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James M. Cleeves — 146 Patents

MSMatrix Semiconductor: 31 patents #2 of 55Top 4%
S3Sandisk 3D: 28 patents #16 of 180Top 9%
KOKovio: 26 patents #3 of 41Top 8%
PEPinnacle Engines: 19 patents #1 of 7Top 15%
Cypress Semiconductor: 13 patents #135 of 1,852Top 8%
TAThin Film Electronics Asa: 11 patents #8 of 100Top 8%
CTCandescent Technologies: 4 patents #41 of 125Top 35%
NSNational Semiconductor: 3 patents #635 of 2,238Top 30%
FIFairchild Camera & Instrument: 2 patents #30 of 173Top 20%
STSandisk Technologies: 2 patents #1,080 of 394Top 275%
FSFairchild Semiconductor: 1 patents #419 of 715Top 60%
Sony: 1 patents #17,321 of 25,231Top 70%
LSLsi: 1 patents #2,578 of 3,238Top 80%
Redwood City, CA: #7 of 5,061 inventorsTop 1%
California: #1,053 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #6,592 of 4,157,543Top 1%
146 Patents All Time
James M. Cleeves has been granted 146 US patents while listed as an inventor at Matrix Semiconductor. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in August 2017. James M. Cleeves ranks #6,592 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.16%). Patent records list James M. Cleeves in Redwood City, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 146 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9745915 Internal combustion engine 2017-08-29
9650951 Single piston sleeve valve with optional variable compression ratio capability Simon David Jackson, Michael Hawkes, Michael A. Willcox 2017-05-16
9528402 Early exhaust valve opening for improved catalyst light off Michael A. Willcox 2016-12-27
9400953 Laser processing enabling radio frequency identification (RFID) customization Criswell Choi, Joerg Rockenberger, Christopher S. Gudeman, J. Devin MacKenzie, Partick Smith 2016-07-26
9316150 Variable compression ratio diesel engine 2016-04-19
9267486 Multi-mode high efficiency internal combustion engine Michael A. Willcox, Simon David Jackson, Nicholas Paul Manov 2016-02-23
9243578 Deceleration fuel shut off for carbureted engines Michael Hawkes 2016-01-26
9214243 Three-dimensional nonvolatile memory and method of fabrication Mark G. Johnson, Thomas H. Lee, Vivek Subramanian, Paul Michael Farmwald 2015-12-15 $28,680,000
9206749 Variable compression ratio systems for opposed-piston and other internal combustion engines, and related methods of manufacture and use 2015-12-08
9196641 Printed dopant layers Arvind Kamath, Joerg Rockenberger, Patrick Smith, Fabio R. Zurcher 2015-11-24
9194288 High swirl engine Simon David Jackson, Michael A. Willcox 2015-11-24
9175609 Control of combustion mixtures and variability thereof with engine load Michael Hawkes 2015-11-03
9171857 Dense arrays and charge storage devices Thomas H. Lee, Vivek Subramanian, Igor G. Kouznetsov, Mark G. Johnson, Paul Michael Farmwald 2015-10-27 $21,506,000
9165238 Methods for manufacturing RFID tags and structures formed therefrom J. Devin MacKenzie, Arvind Kamath 2015-10-20
9016255 Sealing of sleeve valves Michael Hawkes 2015-04-28
9004366 Wireless devices including printed integrated circuitry and methods for manufacturing and using the same Patrick Smith, Criswell Choi, Vikram Pavate, Vivek Subramanian, Richard Nils Young +1 more 2015-04-14
8981457 Dense arrays and charge storage devices Thomas H. Lee, Vivek Subramanian, Mark G. Johnson, Paul Michael Farmwald, Igor G. Kouznetzov 2015-03-17 $8,642,000
8960558 MOS electronic article surveillance, RF and/or RF identification tag/device, and methods for making and using the same J. Devin MacKenzie, Vik Pavate, Christopher S. Gudeman, Fabio R. Zurcher, Max Davis +2 more 2015-02-24
8933806 High reliability surveillance and/or identification tag/devices and methods of making and using the same Vivek Subramanian, Patrick Smith, Vikram Pavate, Arvind Kamath, Criswell Choi +1 more 2015-01-13
8910606 Positive control (desmodromic) valve systems for internal combustion engines Michael Hawkes, William H. Anderson 2014-12-16
8912890 Surveillance devices with multiple capacitors Patrick Smith, Criswell Choi, Vivek Subramanian, Arvind Kamath, Steven Molesa 2014-12-16
8904998 Sleeve valve assembly 2014-12-09
8897056 Pillar-shaped nonvolatile memory and method of fabrication Mark G. Johnson, Thomas H. Lee, Vivek Subramanian, Paul Michael Farmwald 2014-11-25 $19,703,000
8891264 Series circuits and devices Patrick Smith 2014-11-18
8881708 Control of combustion mixtures and variability thereof with engine load Michael Hawkes 2014-11-11