Patents by Inventor James Dean Eoff, Sr.

James Dean Eoff, Sr. 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).

  • Method and system for supplying semiconductor source material
    Patent number: 6089285
    Abstract: A method of supplying source material in a crystal puller used to grow single crystal semiconductor material. Generally, the method includes receiving a bulk container of the source material at a facility having the crystal puller and configuring the bulk container for gravity feed of the source material from the container. The bulk container is transported to the crystal puller and a predetermined quantity of source material is dispensed directly from the bulk container into the crystal puller. Apparatus and a system for use in supplying source material are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: MEMC Electronics Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark DeStefano, James Dean Eoff, Sr., Thomas H. Schulte, John M. Anderson, Eng Chin Yau, Donald R. Ruggeri, David W. Baldwin, Charles Lawrence Badino