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Darwin A. Clampitt — 82 Patents

Micron: 74 patents #214 of 6,374Top 4%
LGLodestar Licensing Group: 2 patents #11 of 80Top 15%
Wilder, ID: #1 of 11 inventorsTop 10%
Idaho: #133 of 8,810 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #21,533 of 4,157,543Top 1%
82 Patents All Time
Darwin A. Clampitt has been granted 82 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in December 2025. Darwin A. Clampitt ranks #21,533 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.52%). Patent records list Darwin A. Clampitt in Wilder, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 11 patents in 2002.peak 111998: 2 patents19981999: 4 patents2000: 10 patents20002001: 7 patents2002: 11 patents20022003: 5 patents2004: 7 patents20042005: 2 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132020: 2 patents2021: 6 patents20212022: 7 patents2023: 2 patents20232024: 8 patents2025: 4 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 82 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12513903 Method for manufacturing a memory structure having stacked data lines and conductive structures on sides thereof Roger W. Lindsay, Christopher R. Ritchie, Shawn D. Lyonsmith, Matthew J. King, Lisa M. Clampitt 2025-12-30
12490439 Memory circuitry and methods used in forming memory circuitry Patrick F. White, Kevin Y. Titus, Steven P. Turini 2025-12-02
12394481 Electronic devices including support pillars in slot regions, and related memory devices, systems, and methods John D. Hopkins, Roger W. Lindsay 2025-08-19
12388012 Microelectronic devices and related memory devices Roger W. Lindsay, Jeffrey D. Runia, Matthew Holland, Chamunda N. Chamunda 2025-08-12
12167599 Memory device including multiple decks of memory cells and pillars extending through the decks Shawn D. Lyonsmith, Matthew J. King, Lisa M. Clampitt, John D. Hopkins, Kevin Y. Titus +5 more 2024-12-10
12041775 Electronic devices comprising memory pillars and dummy pillars including an oxide material, and related systems and methods S M Istiaque Hossain, Tom J. John, Anilkumar Chandolu, Prakash Rau Mokhna Rau, Christopher J. Larsen +1 more 2024-07-16
12040223 Microelectronic devices including voids neighboring conductive contacts, and related memory devices, electronic systems, and methods John D. Hopkins, Madison D. Drake 2024-07-16 $30,823,000
12010847 Foundational supports within integrated assemblies Matthew J. King, John D. Hopkins, M. Jared Barclay 2024-06-11 $41,642,000
11942422 Methods of forming microelectronic devices Roger W. Lindsay, Jeffrey D. Runia, Matthew Holland, Chamunda N. Chamunda 2024-03-26
11910601 Microelectronic devices with source region vertically between tiered decks, and related methods and systems John D. Hopkins, Matthew J. King, Roger W. Lindsay, Kevin Y. Titus 2024-02-20 $18,735,000
11889683 Memory arrays comprising strings of memory cells and methods used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells John D. Hopkins, Michael J. Puett, Christopher R. Ritchie 2024-01-30 $12,191,000
11887667 Select gate transistor with segmented channel fin Albert Fayrushin, Matthew J. King, Madison D. Drake 2024-01-30 $12,191,000
11841605 Trail camera camouflaging device 2023-12-12
11756826 Forming terminations in stacked memory arrays Matthew J. King, Anilkumar Chandolu, Indra V. Chary, Gordon A. Haller, Thomas George +2 more 2023-09-12 $13,618,000
11532638 Memory device including multiple decks of memory cells and pillars extending through the decks Shawn D. Lyonsmith, Matthew J. King, Lisa M. Clampitt, John D. Hopkins, Kevin Y. Titus +5 more 2022-12-20 $19,538,000
11521897 Methods of forming microelectronic devices Anilkumar Chandolu, Christopher R. Ritchie, S M Istiaque Hossain 2022-12-06 $18,045,000
11508746 Semiconductor device having a stack of data lines with conductive structures on both sides thereof Roger W. Lindsay, Christopher R. Ritchie, Shawn D. Lyonsmith, Matthew J. King, Lisa M. Clampitt 2022-11-22 $15,774,000
11495530 Microelectronic devices including stadium structures, and related methods, memory devices, and electronic systems Roger W. Lindsay, Jeffrey D. Runia, Matthew Holland, Chamunda N. Chamunda 2022-11-08 $11,616,000
11482536 Electronic devices comprising memory pillars and dummy pillars including an oxide material, and related systems and methods S M Istiaque Hossain, Tom J. John, Anilkumar Chandolu, Prakash Rau Mokhna Rau, Christopher J. Larsen +1 more 2022-10-25 $11,361,000
11469249 Method of fabricating electronic devices comprising removing sacrificial structures to form a cavity David H. Wells, John D. Hopkins, Kevin Y. Titus 2022-10-11 $11,644,000
11302710 Foundational supports within integrated assemblies Matthew J. King, John D. Hopkins, M. Jared Barclay 2022-04-12 $14,807,000
11177279 Formation of termination structures in stacked memory arrays Matthew J. King, Anilkumar Chandolu, Indra V. Chary, Gordon A. Haller, Thomas George +2 more 2021-11-16 $19,987,000
11121146 Forming terminations in stacked memory arrays Matthew J. King, Anilkumar Chandolu, Indra V. Chary, Gordon A. Haller, Thomas George +2 more 2021-09-14 $15,044,000
11101280 Memory arrays and methods used in forming a memory array Anilkumar Chandolu, S.M. Istiaque Hossain, Arun Kumar Dhayalan, Kevin R. Gast, Christopher J. Larsen +2 more 2021-08-24 $18,763,000
11094592 Semiconductor devices and systems comprising memory cells and a source Anilkumar Chandolu, Matthew J. King, Indra V. Chary 2021-08-17 $19,603,000