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Wayne J. Howell — 67 Patents

IBM: 66 patents #1,154 of 70,183Top 2%
RSRobe Lighting S.R.O.: 1 patents #15 of 19Top 80%
South Burlington, VT: #22 of 1,136 inventorsTop 2%
Vermont: #87 of 4,968 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #31,718 of 4,157,543Top 1%
67 Patents All Time
Wayne J. Howell has been granted 67 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in June 2024. Wayne J. Howell ranks #31,718 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.76%). Patent records list Wayne J. Howell in South Burlington, VT, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 67 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12003097 Detecting and reporting the status of an overvoltage protection device 2024-06-04
7394268 Carrier for test, burn-in, and first level packaging Claude L. Bertin, Wayne F. Ellis, Mark W. Kellogg, William R. Tonti, Jerzy M. Zalesinski +1 more 2008-07-01 $7,630,000
7132841 Carrier for test, burn-in, and first level packaging Claude L. Bertin, Wayne F. Ellis, Mark W. Kellogg, William R. Tonti, Jerzy M. Zalesinski +1 more 2006-11-07 $5,535,000
6921018 Multi-chip stack and method of fabrication utilizing self-aligning electrical contact array Thomas G. Ference 2005-07-26 $7,521,000
6915795 Method and system for dicing wafers, and semiconductor structures incorporating the products thereof Donald W. Brouillette, Robert F. Cook, Thomas G. Ference, Eric G. Liniger, Ronald L. Mendelson 2005-07-12 $9,006,000
6858941 Multi-chip stack and method of fabrication utilizing self-aligning electrical contact array Thomas G. Ference 2005-02-22 $11,368,000
6806578 Copper pad structure Ronald L. Mendelson, William T. Motsiff 2004-10-19 $7,667,000
6645789 On chip alpha-particle detector Kerry Bernstein, Andres Bryant, William A. Klaasen, Wilbur D. Pricer, Anthony K. Stamper 2003-11-11 $12,741,000
6642080 Chip-on-chip interconnections of varied characterstics Thomas G. Ference, Edmund J. Sprogis 2003-11-04 $11,371,000
6611050 Chip edge interconnect apparatus and method Thomas G. Ference, William R. Tonti, Richard Q. Williams 2003-08-26 $17,117,000
6605526 Wirebond passivation pad connection using heated capillary Ronald L. Mendelson, William T. Motsiff, Jean-Guy Quintal, Sylvain Ouimet 2003-08-12 $22,104,000
6600213 Semiconductor structure and package including a chip having chamfered edges Donald W. Brouillette, Robert F. Cook, Thomas G. Ference, Eric G. Liniger, Ronald L. Mendelson 2003-07-29 $10,466,000
6559666 Method and device for semiconductor testing using electrically conductive adhesives William E. Bernier, Michael A. Gaynes, Mark V. Pierson, Ajit K. Trivedi, Charles G. Woychik 2003-05-06 $19,022,000
6545330 On chip alpha-particle detector Kerry Bernstein, Andres Bryant, William A. Klaasen, Wilbur D. Pricer, Anthony K. Stamper 2003-04-08 $14,785,000
6455778 Micro-flex technology in semiconductor packages Claude L. Bertin, Thomas G. Ference, John A. Fifield 2002-09-24 $8,983,000
6444490 Micro-flex technology in semiconductor packages Claude L. Bertin, Thomas G. Ference, John A. Fifield 2002-09-03 $9,688,000
6426904 Structures for wafer level test and burn-in John E. Barth, Jr., Claude L. Bertin, Jeffrey H. Dreibelbis, Wayne F. Ellis, Erik L. Hedberg +3 more 2002-07-30 $10,205,000
6426241 Method for forming three-dimensional circuitization and circuits formed Steven A. Cordes, Peter A. Gruber, James L. Speidell, Thomas G. Ference 2002-07-30 $10,205,000
6410431 Through-chip conductors for low inductance chip-to-chip integration and off-chip connections Claude L. Bertin, William R. Tonti, Jerzy M. Zalesinski 2002-06-25 $16,651,000
6358627 Rolling ball connector Joseph A. Benenati, Claude L. Bertin, William T. Chen, Thomas Edward Dinan, Wayne F. Ellis +4 more 2002-03-19 $20,987,000
6300687 Micro-flex technology in semiconductor packages Claude L. Bertin, Thomas G. Ference, John A. Fifield 2001-10-09 $29,916,000
6294406 Highly integrated chip-on-chip packaging Claude L. Bertin, Thomas G. Ference, Edmund J. Sprogis 2001-09-25 $32,998,000
6288559 Semiconductor testing using electrically conductive adhesives William E. Bernier, Michael A. Gaynes, Mark V. Pierson, Ajit K. Trivedi, Charles G. Woychik 2001-09-11
6271102 Method and system for dicing wafers, and semiconductor structures incorporating the products thereof Donald W. Brouillette, Robert F. Cook, Thomas G. Ference, Eric G. Liniger, Ronald L. Mendelson 2001-08-07 $22,988,000
6268739 Method and device for semiconductor testing using electrically conductive adhesives William E. Bernier, Michael A. Gaynes, Mark V. Pierson, Ajit K. Trivedi, Charles G. Woychik 2001-07-31 $29,242,000