Electricity 0 Active
US10207834B2 Method and apparatus for automatically wrapping utensils in a napkin Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US8114992B2 Method for the production of 2,4,6-trimercapto-1,3,5-triazine Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active

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