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Chris Hill — 27 Patents

Micron: 27 patents #694 of 6,374Top 15%
Boise, ID: #379 of 3,546 inventorsTop 15%
Idaho: #533 of 8,810 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Chris Hill has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in June 2013. Chris Hill ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Chris Hill in Boise, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2008.peak 42000: 2 patents20002001: 3 patents2002: 3 patents20022003: 1 patents2004: 2 patents20042005: 3 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 3 patents2008: 4 patents20082010: 1 patents2012: 3 patents20122013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8470686 Method of increasing deposition rate of silicon dioxide on a catalyst Garo Derderian 2013-06-25 $5,511,000
8158488 Method of increasing deposition rate of silicon dioxide on a catalyst Garo Derderian 2012-04-17 $4,333,000
8153502 Methods for filling trenches in a semiconductor material Li Li, Ronald A. Weimer, Richard L. Stocks 2012-04-10 $5,468,000
8110891 Method of increasing deposition rate of silicon dioxide on a catalyst Garo Derderian 2012-02-07 $6,950,000
7667258 Double-sided container capacitors using a sacrificial layer Gurtej S. Sandhu, Kevin R. Shea, Kevin J. Torek 2010-02-23 $4,787,000
7470632 Method of depositing a silicon dioxide comprising layer doped with at least one of P, B and Ge Weimin Li, Gurtej S. Sandhu 2008-12-30 $1,350,000
7429541 Method of forming trench isolation in the fabrication of integrated circuitry Garo Derderian 2008-09-30 $4,438,000
7361614 Method of depositing a silicon dioxide comprising layer in the fabrication of integrated circuitry Garo Derderian 2008-04-22 $3,044,000
7329576 Double-sided container capacitors using a sacrificial layer Gurtej S. Sandhu, Kevin R. Shea, Kevin J. Torek 2008-02-12 $1,579,000
7250378 Method of depositing a silicon dioxide-comprising layer in the fabrication of integrated circuitry Garo Derderian 2007-07-31 $2,221,000
7250380 Method of depositing a silicon dioxide-comprising layer in the fabrication of integrated circuitry Garo Derderian 2007-07-31 $2,221,000
7157385 Method of depositing a silicon dioxide-comprising layer in the fabrication of integrated circuitry Garo Derderian 2007-01-02
6982228 Methods of etching a contact opening over a node location on a semiconductor substrate Mark E. Jost 2006-01-03 $1,955,000
6940171 Multi-layer dielectric and method of forming same 2005-09-06 $1,346,000
6930058 Method of depositing a silicon dioxide comprising layer doped with at least one of P, B and Ge Weimin Li, Gurtej S. Sandhu 2005-08-16 $1,281,000
6905956 Multi-layer dielectric and method of forming same 2005-06-14 $1,402,000
6828252 Method of etching a contact opening Mark E. Jost 2004-12-07 $1,817,000
6787877 Method for filling structural gaps and integrated circuitry 2004-09-07 $988,000
6596641 Chemical vapor deposition methods Mark E. Jost 2003-07-22 $3,963,000
6500730 Method for filling structural gaps and integrated circuitry 2002-12-31 $3,585,000
6433378 Integrated circuits having material within structural gaps 2002-08-13 $4,267,000
6384466 Multi-layer dielectric and method of forming same 2002-05-07 $4,698,000
6306766 Method of forming a crystalline phase material, electrically conductive line and refractory metal silicide Gurtej S. Sandhu, Sujit Sharan 2001-10-23 $6,015,000
6175155 Selectively formed contact structure 2001-01-16 $15,360,000
6171948 Method for filling structural gaps and intergrated circuitry 2001-01-09 $18,527,000