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Robert C. Lutz — 17 Patents

MIMicrel: 6 patents #28 of 187Top 15%
Globalfoundries: 5 patents #673 of 4,424Top 20%
SYSystech: 5 patents #23 of 217Top 15%
San Diego, CA: #2,575 of 23,606 inventorsTop 15%
California: #35,467 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Robert C. Lutz has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micrel. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in July 2025. Robert C. Lutz ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Robert C. Lutz in San Diego, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2012.peak 22004: 1 patents20042006: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082012: 2 patents2013: 2 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 2 patents20152016: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12376192 Dual channel gateway device for machine-to-machine communication La Vaughn F. Watts, Jr., Dean McDaniel, Donald G. Armerding, Andrew Marder, Anderson Wiese 2025-07-29
11979947 Dual channel gateway device for machine-to-machine communication La Vaughn F. Watts, Jr., Dean McDaniel, Donald G. Armerding, Andrew Marder, Anderson Wiese 2024-05-07
10536295 Control infrastructure John Fairweather, Gabriel Jacobo, Jason Peressini, Jeff Rucker, La Vaughn F. Watts, Jr. +3 more 2020-01-14
10333734 Control infrastructure John Fairweather, Gabriel Jacobo, Jason Peressini, Jeff Rucker, La Vaughn F. Watts, Jr. +3 more 2019-06-25
10116461 Control infrastructure John Fairweather, Gabriel Jacobo, Jason Peressini, Jeff Rucker, La Vaughn F. Watts, Jr. +3 more 2018-10-30
9236315 Electrical test structure for devices employing high-k dielectrics or metal gates 2016-01-12 $510,000
9123808 Tuck strategy in transistor manufacturing flow 2015-09-01 $963,000
9076688 Scatterometry for nested and isolated structures Robert Melzer 2015-07-07 $909,000
8723177 Electrical test structure for devices employing high-k dielectrics or metal gates 2014-05-13 $1,755,000
8685816 Methods of forming semiconductor devices by forming semiconductor channel region materials prior to forming isolation structures 2014-04-01 $6,826,000
8379701 High bandwidth dual programmable transmission line pre-emphasis method and circuit 2013-02-19 $1,085,000
8379702 High bandwidth programmable transmission line pre-emphasis method and circuit 2013-02-19 $1,085,000
8295336 High bandwidth programmable transmission line pre-emphasis method and circuit Thomas S. Wong, Klaus P. Piontek 2012-10-23 $3,315,000
8138851 High bandwidth programmable transmission line equalizer Thomas S. Wong, Ulrich Bruedigam 2012-03-20 $4,004,000
7443008 Lateral programmable polysilicon structure incorporating polysilicon blocking diode Thomas S. Wong 2008-10-28 $2,069,000
7145255 Lateral programmable polysilicon structure incorporating polysilicon blocking diode Thomas S. Wong 2006-12-05 $2,332,000
6771086 Semiconductor wafer electrical testing with a mobile chiller plate for rapid and precise test temperature control Lloyd B. Dickson, Ralph James Eddington 2004-08-03