Yong Cao

This inventor holds 50 USPTO granted patents and 16 published patent applications and 1 EPO patent, primarily in Physical Vapor Deposition. Top assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.. Active years: 2013-2026.

USPTO Granted Patents = 50 (Patent Applications = 16)

% Patents Active = 92.0

EPO Patents = 1 (Patent Applications = 8)

Average Co-Inventor Count = 5.9

ph-index = 5

Forward Citations = 103(Granted Patents)

Company Filing History:

50 out of 14,403

Applied Materials, Inc.

patents

Years Active: 2013-2026

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Areas of Expertise:

Physical Vapor Deposition

High Critical Temperature

Metal Nitrides

Gas Injection Process

Subtractive Self-Alignment

Dielectric Barrier Layers

Sputtering Target

Thin Film Deposition

Optical Stack Deposition

Multilayer Devices

Particle Reduction

PVD Chamber

50 patents (USPTO):Sort by Forward CitationsExplore Patents

1. D1129517 - Physical vapor deposition sputtering target (2026-06-09),

2. D1072774 - Target profile for a physical vapor deposition chamber target (2025-04-29),

3. 12185643 - High critical temperature metal nitride layer with oxide or oxynitride seed layer (2024-12-31),

4. 12183560 - Gas injection process kit to eliminate arcing and improve uniform gas distribution for a PVD process (2024-12-31),

5. 12176205 - Method and chamber for backside physical vapor deposition (2024-12-24),

6. 12142478 - Method and chamber for backside physical vapor deposition (2024-11-12),

7. 12096701 - Method of making high critical temperature metal nitride layer (2024-09-17),

8. 12052935 - Method of making high critical temperature metal nitride layer (2024-07-30),

9. 12027354 - Cleaning of SIN with CCP plasma or RPS clean (2024-07-02),

10. 11915918 - Cleaning of sin with CCP plasma or RPS clean (2024-02-27),

11. 11908696 - Methods and devices for subtractive self-alignment (2024-02-20),

12. 11802349 - Method for depositing high quality PVD films (2023-10-31),

13. 11778926 - Method and apparatus for deposition of multilayer device with superconductive film (2023-10-03),

14. 11739418 - Method and apparatus for deposition of metal nitrides (2023-08-29),

15. 11678589 - Method of making high critical temperature metal nitride layer (2023-06-13),

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