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Steven C. Avanzino — 127 Patents

AMD: 101 patents #30 of 9,280Top 1%
SLSpansion Llc.: 28 patents #12 of 769Top 2%
Cypress Semiconductor: 1 patents #1,509 of 1,866Top 85%
Globalfoundries: 1 patents #2,221 of 4,424Top 55%
Cupertino, CA: #59 of 6,989 inventorsTop 1%
California: #1,421 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #8,845 of 4,157,543Top 1%
127 Patents All Time
Steven C. Avanzino has been granted 127 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in May 2016. Steven C. Avanzino ranks #8,845 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.21%). Patent records list Steven C. Avanzino in Cupertino, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2016Bar chart with a peak of 16 patents in 2001.peak 161990: 2 patents19901992: 1 patents1995: 1 patents1997: 8 patents19971998: 5 patents1999: 3 patents2000: 13 patents20002001: 16 patents2002: 15 patents2003: 15 patents20032004: 10 patents2005: 3 patents2006: 8 patents20062007: 7 patents2008: 3 patents2010: 4 patents20102011: 3 patents2012: 4 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 3 patents2015: 1 patents2016: 1 patents2016

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 127 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9343666 Damascene metal-insulator-metal (MIM) device with improved scaleability Suzette K. Pangrle, Sameer Haddad, Michael VanBuskirk, Manuj Rathor, James J. Xie +5 more 2016-05-17 $12,063,000
9012299 Metal-insualtor-metal (MIM) device and method of formation thereof Tzu-Ning Fang, Swaroop Kaza, Dong Liao, Wai Lo, Christie Marrian +1 more 2015-04-21
8828837 Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) device and method of formation thereof Tzu-Ning Fang, Swaroop Kaza, Dongxiang Liao, Wai Lo, Christie Marrian +1 more 2014-09-09 $2,283,000
8803120 Diode and resistive memory device structures Manuj Rathor, An-Chung Chen, Suzette K. Pangrle 2014-08-12 $1,424,000
8717803 Metal-insulator-metal-insulator-metal (MIMIM) memory device Manuj Rathor, Suzette K. Pangrle, Zhida Lan 2014-05-06 $1,144,000
8445913 Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) device and method of formation thereof Tzu-Ning Fang, Swaroop Kaza, Dongxiang Liao, Wai Lo, Christie Marrian +1 more 2013-05-21 $1,207,000
8232175 Damascene metal-insulator-metal (MIM) device with improved scaleability Suzette K. Pangrle, Sameer Haddad, Michael VanBuskirk, Manuj Rathor, James J. Xie +5 more 2012-07-31 $2,423,000
8093680 Metal-insulator-metal-insulator-metal (MIMIM) memory device Manuj Rathor, Suzette K. Pangrle, Zhida Lan 2012-01-10 $945,000
8093698 Gettering/stop layer for prevention of reduction of insulating oxide in metal-insulator-metal device Manuj Rathor, Matthew S. Buynoski, Joffre F. Bernard, Suzette K. Pangrle 2012-01-10 $945,000
8089113 Damascene metal-insulator-metal (MIM) device Suzette K. Pangrle, Sameer Haddad, Michael VanBuskirk, Manuj Rathor, James J. Xie +5 more 2012-01-03 $2,103,000
8084770 Test structures for development of metal-insulator-metal (MIM) devices Suzette K. Pangrle, Manuj Rathor, An-Chung Chen, Sameer Haddad, Nicholas H. Tripsas +1 more 2011-12-27 $1,482,000
8035099 Diode and resistive memory device structures Manuj Rathor, An-Chung Chen, Suzette K. Pangrle 2011-10-11 $2,963,000
7968464 Memory device with improved data retention Zhida Lan, Sameer Haddad 2011-06-28 $1,305,000
7830015 Memory device with improved data retention Zhida Lan, Sameer Haddad 2010-11-09 $3,260,000
7790497 Method to prevent alloy formation when forming layered metal oxides by metal oxidation Jeffrey A. Shields, Joffre F. Bernard, Suzette K. Pangrle 2010-09-07 $1,192,000
7776682 Ordered porosity to direct memory element formation Alexander H. Nickel, Suzette K. Pangrle, Jeffrey A. Shields, Fei Wang, Minh Quoc Tran +2 more 2010-08-17
7706168 Erase, programming and leakage characteristics of a resistive memory device Tzu-Ning Fang, Swaroop Kaza, Dongxiang Liao, Christie Marrian, Sameer Haddad 2010-04-27
7468525 Test structures for development of metal-insulator-metal (MIM) devices Suzette K. Pangrle, Manuj Rathor, An-Chung Chen, Sameer Haddad, Nicholas H. Tripsas +1 more 2008-12-23 $556,000
7465408 Solutions for controlled, selective etching of copper 2008-12-16 $5,569,000
7384800 Method of fabricating metal-insulator-metal (MIM) device with stable data retention Sameer Haddad, An-Chung Chen, Yi-Ching Wu, Suzette K. Pangrle, Jeffrey A. Shields 2008-06-10 $2,063,000
7306988 Memory cell and method of making the memory cell Wen Yu 2007-12-11
7307321 Memory device with improved data retention 2007-12-11 $706,000
7288782 Use of Ta-capped metal line to improve formation of memory element films Amit P. Marathe 2007-10-30
7235867 Semiconductor device with electrically biased die edge seal Roderick A. Augur 2007-06-26 $10,288,000
7232765 Utilization of a Ta-containing cap over copper to facilitate concurrent formation of copper vias and memory element structures Nicholas H. Tripsas, Jeffrey A. Shields, Fei Wang, Richard Kingsborough, William Leonard +1 more 2007-06-19