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David W. Abraham — 120 Patents

IBM: 116 patents #443 of 70,183Top 1%
Infineon Technologies Ag: 5 patents #1,759 of 7,486Top 25%
Globalfoundries: 1 patents #2,221 of 4,424Top 55%
GLGoodrich Actuation Systems Limited: 1 patents #39 of 101Top 40%
UAUS Army: 1 patents #2,854 of 6,974Top 45%
Charleston, NJ: #1 of 14 inventorsTop 8%
New Jersey: #151 of 69,400 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #9,974 of 4,157,543Top 1%
120 Patents All Time
David W. Abraham has been granted 120 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in June 2025. David W. Abraham ranks #9,974 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.24%). Patent records list David W. Abraham in Charleston, NJ, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2014.peak 91993: 3 patents19931996: 2 patents1998: 4 patents1999: 2 patents19992000: 6 patents2001: 1 patents2002: 4 patents20022003: 5 patents2004: 2 patents2005: 2 patents20052006: 6 patents2007: 4 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 8 patents2010: 1 patents2011: 4 patents20112012: 4 patents2013: 4 patents2014: 9 patents20142015: 8 patents2016: 8 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 4 patents2019: 6 patents2020: 8 patents20202021: 3 patents2022: 1 patents2023: 2 patents20232024: 3 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 120 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12324361 Electrical connections between dissimilar materials at cryogenic temperatures John M. Cotte, Nicholas A. Masluk 2025-06-03
12249748 Edge capacitive coupling for quantum chips Muir Kumph, Oliver Dial, John M. Cotte 2025-03-11
12150390 Downstop and bump bonds formation on substrates John M. Cotte 2024-11-19 $17,641,000
12033981 Create a protected layer for interconnects and devices in a packaged quantum structure Oliver Dial, John M. Cotte, Kevin S. Petrarca 2024-07-09 $16,648,000
11908756 Interposer chips and enclosures for quantum circuits John M. Cotte 2024-02-20 $7,691,000
11804442 Combined backing plate and housing for use in bump bonded chip assembly John M. Cotte, Shawn A. Hall 2023-10-31 $8,788,000
11676903 Combined backing plate and housing for use in bump bonded chip assembly John M. Cotte, Shawn A. Hall 2023-06-13 $5,486,000
11411158 Offset embedded ground plane cutout Timothy Phung 2022-08-09 $6,406,000
11206739 Potting method Stuart Waller 2021-12-21
11067475 Bedload transport methodology and method of use Tate O McAlpin, John Shelley, Thad C Pratt 2021-07-20
10937941 Mechanically tunable superconducting qubit Jerry M. Chow, Jay M. Gambetta, John A. Smolin 2021-03-02 $2,720,000
10833016 Semiconductor device including superconducting metal through-silicon-vias and method of making the same John M. Cotte 2020-11-10 $848,000
10756410 Coaxial transmission line slot filter with absorptive matrix Antonio D. Corcoles Gonzalez, James R. Rozen 2020-08-25 $2,454,000
10734567 Bump bonded cryogenic chip carrier John M. Cotte, Mary B. Rothwell 2020-08-04 $3,150,000
10727192 Multiple sized bump bonds John M. Cotte 2020-07-28 $3,400,000
10727391 Bump bonded cryogenic chip carrier John M. Cotte, Mary B. Rothwell 2020-07-28 $3,400,000
10651099 Non-destructive testing of integrated circuit chips John M. Cotte 2020-05-12 $2,725,000
10629797 Two-component bump metallization John M. Cotte, Eric P. Lewandowski 2020-04-21 $2,793,000
10608158 Two-component bump metallization John M. Cotte, Eric P. Lewandowski 2020-03-31 $1,667,000
10504842 Semiconductor device including superconducting metal through-silicon-vias John M. Cotte 2019-12-10 $5,388,000
10380494 Josephson junctions for improved qubits Josephine B. Chang, Jay M. Gambetta 2019-08-13 $1,909,000
10347600 Through-substrate-vias with self-aligned solder bumps John M. Cotte 2019-07-09 $2,201,000
10325870 Through-substrate-vias with self-aligned solder bumps John M. Cotte 2019-06-18 $3,033,000
10268968 Josephson junctions for improved qubits Josephine B. Chang, Jay M. Gambetta 2019-04-23 $3,141,000
10170680 Qubits by selective laser-modulated deposition Jay M. Gambetta, Mary B. Rothwell 2019-01-01