Inventor · Fairfield, CA, US

N. William Parker

50Patents
15h-index
46Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 19, 1992 → Feb 21, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5429070A High density plasma deposition and etching apparatus Electricity 196 Expired
US6844550B1 Multi-beam multi-column electron beam inspection system Electricity 116 Expired
US5421891A High density plasma deposition and etching apparatus Electricity 99 Expired
US6617587B2 Electron optics for multi-beam electron beam lithography tool Electricity 68 Expired
US6777675B2 Detector optics for electron beam inspection system Electricity 33 Expired
US6977375B2 Multi-beam multi-column electron beam inspection system Electricity 33 Expired
US6734428B2 Multi-beam multi-column electron beam inspection system Electricity 31 Expired
US6943351B2 Multi-column charged particle optics assembly Electricity 28 Expired
US6872958B2 Platform positioning system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6738506B2 Image processing system for multi-beam inspection Physics 20 Expired
US7462848B2 Optics for generation of high current density patterned charged particle beams Electricity 19 Active
US7227142B2 Dual detector optics for simultaneous collection of secondary and backscattered electrons Electricity 17 Expired
US7122795B2 Detector optics for charged particle beam inspection system Electricity 16 Expired
US9934930B2 High aspect ratio x-ray targets and uses of same Electricity 16 Active
US7435956B2 Apparatus and method for inspection and testing of flat panel display substrates Electricity 16 Expired
US8283629B1 Aberration-corrected wien ExB mass filter with removal of neutrals from the Beam Electricity 15 Active
US8314410B2 Combination laser and charged particle beam system Electricity 15 Active
US7928404B2 Variable-ratio double-deflection beam blanker Electricity 15 Active
US7456402B2 Detector optics for multiple electron beam test system Electricity 14 Active
US7786454B2 Optics for generation of high current density patterned charged particle beams Electricity 14 Active
US7941237B2 Flat panel display substrate testing system Physics 12 Active
US8242457B2 Charged particle optics with azimuthally-varying third-order aberrations for generation of shaped beams Electricity 10 Active
US8319181B2 System and method for localization of large numbers of fluorescent markers in biological samples Electricity 9 Active
US5637951A Electron source for multibeam electron lithography system Electricity 9 Expired
US8678049B2 Method and structure for prevention of incorrect fueling operations for diesel-powered vehicles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active

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