![Willis Whitfield in der Tür seines ersten Reinraums. / Willis Whitfield stepping through the door of his first cleanroom. © Exyte Technology GmbH Willis Whitfield in der Tür seines ersten Reinraums. / Willis Whitfield stepping through the door of his first cleanroom. © Exyte Technology GmbH](/uploads/images/_scale/williswhitfieldinprototype_gr16x9_626x324.jpg)
![Original - Skizze von Willis Whitfield zu seiner Erfindung aus dem Jahr 1962. / Willis Whitfield’s original outline to his invention, dated 1962. © Sandia National Laboratories Original - Skizze von Willis Whitfield zu seiner Erfindung aus dem Jahr 1962. / Willis Whitfield’s original outline to his invention, dated 1962. © Sandia National Laboratories](/uploads/images/_scale/notebookpage16x9_626x351.jpg)
![Das erste Patent (Auszug) auf einen Reinraum, angemeldet von Willis Whitfield. / The first patent (extract) of a cleanroom, filed by Willis Whitfield. © United States Patent Office Das erste Patent (Auszug) auf einen Reinraum, angemeldet von Willis Whitfield. / The first patent (extract) of a cleanroom, filed by Willis Whitfield. © United States Patent Office](/uploads/images/_scale/wwpatent16x9_626x352.jpg)
![Das erste Patent (Auszug) auf einen Reinraum, angemeldet von Willis Whitfield. / The first patent (extract) of a cleanroom, filed by Willis Whitfield. © United States Patent Office Das erste Patent (Auszug) auf einen Reinraum, angemeldet von Willis Whitfield. / The first patent (extract) of a cleanroom, filed by Willis Whitfield. © United States Patent Office](/uploads/images/_scale/wwpatent_zeichnung_16x9_626x352.jpg)
![Das erste Patent (Auszug) auf einen Reinraum, angemeldet von Willis Whitfield. / The first patent (extract) of a cleanroom, filed by Willis Whitfield. © United States Patent Office Das erste Patent (Auszug) auf einen Reinraum, angemeldet von Willis Whitfield. / The first patent (extract) of a cleanroom, filed by Willis Whitfield. © United States Patent Office](/uploads/images/_scale/wwpatent_zeichnung2_16x9_626x352.jpg)
![Willis Withfield neben der Statue, die 2007 auf dem Gelände der Sandia National Laboratories enthüllt worden ist. / Willis Withfield next to a statue of himself that was unveiled at Sandia National Laboratories in 2007. © Sandia National Laboratories Willis Withfield neben der Statue, die 2007 auf dem Gelände der Sandia National Laboratories enthüllt worden ist. / Willis Withfield next to a statue of himself that was unveiled at Sandia National Laboratories in 2007. © Sandia National Laboratories](/uploads/images/_scale/williswithstatue16x9_626x352.jpg)
![Jahrbuch 50 Jahre Reinraumtechnik © Exyte Technology GmbH Jahrbuch 50 Jahre Reinraumtechnik © Exyte Technology GmbH](/uploads/images/_scale/mw_jahrbuch_16x9_626x352.jpg)
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Willis Whitfield
Father of the Cleanroom
In 1962, Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, obtained a patent for the “Ultra - Cleanroom,” which had been invented earlier by Willis Whitfield, one of the engineers working for the national security laboratory. This event helped to spur on technological developments inc…