Inventor · Pleasant Valley, NY, US

Robert E. Tompkins

19Patents
13h-index
10Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 14, 1988 → Feb 27, 2002

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5191506A Ceramic electrostatic chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 108 Expired
US5155652A Temperature cycling ceramic electrostatic chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 103 Expired
US5055964A Electrostatic chuck having tapered electrodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 99 Expired
US5463525A Guard ring electrostatic chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Expired
US5561585A Electrostatic chuck with reference electrode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US5535507A Method of making electrostatic chuck with oxide insulator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US5099571A Method for fabricating a split-ring electrostatic chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US5521790A Electrostatic chuck having relatively thick and thin areas and means for uniformly cooling said thick and thin areas during chuck anodization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5467249A Electrostatic chuck with reference electrode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
USRE37580E1 Guard ring electrostatic chuck General 26 Expired
US6268994A Electrostatic chuck and method of manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US6754062B2 Hybrid ceramic electrostatic clamp Electricity 20 Expired
US4845995A Material tester Physics 15 Expired
US5612851A Guard ring electrostatic chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US6499987B1 Positive control non-return valve for an injection molding machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US5901030A Electrostatic chuck employing thermoelectric cooling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US5925845A Shoot-through cover for an explosively formed penetrator warhead Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Expired
US5905626A Electrostatic chuck with ceramic pole protection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
USRE37541E1 Electrostatic chuck with reference electrode General 1 Expired

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