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Ralf Hofmann
Also filed as: HOFMANN RALF · HOFMANN RALF DIETER
46 granted patents·20 pending applications·1,023 citations·filing 1991–2023
98Inventor score
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66 records- 0197US9612522B2Extreme ultraviolet mask blank production system with thin absorber and manufacturing system thereforAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 4, 2017·36 cites·12 claims
- 0296US7244344B2Physical vapor deposition plasma reactor with VHF source power applied through the workpieceAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 17, 2007·34 cites·11 claims
- 0394US9325007B2Shadow mask alignment and management systemKWAK BYUNG-SUNG LEO·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 26, 2016·14 cites·8 claims
- 0494US5763851ASlotted RF coil shield for plasma deposition systemAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 9, 1998·93 cites·64 claims
- 0592US9739913B2Extreme ultraviolet capping layer and method of manufacturing and lithography thereofAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 22, 2017·8 cites·17 claims
- 0692US7269664B2Network portal system and methodsSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 11, 2007·378 cites·40 claims
- 0791US9581889B2Planarized extreme ultraviolet lithography blank with absorber and manufacturing system thereforAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 28, 2017·3 cites·10 claims
- 0890US9354508B2Planarized extreme ultraviolet lithography blank, and manufacturing and lithography systems thereforAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 31, 2016·5 cites·32 claims
- 0990US5902461AApparatus and method for enhancing uniformity of a metal film formed on a substrate with the aid of an inductively coupled plasmaAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 1997·Granted May 11, 1999·88 cites·39 claims
- 1088US11493841B2Glass ceramic for ultraviolet lithography and method of manufacturing thereofAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 8, 2022·2 cites·14 claims
- 1188US5181257AMethod and apparatus for determining register differences from a multi-color printed imageROLAND MAN DRUCKMASCH·Filed 1991·Granted Jan 19, 1993·87 cites·20 claims
- 1287US9870935B2Monitoring system for deposition and method of operation thereofAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 16, 2018·4 cites·7 claims
- 1387US7281060B2Computer-based presentation manager and method for individual user-device data representationSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 9, 2007·68 cites·6 claims
- 1486US9018110B2Apparatus and methods for microwave processing of semiconductor substratesSTOWELL MICHAEL W·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 28, 2015·7 cites·18 claims
- 1585US9581890B2Extreme ultraviolet reflective element with multilayer stack and method of manufacturing thereofAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 28, 2017·3 cites·20 claims
- 1685US9096927B2Cooling ring for physical vapor deposition chamber targetWEST BRIAN·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 4, 2015·8 cites·20 claims
- 1784US10209613B2System and method for manufacturing planarized extreme ultraviolet lithography blankAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 19, 2019·2 cites·15 claims
- 1884US9612521B2Amorphous layer extreme ultraviolet lithography blank, and manufacturing and lithography systems thereforAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 4, 2017·2 cites·22 claims
- 1984US9595436B2Growing graphene on substratesAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 14, 2017·4 cites·19 claims
- 2084US9417515B2Ultra-smooth layer ultraviolet lithography mirrors and blanks, and manufacturing and lithography systems thereforAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 16, 2016·8 cites·34 claims
- 2184US6132566AApparatus and method for sputtering ionized material in a plasmaAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 17, 2000·80 cites·25 claims
- 2280US7820020B2Apparatus for plasma-enhanced physical vapor deposition of copper with RF source power applied through the workpiece with a lighter-than-copper carrier gasAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 26, 2010·4 cites·16 claims
- 2379US10236198B2Methods for the continuous processing of substratesAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 19, 2019·2 cites·17 claims
- 2477US9343347B2Portable electrostatic chuck carrier for thin substratesAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 17, 2016·3 cites·20 claims
- 2576US9748125B2Continuous substrate processing systemWU BANQIU·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 29, 2017·3 cites·6 claims
- 2675USD664043SPackaging container for bottlesHOFMANN RALF·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 24, 2012·9 cites·1 claims
- 2774US8747942B2Carbon nanotube-based solar cellsNALAMASU OMKARAM·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 10, 2014·3 cites·13 claims
- 2870US10551732B2Extreme ultraviolet mask blank production system with thin absorber and manufacturing system thereforAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 4, 2020·1 cites·15 claims
- 2970US5876574AMagnet design for a sputtering chamberAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 2, 1999·31 cites·3 claims
- 3069US10012908B2Extreme ultraviolet reflective element with multilayer stack and method of manufacturing thereofAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 3, 2018·0 cites·18 claims
- 3169US8782206B2Load-balanced allocation of medical task flows to servers of a server farmHOFMANN RALF·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 15, 2014·5 cites·17 claims
- 3268US7801965B2Method and apparatus for processing data, and medical appliance system for processing dataSIEMENS AG·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 21, 2010·2 cites·19 claims
- 3363US10199660B2Shadow mask alignment and management systemAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 5, 2019·0 cites·6 claims
- 3463US6146508ASputtering method and apparatus with small diameter RF coilAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 14, 2000·16 cites·24 claims
- 3562US2024027654A1Glass laminate with an outer gradient layerAPPLE INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 3661US10551731B2Glass ceramic for ultraviolet lithography and method of manufacturing thereofAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 4, 2020·0 cites·14 claims
- 3759US9905418B2Growing graphene on substratesAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 27, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 3858US10788744B2Extreme ultraviolet lithography mask blank manufacturing system and method of operation thereforAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 29, 2020·0 cites·14 claims
- 3958US10522375B2Monitoring system for deposition and method of operation thereofAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 31, 2019·0 cites·12 claims
- 4058US10197907B2Extreme ultraviolet mask blank production system with thin absorber and manufacturing system thereforAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 5, 2019·0 cites·19 claims
- 4158US10012897B2Planarized extreme ultraviolet lithography blank with absorber and manufacturing system thereforAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 3, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 4256US2014272684A1Extreme ultraviolet lithography mask blank manufacturing system and method of operation thereforAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4355US2018158677A1Growing graphene on substratesAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 4454US6409890B1Method and apparatus for forming a uniform layer on a workpiece during sputteringAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 25, 2002·10 cites·48 claims
- 4553US2017168383A1Amorphous Layer Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Blank, And Manufacturing And Lithography Systems ThereforAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4652US2013192761A1Rotary Substrate Processing SystemYUDOVSKY JOSEPH·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4749US2007243452A1Reliable fuel cell electrode designAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4847US2008141213A1Flexible interconnection systemDORN KARLHEINZ·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4946US12073264B2Decomposition of resource discovery roles, parts, and transport modeslcSAP SE·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 27, 2024·0 cites·15 claims
- 5046US8719778B2Interconnection interface for flexible online/offline deployment of an n-layered software applicationDORN KARLHEINZ·Filed 2007·Granted May 6, 2014·0 cites·15 claims
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