Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Paul B. Reuter

54Patents
5h-index
60Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 29, 2012 → Sep 25, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9355876B2 Process load lock apparatus, lift assemblies, electronic device processing systems, and methods of processing substrates in load lock locations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 434 Active
US10204805B2 Thin heated substrate support Electricity 9 Active
US10090181B2 Method and apparatus for substrate transfer and radical confinement Electricity 9 Active
US10262884B2 Systems, apparatus, and methods for an improved load port Electricity 7 Active
US10446428B2 Load port operation in electronic device manufacturing apparatus, systems, and methods Electricity 6 Active
US11244844B2 High flow velocity, gas-purged, side storage pod apparatus, assemblies, and methods Electricity 4 Active
US11189511B2 Side storage pods, equipment front end modules, and methods for operating EFEMs Electricity 4 Active
US11581203B2 Systems for integrating load locks into a factory interface footprint space Electricity 3 Active
US10278501B2 Load lock door assembly, load lock apparatus, electronic device processing systems, and methods Electricity 2 Active
US10453726B2 Electronic device manufacturing load port apparatus, systems, and methods Electricity 2 Active
US10566205B2 Abatement and strip process chamber in a load lock configuration Electricity 2 Active
US10541165B2 Systems, apparatus, and methods for an improved load port backplane Electricity 1 Active
US9464732B2 Apparatus for uniform pumping within a substrate process chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9587749B2 Slit valve with a pressurized gas bearing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11993978B2 Seal mechanism for load port doors Electricity 1 Active
US11081379B2 Load port operation in electronic device manufacturing apparatus, systems, and methods Electricity 1 Active
US10276354B2 Segmented focus ring assembly Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US11373891B2 Front-ducted equipment front end modules, side storage pods, and methods of operating the same Electricity 1 Active
US10056274B2 System and method for forming a sealed chamber Electricity 1 Active
US10832928B2 Systems, apparatus, and methods for an improved load port Electricity 1 Active
US11640915B2 Side storage pods, equipment front end modules, and methods for operating EFEMs Electricity 0 Active
US12159802B2 Shortened load port for factory interface Physics 0 Active
US11404297B2 Systems, apparatus, and methods for an improved load port Electricity 0 Active
US12140339B2 Filter isolation for equipment front end module Electricity 0 Active
US11353381B1 Portable disc to measure chemical gas contaminants within semiconductor equipment and clean room Electricity 0 Active

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