Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

William Stone

21Patents
10h-index
28Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 26, 1979 → Jun 4, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5644839A Surface mountable substrate edge terminal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US4346453A Item display order picking system Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Expired
US6019164A Workpiece chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US4677273A Electron beam welding apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Expired
US5509197A Method of making substrate edge connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6328096A Workpiece chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US5213649A Apparatus for receiving and cutting a continuous web Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US6700099B2 Wafer chuck having thermal plate with interleaved heating and cooling elements, interchangeable top surface assemblies and hard coated layer surfaces Electricity 17 Expired
US6375176B1 Workpiece chuck with guard layer having vacuum distribution pattern Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6132583A Shielding method and apparatus for use in electroplating process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US6744270B2 Temperature-controlled thermal platform for automated testing Electricity 9 Expired
US10002857B2 Package on package (PoP) device comprising thermal interface material (TIM) in cavity of an encapsulation layer Electricity 9 Active
US7331097B2 Method of manufacturing a workpiece chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6867611B2 Temperature-controlled thermal platform for automated testing Electricity 3 Expired
US5878975A Winder rider roll assembly Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US10347592B2 Integrated circuit (IC) devices with varying diameter via layer Electricity 2 Active
US9318405B2 Wafer level package without sidewall cracking Electricity 1 Active
US6969830B2 Wafer chuck having thermal plate with interleaved heating and cooling elements Electricity 1 Expired
US12218041B2 Integrated circuit (IC) packages employing a capacitor-embedded, redistribution layer (RDL) substrate for interfacing an IC chip(s) to a package substrate, and related methods Electricity 0 Active
US11784157B2 Package comprising integrated devices coupled through a metallization layer Electricity 0 Active
US10483218B2 Integrated circuit (IC) devices with varying diameter via layer Electricity 0 Active

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