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Charles Thomas Rettner — 41 Patents

IBM: 40 patents #2,353 of 70,183Top 4%
MCMacronix International Co.: 2 patents #519 of 1,241Top 45%
JSJsr: 1 patents #649 of 1,137Top 60%
HGHGST: 1 patents #1,167 of 1,677Top 70%
San Jose, CA: #1,357 of 32,062 inventorsTop 5%
California: #11,075 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #75,001 of 4,157,543Top 2%
41 Patents All Time
Charles Thomas Rettner has been granted 41 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in December 2025. Charles Thomas Rettner ranks #75,001 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.8%). Patent records list Charles Thomas Rettner in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2006.peak 42000: 1 patents20002001: 2 patents2004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 4 patents2007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 4 patents2010: 2 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 3 patents2013: 3 patents2014: 4 patents20142015: 1 patents2016: 1 patents2017: 1 patents20172021: 1 patents2022: 1 patents2023: 2 patents20232024: 2 patents2025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 41 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12505365 Anti-fuse and fuse structures for improving the functionality of qubit circuits Vivekananda P. Adiga, Russell A. Budd, Stephen M. Gates 2025-12-23
12418290 Programmable and reprogrammable quantum circuit Elbert E. Huang, Michael Justin Beckley, Russell A. Budd, Vivekananda P. Adiga, David C. Mckay +1 more 2025-09-16
12218048 Anti-fuse and fuse structures for improving the functionality of qubit circuits Vivekananda P. Adiga, Russell A. Budd, Stephen M. Gates 2025-02-04
12108689 Trimmable inductors for qubit frequency tuning Timothy Phung, Harry Jonathon Mamin, Vivekananda P. Adiga, Russell A. Budd 2024-10-01 $16,240,000
11882770 Area-selective deposition of metal nitride to fabricate devices Rudy J. Wojtecki, Damon B. Farmer, Noel Arellano, Alexander Friz, Matthew W. Copel 2024-01-23 $16,624,000
11750189 Programmable and reprogrammable quantum circuit Elbert E. Huang, Michael Justin Beckley, Russell A. Budd, Vivekananda P. Adiga, David C. Mckay +1 more 2023-09-05 $6,576,000
11683995 Lithography for fabricating Josephson junctions Kenneth P. Rodbell, Leonidas E. Ocola, Mary E. Rothwell, Elbert E. Huang 2023-06-20 $4,843,000
11273357 Interactive exercise experience Pawan R. Chowdhary, Kumar R. Virwani, Bulent N. Kurdi 2022-03-15 $4,817,000
10915023 Nitrogen heterocycle-containing monolayers on metal oxides for binding biopolymers Shu-Jen Han, Brian Lin, Hareem T. Maune, Linda Karin Sundberg, Leslie E. Thompson +1 more 2021-02-09 $3,536,000
9773513 Hardening chromium oxide films in a magnetic tape head and other structures Robert G. Biskeborn, Calvin S. Lo, Philip M. Rice, Teya Topuria, Kumar R. Virwani 2017-09-26 $3,108,000
9298870 Method for designing topographic patterns for directing the formation of self-assembled domains at specified locations on substrates Joy Cheng, Kafai Lai, Chi-Chun Liu, Jed W. Pitera 2016-03-29 $2,226,000
9107291 Formation of a composite pattern including a periodic pattern self-aligned to a prepattern Joy Cheng, Gregory S. Doerk, Daniel P. Sanders 2015-08-11 $2,160,000
8856693 Method for designing optical lithography masks for directed self-assembly Joy Cheng, Kafai Lai, Wai-Kin Li, Young-Hye Na, Jed W. Pitera +2 more 2014-10-07 $3,450,000
8828493 Methods of directed self-assembly and layered structures formed therefrom Joy Cheng, William D. Hinsberg, Daniel P. Sanders 2014-09-09 $5,167,000
8734904 Methods of forming topographical features using segregating polymer mixtures Joy Cheng, Hayato Namai, Daniel P. Sanders, Ratnam Sooriyakumaran 2014-05-27 $4,024,000
8722174 Method of forming self-assembled patterns using block copolymers, and articles thereof Ho-Cheol Kim, Sang Min Park 2014-05-13 $6,724,000
8398868 Directed self-assembly of block copolymers using segmented prepatterns Joy Cheng, Kafai Lai, Wai-Kin Li, Young-Hye Na, Daniel P. Sanders 2013-03-19 $8,741,000
8349203 Method of forming self-assembled patterns using block copolymers, and articles thereof Ho-Cheol Kim, Sang Min Park 2013-01-08 $4,312,000
8343578 Self-assembled lamellar microdomains and method of alignment Ho-Cheol Kim 2013-01-01
8336003 Method for designing optical lithography masks for directed self-assembly Joy Cheng, Kafai Lai, Wai-Kin Li, Young-Hye Na, Jed W. Pitera +2 more 2012-12-18 $19,488,000
8226838 Method of forming polymer features by directed self-assembly of block copolymers Joy Cheng, William D. Hinsberg, Ho-Cheol Kim, Daniel P. Sanders 2012-07-24 $4,383,000
8114306 Method of forming sub-lithographic features using directed self-assembly of polymers Joy Cheng, Kafai Lai, Wai-Kin Li, Young-Hye Na, Daniel P. Sanders +1 more 2012-02-14 $8,403,000
7989026 Method of use of epoxy-containing cycloaliphatic acrylic polymers as orientation control layers for block copolymer thin films Joy Cheng, Ho-Cheol Kim, Daniel P. Sanders, Ratnam Sooriyakumaran, Linda Karin Sundberg 2011-08-02 $4,890,000
7875873 Phase change materials and associated memory devices Yi-Chou Chen, Frances Anne Houle, Simone Raoux, Alejandro G. Schrott 2011-01-25 $4,442,000
7846502 Method of positioning patterns from block copolymer self-assembly Ho-Cheol Kim, Sang Min Park 2010-12-07 $5,600,000