Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
WQ

Weidong Qian — 17 Patents

AMD: 11 patents #1,160 of 9,280Top 15%
SLSpansion Llc.: 9 patents #102 of 769Top 15%
OTOmnivision Technologies: 2 patents #283 of 604Top 50%
Globalfoundries: 1 patents #2,221 of 4,424Top 55%
Sunnyvale, CA: #1,601 of 14,302 inventorsTop 15%
California: #35,467 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Weidong Qian has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in November 2012. Weidong Qian ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Weidong Qian in Sunnyvale, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2007.peak 42004: 1 patents20042005: 2 patents20052006: 3 patents20062007: 4 patents20072008: 2 patents20082010: 1 patents20102011: 2 patents20112012: 2 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8319301 Self-aligned filter for an image sensor Hsin-Chih Tai, Duli Mao, Vincent Venezia, Ashish Shah, Howard E. Rhodes 2012-11-27 $3,095,000
8097890 Image sensor with micro-lenses of varying focal lengths Hsin-Chih Tai, Vincent Venezia, Howard E. Rhodes 2012-01-17 $13,505,000
7972948 Method for forming bit lines for semiconductor devices Mark T. Ramsbey, Tazrien Kamal 2011-07-05 $8,670,000
7888269 Triple layer anti-reflective hard mask Kouros Ghandehari, Hirokazu Tokuno, David Matsumoto, Christopher H. Raeder, Christopher Foster +1 more 2011-02-15
7811915 Method for forming bit lines for semiconductor devices Mark T. Ramsbey, Tazrien Kamal 2010-10-12 $2,619,000
7465644 Isolation region bird's beak suppression Simon S. Chan, Scott A. Bell, Phillip Jones, Allison Holbrook 2008-12-16
7432178 Bit line implant Angela T. Hui, Jean Y. Yang, Yu Sun, Mark T. Ramsbey 2008-10-07
7307027 Void free interlayer dielectric Minh Van Ngo, Alexander H. Nickel, Hieu Pham, Jean Y. Yang, Hirokazu Tokuno 2007-12-11
7256141 Interface layer between dual polycrystalline silicon layers Mark T. Ramsbey, Mark S. Chang, Eric N. Paton 2007-08-14
7232724 Radical oxidation for bitline oxide of SONOS Hidehiko Shiraiwa, Joong S. Jeon 2007-06-19
7176113 LDC implant for mirrorbit to improve Vt roll-off and form sharper junction Nga-Ching Wong, Sameer Haddad, Mark Randolph, Mark T. Ramsbey, Tazrien Kamal 2007-02-13 $15,804,000
7060564 Memory device and method of simultaneous fabrication of core and periphery of same Inkuk Kang, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Kelwin Ko, Yu Sun 2006-06-13 $11,852,000
7018868 Disposable hard mask for memory bitline scaling Jean Y. Yang, Jeff P. Erhardt, Cyrus E. Tabery, Mark T. Ramsbey, Jaeyong Park +1 more 2006-03-28 $11,294,000
6989320 Bitline implant utilizing dual poly Mark T. Ramsbey, Jean Y. Yang, Sameer Haddad 2006-01-24 $11,964,000
6962849 Hard mask spacer for sublithographic bitline Tazrien Kamal, Kouros Ghandehari, Taraneh Jamali-Beh, Mark T. Ramsbey, Ashok M. Khathuria 2005-11-08 $6,799,000
6872609 Narrow bitline using Safier for mirrorbit Tazrien Kamal, Kouros Ghandehari, Taraneh Jamali-Beh 2005-03-29 $4,814,000
6744105 Memory array having shallow bit line with silicide contact portion and method of formation Cinti X. Chen, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Jeff P. Erhardt, Jean Y. Yang 2004-06-01 $2,717,000