Patents by Inventor Todd Dobson

Todd Dobson 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).

  • Methods for selective removal of material from wafer alignment marks
    Publication number: 20070207613
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for locally removing any material, such as a refractory metal, in particular tungsten, from any desired area of a wafer, such as an alignment mark area of a silicon wafer in process during the formation of integrated circuits thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Russell Zahorik, Guy Hudson, Hugh Stroupe, Todd Dobson, Brian Gordon