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Rod Martens — 10 Patents

FOFormfactor: 9 patents #22 of 177Top 15%
TCTe Connectivity Co.: 1 patents #1,681 of 1,926Top 90%
Livermore, CA: #320 of 2,185 inventorsTop 15%
California: #61,378 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Rod Martens has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Formfactor. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in November 2014. Rod Martens ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Rod Martens in Livermore, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2007.peak 22005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents20062007: 2 patents20072008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents20092010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents20112014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8889997 Methods for improving corrosion resistance and applications in electrical connectors Zhengwei Liu, Min Zheng 2014-11-18 $9,392,000
7868632 Composite motion probing Timothy E. Cooper, Benjamin N. Eldridge, Igor Y. Khandros, Gaetan L. Mathieu 2011-01-11 $5,253,000
7731503 Carbon nanotube contact structures Benjamin N. Eldridge, John K. Gritters, Igor Y. Khandros, Gaetan L. Mathieu 2010-06-08 $942,000
7701243 Electronic device testing using a probe tip having multiple contact features Timothy E. Cooper, Benjamin N. Eldridge, Igor Y. Khandros, Gaetan L. Mathieu 2010-04-20 $4,441,000
7560941 Method and system for compensating thermally induced motion of probe cards Benjamin N. Eldridge, Gary W. Grube, Ken S. Matsubayashi, Richard A. Larder, Makarand Shinde +1 more 2009-07-14 $6,170,000
7463043 Methods of probing an electronic device Timothy E. Cooper, Benjamin N. Eldridge, Igor Y. Khandros, Gaetan L. Mathieu 2008-12-09 $8,142,000
7218127 Method and apparatus for probing an electronic device in which movement of probes and/or the electronic device includes a lateral component Timothy E. Cooper, Benjamin N. Eldridge, Igor Y. Khandros, Gaetan L. Mathieu 2007-05-15 $6,891,000
7202682 Composite motion probing Timothy E. Cooper, Benjamin N. Eldridge, Igor Y. Khandros, Gaetan L. Mathieu 2007-04-10 $5,875,000
7119564 Method and system for compensating thermally induced motion of probe cards Benjamin N. Eldridge, Gary W. Grube, Ken S. Matsubayashi, Richard A. Larder, Makarand Shinde +1 more 2006-10-10 $27,056,000
6972578 Method and system for compensating thermally induced motion of probe cards Benjamin N. Eldridge, Gary W. Grube, Ken S. Matsubayashi, Richard A. Larder, Makarand Shinde +1 more 2005-12-06 $10,759,000

Frequent Collaborators

Benjamin N. Eldridge9 shared
Gaetan L. Mathieu9 shared
Igor Y. Khandros6 shared
Timothy E. Cooper5 shared
Richard A. Larder3 shared
Gary W. Grube3 shared

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