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David C. Thomas — 32 Patents

IBM: 19 patents #5,793 of 70,183Top 9%
CFCornell Research Foundation: 3 patents #276 of 1,638Top 20%
Globalfoundries: 2 patents #1,397 of 4,424Top 35%
SGSignode Industrial Group: 2 patents #47 of 157Top 30%
TOThe Standard Oil: 1 patents #291 of 601Top 50%
VBVirco Bvba: 1 patents #7 of 14Top 50%
South Burlington, VT: #70 of 1,136 inventorsTop 7%
Vermont: #224 of 4,968 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #110,428 of 4,157,543Top 3%
32 Patents All Time
David C. Thomas has been granted 32 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in November 2022. David C. Thomas ranks #110,428 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.7%). Patent records list David C. Thomas in South Burlington, VT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 32 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11505344 Apparatus and method for forming and applying edge protectors Jeffrey D. Termanas, Janusz Ciurkot 2022-11-22
10099808 Apparatus and method for forming and applying edge protectors Jeffrey D. Termanas, Janusz Ciurkot 2018-10-16
9825119 Semiconductor device with metal extrusion formation Max G. Levy, Gary L. Milo 2017-11-21 $3,803,000
9825120 Semiconductor device with metal extrusion formation Max G. Levy, Gary L. Milo 2017-11-21 $3,803,000
9607929 Tsv wafer with improved fracture strength James W. Adkisson, Yoba Amoah, Jeffrey P. Gambino, Christine A. Leggett, Max L. Lifson +2 more 2017-03-28 $2,520,000
9548349 Semiconductor device with metal extrusion formation Max G. Levy, Gary L. Milo 2017-01-17 $4,498,000
9484301 Controlled metal extrusion opening in semiconductor structure and method of forming Max G. Levy, Gary L. Milo, Matthew D. Moon, Anthony C. Speranza, Timothy D. Sullivan +1 more 2016-11-01 $4,589,000
9312205 Methods of forming a TSV wafer with improved fracture strength James W. Adkisson, Yoba Amoah, Jeffrey P. Gambino, Christine A. Leggett, Max L. Lifson +2 more 2016-04-12 $2,843,000
9275868 Uniform roughness on backside of a wafer Shawn A. Adderly, Jeffrey P. Gambino, Max L. Lifson, Matthew D. Moon, William J. Murphy +1 more 2016-03-01 $579,000
9087839 Semiconductor structures with metal lines Shawn A. Adderly, Daniel A. Delibac, Zhong-Xiang He, Matthew D. Moon, Anthony C. Speranza +2 more 2015-07-21 $2,242,000
9059258 Controlled metal extrusion opening in semiconductor structure and method of forming Max G. Levy, Gary L. Milo, Matthew D. Moon, Anthony C. Speranza, Timothy D. Sullivan +1 more 2015-06-16 $2,098,000
9006703 Method for reducing lateral extrusion formed in semiconductor structures and semiconductor structures formed thereof Shawn A. Adderly, Brian M. Czabaj, Daniel A. Delibac, Jeffrey P. Gambino, Matthew D. Moon 2015-04-14 $3,567,000
8592941 Fuse structure having crack stop void, method for forming and programming same, and design structure Jeffrey P. Gambino, Tom C. Lee, Kevin G. Petrunich 2013-11-26 $4,812,000
8084864 Electromigration resistant aluminum-based metal interconnect structure Jonathan D. Chapple-Sokol, Daniel A. Delibac, Zhong-Xiang He, Tom C. Lee, William J. Murphy +2 more 2011-12-27 $5,499,000
8003536 Electromigration resistant aluminum-based metal interconnect structure Jonathan D. Chapple-Sokol, Daniel A. Delibac, Zhong-Xiang He, Tom C. Lee, William J. Murphy +2 more 2011-08-23 $4,386,000
7977053 Circular probe amplification (CPA) using energy-transfer primers 2011-07-12
7530572 Active dealer version of blackjack Mark Jerome Koetting 2009-05-12
7523941 Active dealer version of blackjack Mark Jerome Koetting 2009-04-28
6982227 Single and multilevel rework Edward C. Cooney, III, Robert M. Geffken, Vincent J. McGahay, William T. Motsiff, Mark P. Murray +4 more 2006-01-03 $6,490,000
6674168 Single and multilevel rework Edward C. Cooney, III, Robert M. Geffken, Vincent J. McGahay, William T. Motsiff, Mark P. Murray +4 more 2004-01-06 $7,683,000
6340601 Method for reworking copper metallurgy in semiconductor devices Thomas F. Curran, Timothy C. Krywanczyk, Michael S. Lube, Matthew D. Moon, Rock Nadeau +6 more 2002-01-22 $24,243,000
5882999 Process for metallization of an insulation layer Christine Ann Anderson, Edward D. Buker, John Cronin, Gloria Kerszykowski 1999-03-16 $18,667,000
5723898 Array protection devices and method Richard A. Gilmour, Thomas J. Hartswick, Ronald R. Uttecht, Erick G. Walton 1998-03-03 $13,090,000
5523253 Array protection devices and fabrication method Richard A. Gilmour, Thomas J. Hartswick, Ronald R. Uttecht, Erick G. Walton 1996-06-04 $9,892,000
5420455 Array fuse damage protection devices and fabrication method Richard A. Gilmour, Thomas J. Hartswick, Ronald R. Uttecht, Erick G. Walton 1995-05-30 $7,059,000