Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Willard E. Conley

28Patents
9h-index
63Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 4, 1987 → Oct 26, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4939070A Thermally stable photoresists with high sensitivity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 74 Expired
US5296332A Crosslinkable aqueous developable photoresist compositions and method for use thereof Physics 35 Expired
US5322765A Dry developable photoresist compositions and method for use thereof Physics 31 Expired
US4931379A High sensitivity resists having autodecomposition temperatures greater than about 160.degree. C. Physics 24 Expired
US5240812A Top coat for acid catalyzed resists Physics 20 Expired
US5023164A Highly sensitive dry developable deep UV photoresist Physics 18 Expired
US6300035A Chemically amplified positive photoresists Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US6207353A Resist formulation which minimizes blistering during etching Electricity 14 Expired
US9989866B2 Wafer-based light source parameter control Physics 12 Active
US5663036A Microlithographic structure with an underlayer film comprising a thermolyzed azide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US5783361A Microlithographic structure with an underlayer film containing a thermolyzed azide compound Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US9835959B1 Controlling for wafer stage vibration Physics 4 Active
US5795701A Making of microlithographic structures with an underlayer film containing a thermolyzed azide compound Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US5567569A Process for producing a positive pattern utilizing naphtho quinone diazide compound having non-metallic atom directly bonded to the naphthalene ring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7883829B2 Lithography for pitch reduction Electricity 3 Active
US9997888B2 Control of a spectral feature of a pulsed light beam Electricity 3 Active
US10416566B2 Optimization of source and bandwidth for new and existing patterning devices Physics 3 Active
US7741221B2 Method of forming a semiconductor device having dummy features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US4828964A Polyimide formulation for forming a patterned film on a substrate Physics 3 Expired
US9229051B2 Integrated circuit with degradation monitoring Physics 3 Active
US5552256A Positive resist composition containing naphthoquinonediazide compound having non-metallic atom directly bonded to the naphthalene ring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US12001144B2 Forming multiple aerial images in a single lithography exposure pass Physics 0 Active
US11526082B2 Forming multiple aerial images in a single lithography exposure pass Physics 0 Active
US8119334B2 Method of making a semiconductor device using negative photoresist Physics 0 Active
US8507187B2 Multi-exposure lithography employing a single anti-reflective coating layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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