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Michael A. Smith — 131 Patents

Micron: 74 patents #215 of 6,374Top 4%
General Motors: 30 patents #357 of 18,328Top 2%
Honeywell: 4 patents #4,120 of 16,504Top 25%
Intel: 4 patents #8,538 of 30,777Top 30%
Chevron: 4 patents #1,084 of 4,788Top 25%
CUCummins: 3 patents #514 of 2,217Top 25%
TGThe Shyft Group: 2 patents #5 of 21Top 25%
FLFca Us Llc.: 2 patents #273 of 1,371Top 20%
RRRound Rock Research: 2 patents #110 of 239Top 50%
SHSilgan Holdings: 2 patents #6 of 17Top 40%
ATAT&T: 1 patents #10,636 of 18,772Top 60%
COControlnet: 1 patents #3 of 6Top 50%
SMSpartan Motors: 1 patents #19 of 45Top 45%
LGLodestar Licensing Group: 1 patents #26 of 80Top 35%
Dow Corning: 1 patents #971 of 1,768Top 55%
Boise, ID: #47 of 3,546 inventorsTop 2%
Idaho: #62 of 8,810 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #8,311 of 4,157,543Top 1%
131 Patents All Time
Michael A. Smith has been granted 131 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in August 2025. Michael A. Smith ranks #8,311 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.20%). Patent records list Michael A. Smith in Boise, ID, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 131 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12400956 Reduced pitch memory subsystem for memory device Haitao Liu, Vladimir Mikhalev 2025-08-26
12342563 Transistor with gate attached field plate 2025-06-24
12278286 High voltage isolation devices for semiconductor devices 2025-04-15
12274057 Methods of forming integrated circuit structures comprising isolation structures with different depths 2025-04-08
12237278 Active protection circuits for semiconductor devices Kenneth W. Marr 2025-02-25
12112804 Interleaved string drivers, string driver with narrow active region, and gated LDD string driver Martin Popp 2024-10-08 $26,633,000
12015026 Methods of forming circuit-protection devices Kenneth W. Marr 2024-06-18 $38,359,000
11973031 Reduced pitch memory subsystem for memory device Haitao Liu, Vladimir Mikhalev 2024-04-30 $40,502,000
11901448 High voltage isolation devices for semiconductor devices 2024-02-13 $12,832,000
11889687 Integrated circuit structures comprising an isolation structure with different depths 2024-01-30 $12,191,000
11881528 Transistor with implant screen 2024-01-23 $36,669,000
11837283 High voltage switch with mitigated gate stress 2023-12-05 $17,549,000
11823731 Semiconductor device protection circuits, and associated methods, devices, and systems Kenneth W. Marr 2023-11-21 $23,209,000
11799038 Apparatuses including capacitors including multiple dielectric materials, and related methods 2023-10-24
11790995 Memory with a source plate discharge circuit Vladimir Mikhalev 2023-10-17 $12,590,000
11783896 Interleaved string drivers, string driver with narrow active region, and gated LDD string driver Martin Popp 2023-10-10 $11,017,000
11676917 Active protection circuits for semiconductor devices Kenneth W. Marr 2023-06-13 $11,975,000
11578520 Keyless access for commercial vehicles Ernest M. McDonald, II, James M. Newcomer, Samuel Francis Colalillo, JR., Shan Lentine, Marcia Ann Blevens 2023-02-14 $10,493,000
11563117 Transistor with implant screen 2023-01-24 $10,431,000
11557537 Reduced pitch memory subsystem for memory device Haitao Liu, Vladimir Mikhalev 2023-01-17 $11,545,000
11536187 Systems and methods for controlling coolant and fuel enrichment Richard J. Lopez, Eugene V. Gonze, David E. Edwards, Michael J. Paratore, Jr. 2022-12-27 $34,059,000
11441492 Deceleration cylinder cut-off with sliding cam Michael Kaczmar, Amanda Keech, Pratap S. Murthy, Jason M. Moore 2022-09-13 $52,806,000
11443798 High voltage switch with mitigated gate stress 2022-09-13 $11,426,000
11434810 Vehicle thermal management system including mechanically driven pump, rotary valve(s), bypass line allowing engine outlet coolant to bypass heat exchanger(s), or combinations thereof Eugene V. Gonze, Daniel L. Molnar, Sergio Quelhas 2022-09-06 $32,110,000
11430887 High voltage isolation devices for semiconductor devices 2022-08-30 $13,952,000