William J. Boardman
19Patents
11h-index
28Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 4, 1991 → Apr 17, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5120679A | Anti-fuse structures and methods for making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 108 | Expired |
| US7300684B2 | Method and system for coating internal surfaces of prefabricated process piping in the field | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 79 | Expired |
| US5290734A | Method for making anti-fuse structures | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 75 | Expired |
| US5587332A | Method of making flash memory cell | Electricity | 53 | Expired |
| US7541069B2 | Method and system for coating internal surfaces using reverse-flow cycling | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 51 | Active |
| US7608151B2 | Method and system for coating sections of internal surfaces | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 51 | Active |
| US7444955B2 | Apparatus for directing plasma flow to coat internal passageways | Electricity | 46 | Expired |
| US5196357A | Method of making extended polysilicon self-aligned gate overlapped lightly doped drain structure for submicron transistor | Electricity | 28 | Expired |
| US5328865A | Method for making cusp-free anti-fuse structures | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US8105660B2 | Method for producing diamond-like carbon coatings using PECVD and diamondoid precursors on internal surfaces of a hollow component | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 19 | Active |
| US5920013A | Silicon micromachine with sacrificial pedestal | Performing Operations; Transporting | 14 | Expired |
| US8715789B2 | Chemical vapor deposition for an interior of a hollow article with high aspect ratio | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US8343593B2 | Method of coating inner and outer surfaces of pipes for thermal solar and other applications | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7629031B2 | Plasma enhanced bonding for improving adhesion and corrosion resistance of deposited films | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 4 | Active |
| US7626135B2 | Electrode systems and methods of using electrodes | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US7838793B2 | System and method for treating surfaces of components | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US8394197B2 | Corrosion-resistant internal coating method using a germanium-containing precursor and hollow cathode techniques | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US7838085B2 | Method for directing plasma flow to coat internal passageways | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US10297425B2 | Multiple anode plasma for CVD in a hollow article | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.