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David E. Eichstadt — 14 Patents

IBM: 11 patents #10,022 of 70,183Top 15%
Northbrook, IL: #65 of 772 inventorsTop 9%
Illinois: #6,113 of 84,256 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
David E. Eichstadt has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in September 2025. David E. Eichstadt ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list David E. Eichstadt in Northbrook, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12416513 Actuator apparatus with light actuated position sensor and secure position verification David A. Dahl, Robert Charles DeBlieck 2025-09-16
12031851 Actuator apparatus with light actuated position sensor and secure position verification David A. Dahl, Robert Charles DeBlieck 2024-07-09
7767575 Forming robust solder interconnect structures by reducing effects of seed layer underetching Kamalesh K. Srivastava, Subhash L. Shinde, Tien-Jen Cheng, Sarah H. Knickerbocker, Roger A. Quinn +3 more 2010-08-03
7572726 Method of forming a bond pad on an I/C chip and resulting structure Julie C. Biggs, Tien-Jen Cheng, Lisa A. Fanti, Jonathan H. Griffith, Randolph F. Knarr +6 more 2009-08-11 $14,264,000
7566649 Compressible films surrounding solder connectors William E. Bernier, Tien-Jen Cheng, Marie Cole, Mukta G. Farooq, John A. Fitzsimmons +4 more 2009-07-28 $11,761,000
7473997 Method for forming robust solder interconnect structures by reducing effects of seed layer underetching Kamalesh K. Srivastava, Subhash L. Shinde, Tien-Jen Cheng, Sarah H. Knickerbocker, Roger A. Quon +3 more 2009-01-06 $2,860,000
7332821 Compressible films surrounding solder connectors William E. Bernier, Tien-Jen Cheng, Marie Cole, Mukta G. Farooq, John A. Fitzsimmons +4 more 2008-02-19 $12,555,000
7316572 Compliant electrical contacts William E. Bernier, Mukta G. Farooq, John U. Knickerbocker 2008-01-08 $8,468,000
7144490 Method for selective electroplating of semiconductor device I/O pads using a titanium-tungsten seed layer Tien-Jen Cheng, Jonathan H. Griffith, Sarah H. Knickerbocker, Rosemary A. Previti-Kelly, Roger A. Quon +2 more 2006-12-05 $6,328,000
6995475 I/C chip suitable for wire bonding Julie C. Biggs, Tien-Jen Cheng, Lisa A. Fanti, Jonathan H. Griffith, Randolph F. Knarr +6 more 2006-02-07 $5,045,000
6995084 Method for forming robust solder interconnect structures by reducing effects of seed layer underetching Kamalesh K. Srivastava, Subhash L. Shinde, Tien-Jen Cheng, Sarah H. Knickerbocker, Roger A. Quon +3 more 2006-02-07 $5,045,000
6992389 Barrier for interconnect and method Panayotis Andricacos, Tien-Jen Cheng, Emanuel I. Cooper, Jonathan H. Griffith, Randolph F. Knarr +2 more 2006-01-31 $6,009,000
6900142 Inhibition of tin oxide formation in lead free interconnect formation Emanual I. Cooper, John M. Cotte, Lisa A. Fanti, Stephen Kilpatrick, Henry A. Nye, III +1 more 2005-05-31 $8,494,000
6468413 Electrochemical etch for high tin solder bumps Lisa A. Fanti, John M. Cotte 2002-10-22 $16,060,000