Inventor · Boise, ID, US

Rita J. Klein

73Patents
7h-index
62Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 9, 1998 → May 1, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7550380B2 Electroless plating of metal caps for chalcogenide-based memory devices Electricity 90 Active
US6306768A Method for planarizing microelectronic substrates having apertures Electricity 73 Expired
US6511576B2 System for planarizing microelectronic substrates having apertures Electricity 35 Expired
US6518198B1 Electroless deposition of doped noble metals and noble metal alloys Electricity 34 Expired
US5925415A Electroless plating of a metal layer on an activated substrate Chemistry; Metallurgy 31 Expired
US7109056B2 Electro-and electroless plating of metal in the manufacture of PCRAM devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7935242B2 Method of selectively removing conductive material Electricity 8 Active
US7189626B2 Electroless plating of metal caps for chalcogenide-based memory devices Electricity 7 Expired
US6589414B2 Nitride layer forming methods Electricity 6 Expired
US6440230B1 Nitride layer forming method Electricity 5 Expired
US7098128B2 Method for filling electrically different features Electricity 5 Expired
US7303939B2 Electro- and electroless plating of metal in the manufacture of PCRAM devices Electricity 4 Expired
US6984301B2 Methods of forming capacitor constructions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6884723B2 Methods for planarization of group VIII metal-containing surfaces using complexing agents Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US11393756B2 Methods of forming microelectronic devices, and related microelectronic devices, memory devices, and electronic systems Electricity 3 Active
US11244903B2 Tungsten structures and methods of forming the structures Electricity 3 Active
US6774049B2 Electroless deposition of doped noble metals and noble metal alloys Electricity 3 Expired
US7282387B2 Electro- and electroless plating of metal in the manufacture of PCRAM devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US11121143B2 Integrated assemblies having conductive posts extending through stacks of alternating materials Electricity 2 Active
US7244678B2 Methods for planarization of Group VIII metal-containing surfaces using complexing agents Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US7179361B2 Method of forming a mass over a semiconductor substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US6693366B2 Electroless deposition of doped noble metals and noble metal alloys Electricity 2 Expired
US11342265B2 Apparatus including a dielectric material in a central portion of a contact via, and related methods, memory devices and electronic systems Electricity 2 Active
US10957775B2 Assemblies having conductive structures with three or more different materials Electricity 2 Active
US8728930B2 Methods of forming metal silicide-comprising material and methods of forming metal silicide-comprising contacts Electricity 1 Active

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