Inventor
Todd Lanier Hylton
Inventor
Great Falls, VA, US
Overview
Patents· 21 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
C23Cprimary
C23CCoating metallic material31%
H01JElectric discharge tubes or discharge lamps18%
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer10%
B82YSpecific uses or applications of nanostructures6%
G01RMeasuring electric variables6%
H10NElectric solid-state devices not otherwise provided for6%
G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus4%
H01FMagnets4%
B25JManipulators2%
G01DMeasuring not specially adapted for a specific variable2%
PatentTitleYear
9,849,588Apparatus and methods for remotely controlling robotic devices20177,316,764'System and method for performing sputter etching using independent ion and electron sources and a substrate biased with an a-symmetric bi-polar DC pulse signal'20086,843,891'Apparatus for sputter deposition'20056,819,871'Multi-channel optical filter and multiplexer formed from stacks of thin-film layers'20046,723,209'System and method for performing thin film deposition or chemical treatment using an energetic flux of neutral reactive molecular fragments, atoms or radicals'20046,689,255'System and method for making thin-film structures using a stepped profile mask'20046,682,634'Apparatus for sputter deposition'20046,679,976'System and method for performing sputter deposition with multiple targets using independent ion and electron sources and independent target biasing with DC pulse signals'20046,610,179'System and method for controlling deposition thickness using a mask with a shadow that varies with respect to a target'20036,488,821'System and method for performing sputter deposition using a divergent ion beam source and a rotating substrate'20026,419,802'System and method for controlling deposition thickness by synchronously varying a sputtering rate of a target with respect to a position of a rotating substrate'20026,419,803'System and method for making thin-film structures using a stepped profile mask'20026,402,904'System and method for performing sputter deposition using independent ion and electron sources and a target biased with an a-symmetric bi-polar DC pulse signal'20026,402,901'System and method for performing sputter deposition using a spherical geometry'20026,402,905'System and method for controlling deposition thickness using a mask with a shadow that varies along a radius of a substrate'20026,402,900'System and method for performing sputter deposition using ion sources, targets and a substrate arranged about the faces of a cube'20026,016,241'Magnetoresistive sensor utilizing a granular magnetoresistive layer'20005,629,682'Magnetic recorder having MR read and inductive write capability'19975,492,775'Barium ferrite thin film for longitudinal recording'19965,476,680'Method for manufacturing granular multilayer mangetoresistive sensor'19955,452,163'Multilayer magnetoresistive sensor'1995Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1995–2000Patents assigned to IBM (5)· patent assignee history
1995–2000Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history
2002–2008Patents assigned to WAVE INC 4 (9)· patent assignee history
2002–2004Patents assigned to 4WAVE INC (2)· patent assignee history
2002–2005Based in Great Falls, VA, US· patent location history
2002–2008Based in Vienna, VA, US· patent location history
2004–2005Patents assigned to KAUFMAN & ROBINSON INC (2)· patent assignee history
2004–2005Patents assigned to VEECO INSTR INC (2)· patent assignee history
2017Based in La Jolla, CA, US· patent location history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| WAVE INC 4 | 9 | 2002–2008 |
| IBM | 5 | 1995–2000 |
| 4WAVE INC | 2 | 2002–2004 |
| KAUFMAN & ROBINSON INC | 2 | 2004–2005 |
| VEECO INSTR INC | 2 | 2004–2005 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Great Falls, Virginia, US | 11 | 2002–2005 |
| San Jose, California, US | 5 | 1995–2000 |
| Vienna, Virginia, US | 4 | 2002–2008 |
| La Jolla, California, US | 1 | 2017 |