Categories: Centurion Plus Utility Patents

Centurion Patentors as of November 19, 2024

Welcome to November 19, 2024. This week, we aim to celebrate the centurion patentors who have reached noteworthy milestones in their fields.

Jonathan P Ive

Sir Jonathan Ive (born February 27, 1967) is an English-American designer known for his pivotal role at Apple Inc., where he served as Senior VP of Industrial Design and later as Chief Design Officer until 2019.

Collaborating closely with Steve Jobs, Ive led the design of iconic products like the iMac, iPod, iPhone, and Apple Park.

In 2019, he founded his own design firm, LoveFrom, with Marc Newson. Ive has been Chancellor of the Royal College of Art since 2017 and began collaborating with Ferrari in 2021.

Patent №: D1052182 (November 19, 2024) – Hair trimmer.

Patent №: D1051914 (November 19, 2024) – Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface.

Patent №: D1051908 (November 19, 2024) – Case.

Chen-Hua Douglas Yu

Distinguished Fellow & Vice President, Research and Development Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

Dr. Douglas Yu is Vice President of Pathfinding for System Integration at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC). Prior to his appointment to Vice President in 2016, Dr. Yu was Senior Director of the Integrated Interconnect & Packaging Division.

Dr. Yu joined TSMC in 1994, serving in a variety of roles throughout his career including backend R&D, and developed technologies critical to the Company’s highly successful transition to copper process at the 0.13 micron generation.

Prior to joining TSMC, Dr. Yu was a Member of Technical Staff and Project Leader at AT&T Bell Labs in USA, working on sub-micron process, device and integration technologies R&D from 1987 to 1994.

Dr. Yu became a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013, and received the Presidential Science Prize of Taiwan in 2017, the IEEE EPS Outstanding Manufacturing Technology Award in 2018, TSMC Distinguished Fellow in 2021, IEEE EPS Rao R. Tummala Award (technical field award) in 2022, and a member of NAE (National Academy of Engineering, USA) in 2023.

Dr. Yu received his B.S. degree in Physics and M.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering both from National Tsing Hua University, and Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Patent №: 12148651 (November 19, 2024) – Chuck design and method for wafer. An apparatus for securing a wafer includes a chuck with adjustable O-rings, a vacuum system with multiple vacuum holes and pumps, and a controller connected to pressure sensors to manage the O-rings’ height and vacuum pressure.

Patent №: 12147159 (November 19, 2024) – Semiconductor device and method of manufacture. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device involves forming, curing, and patterning a polymer layer on a substrate. The polymer mixture includes a precursor, photosensitizer, cross-linker, solvent, and optional additives.

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Angelina Kushnarova

Angelina Kushnarova (Sverediuk) was born in Ukraine. She graduated from Ternopil Medical University with a specialization in Medicine and completed an internship in Radiology at Lviv University. She worked as a Radiologist, while also working as a web developer.