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John Foster — 20 Patents

AMD: 14 patents #854 of 9,280Top 10%
GTGenia Technologies: 1 patents #25 of 50Top 50%
RSRoche Molecular Systems: 1 patents #392 of 746Top 55%
RSRoche Sequencing Solutions: 1 patents #172 of 255Top 70%
SLSpansion Llc.: 1 patents #435 of 769Top 60%
Honeywell: 1 patents #13,074 of 16,504Top 80%
Phoenix, AZ: #291 of 6,660 inventorsTop 5%
Arizona: #1,696 of 32,909 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
John Foster has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in August 2020. John Foster ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list John Foster in Phoenix, AZ, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10739299 Nanopore well structures and methods Ronald L. Cicero, Kenneth Honer, Pirooz Parvarandeh, Marowen Ng, Wing Kei Au +1 more 2020-08-11
10273536 Process for biosensor well formation Randall Davis, Edward Shian Liu, Eric Takeshi Harada, Anne Aguirre, Andrew Trans +5 more 2019-04-30
9524142 System and method for providing, gesture control of audio information Steve Grothe, Aaron Gannon 2016-12-20 $27,179,000
9322062 Process for biosensor well formation Randall Davis, Edward Shian Liu, Eric Takeshi Harada, Anne Aguirre, Andrew Trans +5 more 2016-04-26
8703620 Methods for PFET fabrication using APM solutions Joanna Wasyluk, Stephan Kronholz, Berthold Reimer, Sven Metzger, Gregory Nowling +1 more 2014-04-22 $3,317,000
7498222 Enhanced etching of a high dielectric constant layer Scott A. Bell, Allison Holbrook, Simon S. Chan, Phillip Jones 2009-03-03
6784506 Silicide process using high K-dielectrics Qi Xiang, Paul R. Besser, Matthew S. Buynoski, Paul L. King, Eric N. Paton 2004-08-31 $2,273,000
6764912 Passivation of nitride spacer Eric N. Paton, Matthew S. Buynoski, Qi Xiang, Paul R. Besser, Paul L. King 2004-07-20 $1,607,000
6605513 Method of forming nickel silicide using a one-step rapid thermal anneal process and backend processing Eric N. Paton, Ercan Adem, Jacques Bertrand, Paul R. Besser, Matthew S. Buynoski +4 more 2003-08-12 $3,677,000
6602781 Metal silicide gate transistors Qi Xiang, Paul R. Besser, Matthew S. Buynoski, Paul L. King, Eric N. Paton 2003-08-05 $3,941,000
6562718 Process for forming fully silicided gates Qi Xiang, Ercan Adem, Jacques Bertrand, Paul R. Besser, Matthew S. Buynoski +5 more 2003-05-13 $1,759,000
6475874 Damascene NiSi metal gate high-k transistor Qi Xiang, Paul R. Besser, Matthew S. Buynoski, Paul L. King, Eric N. Paton 2002-11-05 $1,578,000
6465309 Silicide gate transistors Qi Xiang, Paul R. Besser, Matthew S. Buynoski, Paul L. King, Eric N. Paton 2002-10-15 $861,000
6458679 Method of making silicide stop layer in a damascene semiconductor structure Eric N. Paton, Paul R. Besser, Matthew S. Buynoski, Qi Xiang, Paul L. King 2002-10-01 $734,000
6387804 Passivation of sidewall spacers using ozonated water 2002-05-14 $2,737,000
6372644 Hydrogen passivated silicon nitride spacers for reduced nickel silicide bridging Paul L. King 2002-04-16 $2,231,000
6368963 Passivation of semiconductor device surfaces using an iodine/ethanol solution 2002-04-09 $2,418,000
6368950 Silicide gate transistors Qi Xiang, Paul R. Besser, Matthew S. Buynoski, Paul L. King, Eric N. Paton 2002-04-09 $2,418,000
6342414 Damascene NiSi metal gate high-k transistor Qi Xiang, Paul R. Besser, Matthew S. Buynoski, Paul L. King, Eric N. Paton 2002-01-29 $11,164,000
4938535 Adjustable shoulder/lap seat belt adapter Dolores Condon, Theresa A. Foster 1990-07-03