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John K. Gritters — 22 Patents

FOFormfactor: 17 patents #11 of 177Top 7%
TTTransphorm Technology: 3 patents #7 of 16Top 45%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
Midland School, CA: #98 of 439 inventorsTop 25%
California: #25,951 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
John K. Gritters has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Formfactor. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in June 2025. John K. Gritters ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list John K. Gritters in Midland School, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2008 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2012.peak 52008: 1 patents20082009: 3 patents20092010: 4 patents20102011: 1 patents20112012: 5 patents20122014: 4 patents20142017: 1 patents20172022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12324180 Integrated design for III-Nitride devices Yifeng Wu 2025-06-03
11810971 Integrated design for III-Nitride devices Yifeng Wu 2023-11-07
11322599 Enhancement mode III-nitride devices having an Al1-xSixO gate insulator Carl Joseph Neufeld, Mo Wu, Toshihide Kikkawa, Umesh Mishra, Xiang Liu +2 more 2022-05-03
9702904 Non-linear vertical leaf spring Keith J. Breinlinger, Benjamin N. Eldridge, Eric D. Hobbs, Michael J. Armstrong 2017-07-11 $9,660,000
8872176 Elastic encapsulated carbon nanotube based electrical contacts Treliant Fang, Onnik Yaglioglu 2014-10-28 $1,540,000
8756802 Carbon nanotube contact structures for use with semiconductor dies and other electronic devices Rodney Ivan Martens, Onnik Yaglioglu 2014-06-24 $4,390,000
8697301 Fuel cell using carbon nanotubes Benjamin N. Eldridge, Onnik Yaglioglu 2014-04-15 $2,965,000
8691099 Process for fabricating MEMS devices Ezekiel Kruglick, Mathew Last 2014-04-08
8203352 Single support structure probe group with staggered mounting pattern Li Fan 2012-06-19 $1,433,000
8148646 Process of positioning groups of contact structures Li Fan, Michael J. Armstrong 2012-04-03 $1,003,000
8138859 Switch for use in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and MEMS devices incorporating same Eric D. Hobbs, Sangtae Park, Jun Yao 2012-03-20 $2,430,000
8130007 Probe card assembly with carbon nanotube probes having a spring mechanism therein Benjamin N. Eldridge, Rodney Ivan Martens, Alexander H. Slocum, Onnik Yaglioglu 2012-03-06 $1,087,000
8115504 Microspring array having reduced pitch contact elements 2012-02-14 $2,348,000
7872394 MEMS device with two axes comb drive actuators Christopher A. Bang, Erno H. Klaassen, Li Fan, Richard Chen, Hsin-Chih Yeh +1 more 2011-01-18
7782072 Single support structure probe group with staggered mounting pattern Li Fan 2010-08-24 $3,634,000
7731503 Carbon nanotube contact structures Benjamin N. Eldridge, Igor Y. Khandros, Rod Martens, Gaetan L. Mathieu 2010-06-08 $942,000
7688085 Contactor having a global spring structure and methods of making and using the contactor 2010-03-30 $2,624,000
7674112 Resilient contact element and methods of fabrication Benjamin N. Eldridge, Keith J. Breinlinger 2010-03-09 $2,093,000
7628620 Reinforced contact elements 2009-12-08 $10,110,000
7579856 Probe structures with physically suspended electronic components Igor Y. Khandros 2009-08-25 $3,076,000
7528618 Extended probe tips 2009-05-05 $9,747,000
7384277 Reinforced contact elements 2008-06-10 $5,333,000