Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

Terry Bluck

52Patents
12h-index
53Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 7, 1998 → Jan 31, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6919001B2 Disk coating system Electricity 42 Expired
US6368678B1 Plasma processing system and method Electricity 32 Expired
US8419341B2 Linear vacuum robot with Z motion and articulated arm Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Active
US6517691B1 Substrate processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US7901539B2 Apparatus and methods for transporting and processing substrates Electricity 21 Active
US8293066B2 Apparatus and methods for transporting and processing substrates Electricity 17 Active
US6203862A Processing systems with dual ion sources Electricity 16 Expired
US9914994B2 System architecture for combined static and pass-by processing Electricity 14 Active
US6101972A Plasma processing system and method Electricity 14 Expired
US6228429A Methods and apparatus for processing insulating substrates Physics 13 Expired
US8349196B2 System and method for commercial fabrication of patterned media Electricity 13 Active
US8303764B2 Apparatus and methods for transporting and processing substrates Electricity 12 Active
US10204810B2 Linear vacuum robot with Z motion and articulated arm Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7611322B2 Processing thin wafers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8363378B2 Method for optimized removal of wafer from electrostatic chuck Electricity 8 Active
US9892890B2 Narrow source for physical vapor deposition processing Electricity 7 Active
US8784622B2 System and method for dual-sided sputter etch of substrates Electricity 7 Active
US9165587B2 System and method for dual-sided sputter etch of substrates Electricity 6 Active
US9324598B2 Substrate processing system and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US9525099B2 Dual-mask arrangement for solar cell fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9691649B2 Linear vacuum robot with z motion and articulated arm Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9543114B2 Implant masking and alignment system with rollers Electricity 3 Active
US9524896B2 Apparatus and methods for transporting and processing substrates Electricity 3 Active
US8795466B2 System and method for processing substrates with detachable mask Electricity 3 Active
US8677929B2 Method and apparatus for masking solar cell substrates for deposition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active

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