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Daniel C. Edelstein — 314 Patents

IBM: 295 patents #75 of 70,183Top 1%
TETessera: 8 patents #54 of 271Top 20%
Globalfoundries: 6 patents #578 of 4,424Top 15%
AMD: 2 patents #4,755 of 9,280Top 55%
GUGlobalfoundries U.S.: 2 patents #215 of 211Top 105%
Infineon Technologies Ag: 2 patents #3,286 of 7,486Top 45%
TCToshiba America Electronic Components: 2 patents #14 of 77Top 20%
CFCornell Research Foundation: 2 patents #418 of 1,638Top 30%
Applied Materials: 1 patents #4,824 of 7,310Top 70%
FSFreeescale Semiconductor: 1 patents #2,021 of 3,767Top 55%
White Plains, NY: #2 of 917 inventorsTop 1%
New York: #53 of 115,490 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #1,162 of 4,157,543Top 1%
314 Patents All Time
Daniel C. Edelstein has been granted 314 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in November 2025. Daniel C. Edelstein ranks #1,162 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.03%). Patent records list Daniel C. Edelstein in White Plains, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 31 patents in 2018.peak 311996: 1 patents19961997: 2 patents1998: 1 patents1999: 3 patents19992000: 9 patents2001: 11 patents2002: 12 patents20022003: 11 patents2004: 8 patents2005: 3 patents20052006: 12 patents2007: 4 patents2008: 7 patents20082009: 13 patents2010: 9 patents2011: 17 patents20112012: 13 patents2013: 19 patents2014: 12 patents20142015: 16 patents2016: 13 patents2017: 28 patents20172018: 31 patents2019: 22 patents2020: 13 patents20202021: 6 patents2022: 5 patents2023: 2 patents20232024: 3 patents2025: 5 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 314 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12482747 Local interconnects having different material compositions Cho-Chuan Yang, Theodorus E. Standaert, Jon Slaughter 2025-11-25
12453297 Recessed local interconnect semiconductor memory device Cho-Chuan Yang, Theodorus E. Standaert 2025-10-21
RE50494 Self-forming embedded diffusion barriers Cyril Cabral, Jr., Juntao Li, Takeshi Nogami 2025-07-15
12341099 Semiconductor backside transistor integration with backside power delivery network Ruilong Xie, Rajiv V. Joshi, Ravikumar Ramachandran, Eric R. Miller 2025-06-24
12272545 Embedded metal contamination removal from BEOL wafers Devika Sil, Ashim Dutta, Yann Mignot, John C. Arnold, Kedari Matam +1 more 2025-04-08
11955152 Dielectric fill for tight pitch MRAM pillar array Ashim Dutta, Chih-Chao Yang, Theodorus E. Standaert 2024-04-09 $10,928,000
11937514 High-density memory devices using oxide gap fill Theodorus E. Standaert, Chih-Chao Yang 2024-03-19 $12,891,000
11881433 Advanced copper interconnects with hybrid microstructure Chih-Chao Yang 2024-01-23 $12,186,000
11804405 Method of forming copper interconnect structure with manganese barrier layer Son V. Nguyen, Takeshi Nogami, Deepika Priyadarshini, Hosadurga Shobha 2023-10-31 $9,300,000
11557482 Electrode with alloy interface Chih-Chao Yang, Chao-Kun Hu, Oscar van der Straten 2023-01-17 $4,393,000
11462583 Embedding magneto-resistive random-access memory devices between metal levels Ashim Dutta, Chih-Chao Yang, John C. Arnold, Theodorus E. Standaert 2022-10-04 $9,590,000
11302630 Electrode-via structure Theodorus E. Standaert, Chih-Chao Yang 2022-04-12 $4,292,000
11232983 Copper interconnect structure with manganese barrier layer Son V. Nguyen, Takeshi Nogami, Deepika Priyadarshini, Hosadurga Shobha 2022-01-25 $10,845,000
11222817 Advanced copper interconnects with hybrid microstructure Chih-Chao Yang 2022-01-11 $6,150,000
11217742 Bottom electrode for semiconductor memory device Chih-Chao Yang, Theodorus E. Standaert 2022-01-04 $22,913,000
11177167 Ultrathin multilayer metal alloy liner for nano Cu interconnects Alfred Grill, Seth L. Knupp, Son V. Nguyen, Takeshi Nogami, Vamsi K. Paruchuri +2 more 2021-11-16 $1,912,000
11145813 Bottom electrode for semiconductor memory device Chih-Chao Yang, Theodorus E. Standaert 2021-10-12 $3,967,000
11081643 Bevel metal removal using ion beam etch Ashim Dutta, Saba Zare, Michael Rizzolo, Theodorus E. Standaert 2021-08-03 $4,187,000
11056425 Structural enhancement of Cu nanowires Chih-Chao Yang 2021-07-06 $5,313,000
11031542 Contact via with pillar of alternating layers Chih-Chao Yang, Michael Rizzolo, Theodorus E. Standaert 2021-06-08 $4,452,000
10892404 Sacrificial buffer layer for metal removal at a bevel edge of a substrate Ashim Dutta, Saba Zare, Michael Rizzolo, Theodorus E. Standaert 2021-01-12 $3,912,000
10833258 MRAM device formation with in-situ encapsulation Ashim Dutta, Chih-Chao Yang, Karthik Yogendra, John C. Arnold 2020-11-10 $848,000
10777735 Contact via structures Chih-Chao Yang, Bruce B. Doris, Henry K. Utomo, Theodorus E. Standaert, Nathan P. Marchack 2020-09-15 $3,481,000
10770347 Interconnect structure Son V. Nguyen, Takeshi Nogami, Deepika Priyadarshini, Hosadurga Shobha 2020-09-08 $15,647,000
10714683 Multilayer hardmask for high performance MRAM devices Michael Rizzolo, Theodorus E. Standaert, Kisup Chung, Isabel Cristina Chu, John C. Arnold 2020-07-14 $4,158,000