Inventor · Redwood City, CA, US

Ralph Kerns

4Patents
4h-index
17Co-inventors
47Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 19, 1996 → Dec 5, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5737175A Bias-tracking D.C. power circuit for an electrostatic chuck Electricity 51 Expired
US6893893B2 Method of preventing short circuits in magnetic film stacks Electricity 19 Expired
US8349196B2 System and method for commercial fabrication of patterned media Electricity 13 Active
US7320942B2 Method for removal of metallic residue after plasma etching of a metal layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired

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