Inventor · Lake Oswego, OR, US

Steven T. Mayer

205Patents
45h-index
161Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 29, 1975 → Jan 8, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6333275A Etchant mixing system for edge bevel removal of copper from silicon wafers Electricity 386 Expired
US5384912A Real time video image processing system Electricity 291 Expired
US5096550A Method and apparatus for spatially uniform electropolishing and electrolytic etching Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 213 Expired
US5260855A Supercapacitors based on carbon foams Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 183 Expired
US5783333A Lithium nickel cobalt oxides for positive electrodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 163 Expired
US6527920B1 Copper electroplating apparatus Electricity 147 Expired
US6800187B1 Clamshell apparatus for electrochemically treating wafers Chemistry; Metallurgy 141 Expired
US5420168A Method of low pressure and/or evaporative drying of aerogel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 133 Expired
US6755954B2 Electrochemical treatment of integrated circuit substrates using concentric anodes and variable field shaping elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 113 Expired
US5508341A Organic aerogel microspheres and fabrication method therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 107 Expired
US6007947A Mixed lithium manganese oxide and lithium nickel cobalt oxide positive electrodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 102 Expired
US6402923B1 Method and apparatus for uniform electroplating of integrated circuits using a variable field shaping element Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 102 Expired
US5529971A Carbon foams for energy storage devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 101 Expired
US5636437A Fabricating solid carbon porous electrodes from powders Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Expired
US5626977A Composite carbon foam electrode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 99 Expired
US4314236A Apparatus for producing a plurality of audio sound effects Physics 98 Expired
US6773571B1 Method and apparatus for uniform electroplating of thin metal seeded wafers using multiple segmented virtual anode sources Chemistry; Metallurgy 95 Expired
US5789338A Process for producing carbon foams for energy storage devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 94 Expired
US5908896A Organic aerogel microspheres Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 93 Expired
US6309981A Edge bevel removal of copper from silicon wafers Electricity 91 Expired
US4296476A Data processing system with programmable graphics generator Human Necessities 89 Expired
US6551487B1 Methods and apparatus for controlled-angle wafer immersion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 87 Expired
US7449098B1 Method for planar electroplating Electricity 86 Expired
US6379842B1 Mixed lithium manganese oxide and lithium nickel cobalt oxide positive electrodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 79 Expired
US5741606A Overcharge protection battery vent Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 77 Expired

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