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Dean C. Hruzek
Also filed as: HRUZEK DEAN · HRUZEK DEAN C · HRUZEK DEAN CHRIS
32 granted patents·7 pending applications·234 citations·filing 2005–2023
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39 records- 0195US10388547B2Side storage pods, equipment front end modules, and methods for processing substratesAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 20, 2019·14 cites·19 claims
- 0295US10359743B2Substrate processing systems, apparatus, and methods with substrate carrier and purge chamber environmental controlsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 23, 2019·10 cites·23 claims
- 0395US7651306B2Cartesian robot cluster tool architectureAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 26, 2010·50 cites·23 claims
- 0494US11244844B2High flow velocity, gas-purged, side storage pod apparatus, assemblies, and methodsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 8, 2022·11 cites·25 claims
- 0592US11791185B2Side storage pods, electronic device processing systems, and methods for operating the sameAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 17, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 0692US11353381B1Portable disc to measure chemical gas contaminants within semiconductor equipment and clean roomAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 7, 2022·3 cites·20 claims
- 0792US11189511B2Side storage pods, equipment front end modules, and methods for operating EFEMsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 30, 2021·7 cites·21 claims
- 0892US10847390B2Multi-blade robot apparatus, electronic device manufacturing apparatus, and methods adapted to transport multiple substrates in electronic device manufacturingAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 24, 2020·6 cites·20 claims
- 0992US10192765B2Substrate processing systems, apparatus, and methods with factory interface environmental controlsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 29, 2019·13 cites·23 claims
- 1092US8066466B2Substrate processing sequence in a Cartesian robot cluster toolRICE MIKE·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 29, 2011·13 cites·17 claims
- 1191US7374393B2Method of retaining a substrate during a substrate transferring processAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 20, 2008·17 cites·4 claims
- 1290US8599531B2Electrostatic end effector apparatus, systems and methodsSUNDAR SATISH·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 3, 2013·15 cites·25 claims
- 1389US10159169B2Flexible equipment front end module interfaces, environmentally-controlled equipment front end modules, and assembly methodsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 18, 2018·12 cites·20 claims
- 1488US9147592B2Linked vacuum processing tools and methods of using the sameAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 29, 2015·13 cites·20 claims
- 1587US7798764B2Substrate processing sequence in a cartesian robot cluster toolAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 21, 2010·22 cites·19 claims
- 1685US8911193B2Substrate processing sequence in a cartesian robot cluster toolRICE MIKE·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 16, 2014·12 cites·7 claims
- 1785US7374391B2Substrate gripper for a substrate handling robotAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2005·Granted May 20, 2008·9 cites·12 claims
- 1882US12142500B2Side storage pods, equipment front end modules, and methods for processing substratesAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 12, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 1981US11508593B2Side storage pods, electronic device processing systems, and methods for operating the sameAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 22, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 2078US11647577B2Ionized gas vent to reduce on wafer static charge and particlesAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2020·Granted May 9, 2023·1 cites·10 claims
- 2177US10278501B2Load lock door assembly, load lock apparatus, electronic device processing systems, and methodsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 7, 2019·2 cites·12 claims
- 2275US10758045B2Load lock door assemblies, load lock apparatus, electronic device processing systems, and methodsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 1, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 2375US2022392789A1Substrate processing systems, apparatus, and methods with factory interface environmental controlsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2471US11782404B2Substrate processing systems, apparatus, and methods with substrate carrier and purge chamber environmental controlsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 10, 2023·0 cites·14 claims
- 2571US11621182B2Multi-blade robot apparatus, electronic device manufacturing apparatus, and methods adapted to transport multiple substrates in electronic device manufacturingAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 4, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 2670US11640915B2Side storage pods, equipment front end modules, and methods for operating EFEMsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2021·Granted May 2, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 2764US11282724B2Substrate processing systems, apparatus, and methods with factory interface environmental controlsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 22, 2022·0 cites·13 claims
- 2864US11003149B2Substrate processing systems, apparatus, and methods with substrate carrier and purge chamber environmental controlsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2019·Granted May 11, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 2964US2021143034A1Transfer chambers with an increased number of sides, semiconductor device manufacturing processing tools, and processing methodsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 3062US11087998B2Transfer chambers with an increased number of sides, semiconductor device manufacturing processing tools, and processing methodsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 10, 2021·0 cites·7 claims
- 3161US11450539B2Substrate processing systems, apparatus, and methods with factory interface environmental controlsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 20, 2022·0 cites·13 claims
- 3258US10971381B2Transfer chambers with an increased number of sides, semiconductor device manufacturing processing tools, and processing methodsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 6, 2021·0 cites·14 claims
- 3358US2015098773A1Substrate processing sequence in a cartesian robot cluster toolRICE MIKE·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3454US11610794B2Side storage pods, equipment front end modules, and methods for operating the sameAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 21, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3554US2025069926A1Integrated substrate processing system with advanced substrate handling robotAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 3648US11061417B2Selectable-rate bottom purge apparatus and methodsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 13, 2021·0 cites·18 claims
- 3745US2021398824A1Batch wafer degas chamber and integration into factory interface and vacuum-based mainframeAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 3844US2019362989A1Substrate manufacturing apparatus and methods with factory interface chamber heatingAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 3942US2006182535A1Cartesian robot designRICE MIKE·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
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