Inventor · Wake Forest, NC, US

Stephen M. Bobbio

33Patents
13h-index
30Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 11, 1983 → Apr 12, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5206557A Microelectromechanical transducer and fabrication method Electricity 114 Expired
US6420814B1 Spiral wound transducer Electricity 91 Expired
US4921157A Fluxless soldering process Performing Operations; Transporting 72 Expired
US5563466A Micro-actuator Electricity 57 Expired
US5001594A Electrostatic handling device Electricity 49 Expired
US5045166A Magnetron method and apparatus for producing high density ionic gas discharge Performing Operations; Transporting 44 Expired
US5499754A Fluxless soldering sample pretreating system Electricity 33 Expired
US5147520A Apparatus and method for controlling processing uniformity in a magnetron Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Expired
US5609290A Fluxless soldering method Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Expired
US4615764A SF6/nitriding gas/oxidizer plasma etch system Electricity 27 Expired
US4465552A Method of selectively etching silicon dioxide with SF.sub.6 /nitriding component gas Electricity 27 Expired
US5290400A Fabrication method for microelectromechanical transducer Electricity 26 Expired
US6144370A Electromagnetic active trackball control system using magnets energized in sequence which cause the trackball to move Physics 20 Expired
US4582581A Boron trifluoride system for plasma etching of silicon dioxide Electricity 12 Expired
US5434464A Unidirectional supporting structure for microelectromechanical transducers Electricity 12 Expired
US5248760A Chemically cured low temperature polyimides Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US5479061A Pleated sheet microelectromechanical transducer Electricity 12 Expired
US5393642A Ionic modification of organic resins and photoresists to produce photoactive etch resistant compositions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US4826754A Method for anisotropically hardening a protective coating for integrated circuit manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US5615825A Fluorinated fluxless soldering Electricity 10 Expired
US4968582A Photoresists resistant to oxygen plasmas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US5064748A Method for anisotropically hardening a protective coating for integrated circuit manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US5114827A Photoresists resistant to oxygen plasmas Physics 7 Expired
US4738761A Shared current loop, multiple field apparatus and process for plasma processing Electricity 7 Expired
US7891145B1 Spool-mounted coiled structural extending member Physics 7 Active

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