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Peter Vettiger — 60 Patents

IBM: 55 patents #1,495 of 70,183Top 3%
NSNational Institute For Materials Science: 1 patents #361 of 901Top 45%
SISeiko Instruments: 1 patents #836 of 1,437Top 60%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
HGHGST: 1 patents #1,167 of 1,677Top 70%
Overall (All Time): #38,820 of 4,157,543Top 1%
60 Patents All Time
Peter Vettiger has been granted 60 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in November 2016. Peter Vettiger ranks #38,820 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.93%). Patent records list Peter Vettiger in Neuchâtel, CA, CH.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2016Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2008.peak 61981: 2 patents19811984: 1 patents1985: 2 patents1986: 1 patents19861988: 1 patents1989: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911992: 2 patents1993: 2 patents1994: 5 patents19941998: 2 patents2000: 4 patents2001: 3 patents20012002: 2 patents2003: 4 patents2004: 3 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 5 patents2007: 4 patents20072008: 6 patents2009: 1 patents2010: 4 patents20102011: 2 patents2016: 1 patents2016

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 60 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9506822 Double-side-coated surface stress sensor Genki Yoshikawa, Masakazu Aono, Tomonobu Nakayama, Frederic Loizeau, Terunobu Akiyama +1 more 2016-11-29
7928565 Semiconductor device with a high thermal dissipation efficiency Thomas J. Brunschwiler, Michel Despont, Mark A. Lantz, Bruno Michel 2011-04-19 $4,236,000
7889629 High density data storage medium Jane Elizabeth Frommer, Robert D. Miller, Craig J. Hawker, Urs T. Duerig, Bernd W. Gotsmann +1 more 2011-02-15 $3,434,000
7792011 Storage device and method for scanning a storage medium Thomas R. Albrecht, Gerd Binnig, Evangelos S. Eleftheriou, Charalampos Pozidis, Sri M. Sri-Jayantha 2010-09-07 $2,081,000
7713789 Semiconductor device with a high thermal dissipation efficiency Thomas J. Brunschwiler, Michel Despont, Mark A. Lantz, Bruno Michel 2010-05-11 $5,650,000
7697403 Data read/write systems comprising a tip Gerd Binnig, Walter Haeberle 2010-04-13 $5,309,000
7680017 Data read/write systems comprising a tip Gerd Binnig, Walter Haeberle 2010-03-16 $7,988,000
7474602 Data storage device comprising write head with carbon element Urs T. Duerig, Bernd W. Gotsmann, Mark A. Lantz 2009-01-06 $2,860,000
7471614 High density data storage medium Jane Elizabeth Frommer, Robert D. Miller, Craig J. Hawker, Urs T. Duerig, Bernd W. Gotsmann +2 more 2008-12-30 $5,097,000
7463572 High density data storage medium Jane Elizabeth Frommer, Robert D. Miller, Craig J. Hawker, Urs T. Duerig, Bernd W. Gotsmann +1 more 2008-12-09 $6,024,000
7409488 Data processing system Gerd Binnig, Michel Despont, Urs T. Durig, Walter Haberle 2008-08-05 $7,485,000
7403467 Storage device and method for scanning a storage medium Thomas R. Albrecht, Gerd Binnig, Evangelos Elftheriou, Charalampos Pozidis, Sri M. Sri-Jayantha 2008-07-22 $9,818,000
7394749 Data read/write systems comprising a tip Gerd Binnig, Walter Haeberle 2008-07-01 $7,630,000
7351604 Microstructures Graham Cross, Michel Despont, Urs T. Duerig, Grégoire Genolet, Reto Schlittler 2008-04-01 $7,825,000
7271034 Semiconductor device with a high thermal dissipation efficiency Thomas J. Brunschwiler, Michel Despont, Mark A. Lantz, Bruno Michel 2007-09-18 $6,075,000
7235464 Patterning method Gian-Luca Bona, Bruno Michel, Hugo E. Rothuizen, Han Biebuyck 2007-06-26 $10,209,000
7186019 Thermal movement sensor Gerd Binnig, Michel Despont, Mark A. Lantz 2007-03-06 $6,019,000
7180847 Apparatus and method for storing and reading high data capacities Gerd Binnig, Walter Haeberle 2007-02-20 $6,976,000
7146067 Microsystem switches Michel Despont, Ute Drechsler, Hugo E. Rothuizen, Roland Widmer 2006-12-05 $6,328,000
7109905 Data detection for local probe data storage devices Peter Bächtold, Gerd Binnig, Giovanni Cherubini, Ajay Dholakia, Urs T. Durig +2 more 2006-09-19 $6,659,000
7071031 Three-dimensional integrated CMOS-MEMS device and process for making the same H. Bernhard Pogge, Michel Despont, Ute Drechsler, Roy Yu 2006-07-04
7057746 Scanner for precise movement and low power consumption Gerd Binnig, Walter Haberle 2006-06-06 $5,053,000
7054257 AFM-based data storage and microscopy Gerd Binnig, Michel Despont 2006-05-30 $7,635,000
6862925 Device for contacting and/or modifying a surface having a cantilever and a method for production of said cantilever Michel Desponet, Ute Drechsler, Mark Ian Lutwyche, Hugo E. Rothuizen 2005-03-08 $6,470,000
6835589 Three-dimensional integrated CMOS-MEMS device and process for making the same H. Bernhard Pogge, Michel Despont, Ute Drechsler, Chandrika Prasad, Roy Yu 2004-12-28 $11,084,000