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Hieu Pham — 26 Patents

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba: 11 patents #2,794 of 21,451Top 15%
INIntermolecular: 11 patents #54 of 248Top 25%
S3Sandisk 3D: 11 patents #41 of 180Top 25%
AMD: 9 patents #1,360 of 9,280Top 15%
SLSpansion Llc.: 6 patents #149 of 769Top 20%
VUVersum Materials Us: 1 patents #84 of 174Top 50%
Cypress Semiconductor: 1 patents #1,072 of 1,852Top 60%
Globalfoundries: 1 patents #2,221 of 4,424Top 55%
Santa Clara, CA: #583 of 9,301 inventorsTop 7%
California: #20,975 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Hieu Pham has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Intermolecular. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in January 2025. Hieu Pham ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Hieu Pham in Santa Clara, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12205061 Shared data induced quality control for a chemical mechanical planarization process Cesar Clavero, Vid Gopal, Ryan W. Clarke, Esmeralda Yitamben, Anupama Mallikarjunan +6 more 2025-01-21
9246096 Atomic layer deposition of metal oxides for memory applications Zhendong Hong, Vidyut Gopal, Imran Hashim, Randall J. Higuchi, Tim Minvielle +1 more 2016-01-26 $68,000
9202758 Method for manufacturing a contact for a semiconductor component and related structure Paul R. Besser, Minh Van Ngo, Connie P. Wang, Jinsong Yin 2015-12-01 $753,000
9087978 Transition metal oxide bilayers Vidyut Gopal, Imran Hashim, Tim Minvielle, Yun Wang, Takeshi Yamaguchi +1 more 2015-07-21
9006026 Atomic layer deposition of metal oxides for memory applications Zhendong Hong, Vidyut Gopal, Imran Hashim, Randall J. Higuchi, Tim Minvielle +1 more 2015-04-14
8987697 Transition metal oxide bilayers Vidyut Gopal, Imran Hashim, Tim Minvielle, Yun Wang, Takeshi Yamaguchi +1 more 2015-03-24
8906736 Multifunctional electrode Vidyut Gopal, Imran Hashim, Tim Minvielle, Dipankar Pramanik, Yun Wang +2 more 2014-12-09
8859328 Multifunctional electrode Vidyut Gopal, Imran Hashim, Tim Minvielle, Dipankar Pramanik, Yun Wang +2 more 2014-10-14
8846443 Atomic layer deposition of metal oxides for memory applications Zhendong Hong, Randall J. Higuchi, Vidyut Gopal, Imran Hashim, Tim Minvielle +1 more 2014-09-30
8779407 Multifunctional electrode Vidyut Gopal, Imran Hashim, Dipankar Pramanik, Yun Wang, Hong Sheng Yang 2014-07-15
8735217 Multifunctional electrode Vidyut Gopal, Imran Hashim, Tim Minvielle, Dipankar Pramanik, Yun Wang +2 more 2014-05-27
8704203 Transition metal oxide bilayers Vidyut Gopal, Imran Hashim, Tim Minvielle, Yun Wang, Takeshi Yamaguchi +1 more 2014-04-22
8569104 Transition metal oxide bilayers Vidyut Gopal, Imran Hashim, Tim Minvielle, Yun Wang, Takeshi Yamaguchi +1 more 2013-10-29
8415256 Gap-filling with uniform properties Alexander H. Nickel, Lu You, Hirokazu Tokuno, Minh Quoc Tran, Minh Van Ngo +2 more 2013-04-09
8309455 SiH4 soak for low hydrogen SiN deposition to improve flash memory device performance Sung Jin Kim, Alexander H. Nickel, Minh Van Ngo, Masato Tsuboi, Shinich Imada 2012-11-13 $3,110,000
8202810 Low-H plasma treatment with N2 anneal for electronic memory devices Alexander H. Nickel, Allen L. Evans, Minh Quoc Tran, Lu You, Minh Van Ngo +4 more 2012-06-19 $1,687,000
8026169 Cu annealing for improved data retention in flash memory devices Lu You, Alexander H. Nickel, Minh Quoc Tran, Minh Van Ngo, Erik Wilson +4 more 2011-09-27 $6,329,000
7985674 SiH4 soak for low hydrogen SiN deposition to improve flash memory device performance Sung Jin Kim, Alexander H. Nickel, Minh Van Ngo, Masato Tsuboi, Shinich Imada 2011-07-26 $2,685,000
7884030 Gap-filling with uniform properties Alexander H. Nickel, Lu You, Hirokazu Tokuno, Minh Quoc Tran, Minh Van Ngo +2 more 2011-02-08
7534732 Semiconductor devices with copper interconnects and composite silicon nitride capping layers Minh Van Ngo, Erik Wilson, Robert A. Huertas, Lu You, Hirokazu Tokuno +2 more 2009-05-19 $8,842,000
7307027 Void free interlayer dielectric Minh Van Ngo, Alexander H. Nickel, Jean Y. Yang, Hirokazu Tokuno, Weidong Qian 2007-12-11
7217660 Method for manufacturing a semiconductor component that inhibits formation of wormholes Connie P. Wang, Paul R. Besser, Jinsong Yin, Minh Van Ngo 2007-05-15
6875694 Method of treating inlaid copper for improved capping layer adhesion without damaging porous low-k materials Minh Van Ngo, Robert A. Huertas 2005-04-05 $7,987,000
6809043 Multi-stage, low deposition rate PECVD oxide Minh Van Ngo, Robert A. Huertas 2004-10-26 $3,793,000
6746971 Method of forming copper sulfide for memory cell Minh Van Ngo, Sergey Lopatin, Suzette K. Pangrle, Nicholas H. Tripsas 2004-06-08 $3,316,000