Patents by Inventor Steven Moskowitz

Steven Moskowitz 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 of making conductor contacts having enhanced reliability
    Patent number: 7480990
    Abstract: Methods for forming conductor contacts provide for etching through a capping layer located upon a conductor contact region within a substrate. A first pair of methods provide for etching through at least a lower thickness of the capping layer with other than a reactive ion etch to provide an exposed conductor contact region. A partially overlapping second pair of methods provides for converting at least an upper thickness of the capping layer to a converted material layer that is removed incident to providing an exposed conductor contact region. As adjunct to any of the methods, a liner layer is formed and located upon the exposed conductor contact region in absence of an undesirable reactive environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Fitzsimmons, William J. Cote, Nancy A. Greco, Thomas H. Ivers, Steven Moskowitz
  • CONDUCTOR CONTACTS WITH ENHANCED RELIABILITY
    Publication number: 20070161290
    Abstract: Methods for forming conductor contacts provide for etching through a capping layer located upon a conductor contact region within a substrate. A first pair of methods provide for etching through at least a lower thickness of the capping layer with other than a reactive ion etch to provide an exposed conductor contact region. A partially overlapping second pair of methods provides for converting at least an upper thickness of the capping layer to a converted material layer that is removed incident to providing an exposed conductor contact region. As adjunct to any of the methods, a liner layer is formed and located upon the exposed conductor contact region in absence of an undesirable reactive environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Fitzsimmons, William Cote, Nancy Greco, Thomas Ivers, Steven Moskowitz
  • Package
    Patent number: D596023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Spongetech Delivery Service, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Moskowitz
  • Pet sponge
    Patent number: D610753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Spongetch Delivery Service, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Moskowitz