Inventor
KASHEFI KEVIN
US23 patents
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APPLIED MATERIALS INC
16 patentsUS12211743B2Jan 28, 2025
Method of forming a metal liner for interconnect structures
APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations73
US11848229B2Dec 19, 2023
Selective blocking of metal surfaces using bifunctional self-assembled monolayers
APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations71
US12431387B2Sep 30, 2025
Self-assembled monolayer for selective deposition
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11955382B2Apr 9, 2024
Reverse selective etch stop layer
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US12543523B2Feb 3, 2026
Chlorine-free removal of molybdenum oxides from substrates
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations61
USD1110979SFeb 3, 2026
Process chamber collimator
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations61
USD1103950SDec 2, 2025
Process chamber collimator
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations61
US12094766B2Sep 17, 2024
Selective blocking of metal surfaces using bifunctional self-assembled monolayers
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations61
US11776806B2Oct 3, 2023
Multi-step pre-clean for selective metal gap fill
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations61
US11380536B2Jul 5, 2022
Multi-step pre-clean for selective metal gap fill
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations61
US12575392B2Mar 10, 2026
Method to deposit metal cap for interconnect
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations60
US12568803B2Mar 3, 2026
Methods of forming interconnect structures
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations58
US11967523B2Apr 23, 2024
Self-assembled monolayer for selective deposition
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations51
US11952655B2Apr 9, 2024
Electromagnet pulsing effect on PVD step coverage
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations49
US12394619B2Aug 19, 2025
Metal oxide preclean for bottom-up gapfill in MEOL and BEOL
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations48
US12559840B2Feb 24, 2026
Apparatus and methods for self-assembled monolayer (SAM) deposition in semiconductor equipment
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations41
INTERMOLECULAR INC
5 patentsUS9246092B1Jan 26, 2016
Tunneling barrier creation in MSM stack as a selector device for non-volatile memory application
INTERMOLECULAR INC8 citations84
US9224594B2Dec 29, 2015
Surface preparation with remote plasma
INTERMOLECULAR INC9 citations83
US9368721B1Jun 14, 2016
Diamond like carbon (DLC) as a thermal sink in a selector stack for non-volatile memory application
INTERMOLECULAR INC1 citations51
US9312137B2Apr 12, 2016
Reduction of native oxides by annealing in reducing gas or plasma
INTERMOLECULAR INC0 citations48
US9337238B1May 10, 2016
Photo-induced MSM stack
INTERMOLECULAR INC0 citations41