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Rich Klein — 14 Patents

AMD: 13 patents #940 of 9,280Top 15%
LYLynk: 1 patents #14 of 18Top 80%
Overland Park, KS: #139 of 1,753 inventorsTop 8%
Kansas: #643 of 12,005 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Rich Klein has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in April 2006. Rich Klein ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Rich Klein in Overland Park, KS, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7026691 Minimizing transistor size in integrated circuits Craig S. Sander, Asim A. Selcuk, Nicholas J. Kepler, Christoper A. Spence, Raymond T. Lee +2 more 2006-04-11 $9,016,000
6287953 Minimizing transistor size in integrated circuits Craig S. Sander, Asim A. Selcuk, Nicholas J. Kepler, Christoper A. Spence, Raymond T. Lee +2 more 2001-09-11
6051882 Subtractive dual damascene semiconductor device Steven C. Avanzino, Subhash Gupta, Scott Luning, Ming-Rin Lin 2000-04-18 $8,077,000
6048802 Selective nonconformal deposition for forming low dielectric insulation between certain conductive lines Steven C. Avanzino, Darrell M. Erb, Robin Cheung 2000-04-11 $13,721,000
5990557 Bias plasma deposition for selective low dielectric insulation Steven C. Avanzino, Darrell M. Erb, Robin Cheung, Pervaiz Sultan 1999-11-23 $2,771,000
5955786 Semiconductor device using uniform nonconformal deposition for forming low dielectric constant insulation between certain conductive lines Steven C. Avanzino, Darrell M. Erb, Robin Cheung 1999-09-21 $3,930,000
5795823 Self aligned via dual damascene Steven C. Avanzino, Subhash Gupta, Scott Luning, Ming-Ren Lin 1998-08-18 $2,496,000
5776834 Bias plasma deposition for selective low dielectric insulation Steven C. Avanzino, Darrell M. Erb, Robin Cheung, Pervaiz Sultan 1998-07-07 $3,620,000
5705430 Dual damascene with a sacrificial via fill Steven C. Avanzino, Subhash Gupta, Scott Luning, Ming-Ren Lin 1998-01-06 $40,740,000
5691238 Subtractive dual damascene Steven C. Avanzino, Subhash Gupta, Scott Luning, Ming-Ren Lin 1997-11-25 $11,414,000
5691573 Composite insulation with a dielectric constant of less than 3 in a narrow space separating conductive lines Steven C. Avanzino, Darrell M. Erb, Robin Cheung 1997-11-25 $11,414,000
5686354 Dual damascene with a protective mask for via etching Steven C. Avanzino, Subhash Gupta, Scott Luning, Ming-Ren Lin 1997-11-11 $6,501,000
5614765 Self aligned via dual damascene Steven C. Avanzino, Subhash Gupta, Scott Luning, Ming-Ren Lin 1997-03-25 $12,071,000
D333731 Tie rack Vijay S. Malik 1993-03-09