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Patrick H. Buffet — 21 Patents

IBM: 21 patents #5,188 of 70,183Top 8%
South Burlington, VT: #113 of 1,136 inventorsTop 10%
Vermont: #373 of 4,968 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Patrick H. Buffet has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in November 2008. Patrick H. Buffet ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Patrick H. Buffet in South Burlington, VT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7454723 Validation of electrical performance of an electronic package prior to fabrication Timothy W. Budell, Craig Lussier 2008-11-18 $4,805,000
7146596 Integrated circuit chip having a ringed wiring layer interposed between a contact layer and a wiring grid Thomas R. Bednar, Timothy W. Budell, Alain Caron, James V. Crain, Jr., Douglas W. Kemerer +2 more 2006-12-05 $6,328,000
7064570 Method for locating IDDQ defects using multiple controlled collapse chip connections current measurement on an automatic tester Douglas C. Heaberlin, Leah Pastel, Yu Sun 2006-06-20 $5,983,000
7038319 Apparatus and method to reduce signal cross-talk Charles S. Chiu, Jon Garlett, Louis L. Hsu, Brian J. Schuh 2006-05-02 $4,743,000
7017128 Concurrent electrical signal wiring optimization for an electronic package Jean Audet, Timothy W. Budell, Alain Caron 2006-03-21 $6,971,000
7000203 Efficient and comprehensive method to calculate IC package or PCB trace mutual inductance using circular segments and lookup tables Charles S. Chiu, Gustina B. Collins, Craig Lussier 2006-02-14 $5,958,000
6978214 Validation of electrical performance of an electronic package prior to fabrication Timothy W. Budell, Craig Lussier 2005-12-20 $8,568,000
6924661 Power switch circuit sizing technique John M. Cohn, Kevin Grosselfinger, Susan K. Lichtensteiger, William F. Smith 2005-08-02 $7,293,000
6762367 Electronic package having high density signal wires with low resistance Jean Audet, Timothy W. Budell 2004-07-13 $8,966,000
6703706 Concurrent electrical signal wiring optimization for an electronic package Jean Audet, Timothy W. Budell, Alain Caron 2004-03-09 $11,976,000
6677774 Method for locating IDDQ defects using multiple controlled collapse chip connections current measurement on an automatic tester Douglas C. Heaberlin, Leah Pastel, Yu Sun 2004-01-13 $10,539,000
6631502 Method of analyzing integrated circuit power distribution in chips containing voltage islands Joseph N. Kozhaya, Paul D. Montane, Robert A. Proctor, Erich C. Schanzenbach, Ivan L. Wemple 2003-10-07 $18,520,000
6606732 Method for specifying, identifying, selecting or verifying differential signal pairs on IC packages Craig Lussier, Joseph Natonio 2003-08-12 $22,104,000
6586828 Integrated circuit bus grid having wires with pre-selected variable widths Yu Sun 2003-07-01 $13,647,000
6584596 Method of designing a voltage partitioned solder-bump package Charles S. Chiu, Yu Sun 2003-06-24 $21,997,000
6538314 Power grid wiring for semiconductor devices having voltage islands Yu Sun 2003-03-25 $14,515,000
6523150 Method of designing a voltage partitioned wirebond package Charles S. Chiu, Yu Sun 2003-02-18 $14,090,000
6499134 Method of assigning integrated circuit I/O signals in an integrated circuit package Paul E. Dunn, Joseph Natonio, Robert A. Proctor, Gulsun Yasar 2002-12-24 $23,154,000
6495911 Scalable high frequency integrated circuit package Paul Lee Clouser, Danny Marvin Neal 2002-12-17 $17,155,000
6483720 EMC protection in digital computers Paul Lee Clouser, Danny Marvin Neal 2002-11-19 $21,860,000
6477057 High frequency de-coupling via short circuits Paul Lee Clouser, Danny Marvin Neal 2002-11-05 $17,812,000