Patents by Inventor Annette Garcia

Annette Garcia has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Combination floss and toothbrush device
    Publication number: 20030188761
    Abstract: The present invention is a combination toothbrush and dental floss dispenser. More particularly, the device is a toothbrush with an extended handle or shaft with traditional brush bristles at one end, and a dental floss dispensing means at the other end. Such may be either incorporated within the brush itself as a single piece, or, alternatively may be detachable in nature. The floss dispenser is preferably cylindrical in nature, and includes a floss cutter and hinged cover panel for the cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Edward Garcia, Annette Garcia
  • Method of identifying a weakest interface where delamination is most likely to occur in a multi-layer dielectric film stack
    Patent number: 5493926
    Abstract: A method of identifying a weakest interface where delamination is most likely to occur in a multi-layer dielectric film stack formed on a semiconductor wafer includes scribing processed layers including the multi-layer dielectric film stack with an applied force of a selected and constant magnitude, measuring the depth of a cavity formed in the processed layers by such scribing, and identifying the weakest interface by comparing the measured depth against the known depths of the interfaces between adjacent layers of the multi-layer dielectric film stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: VLSI Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Landon B. Vines, Felix H. Fujishiro, Danny W. Echtle, Annette Garcia