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Dean A. Klein — 281 Patents

Micron: 245 patents #24 of 6,374Top 1%
CTCarbon Medical Technologies: 11 patents #1 of 11Top 10%
RRRound Rock Research: 11 patents #14 of 239Top 6%
AIAptina Imaging: 3 patents #90 of 332Top 30%
HIHoudaille Industries: 2 patents #6 of 43Top 15%
AMAdvanced Minerals: 1 patents #10 of 16Top 65%
BMBrennen Medical: 1 patents #3 of 6Top 50%
Eagle, ID: #1 of 278 inventorsTop 1%
Idaho: #15 of 8,810 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #1,549 of 4,157,543Top 1%
281 Patents All Time
Dean A. Klein has been granted 281 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in February 2025. Dean A. Klein ranks #1,549 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.04%). Patent records list Dean A. Klein in Eagle, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 36 patents in 2000.peak 361996: 1 patents19961997: 8 patents1998: 12 patents1999: 31 patents19992000: 36 patents2001: 23 patents2002: 16 patents20022003: 13 patents2004: 11 patents2005: 9 patents20052006: 18 patents2007: 16 patents2008: 15 patents20082009: 11 patents2010: 6 patents2011: 7 patents20112012: 6 patents2013: 7 patents2014: 3 patents20142015: 6 patents2016: 3 patents2017: 5 patents20172018: 3 patents2019: 3 patents2020: 3 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 1 patents2023: 2 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 281 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12223328 Generating and executing a control flow Kyle B. Wheeler, Richard C. Murphy, Troy A. Manning 2025-02-11
12038862 Apparatuses and methods for selective communication through a memory connector 2024-07-16 $30,823,000
11726791 Generating and executing a control flow Kyle B. Wheeler, Richard C. Murphy, Troy A. Manning 2023-08-15 $9,169,000
11701451 Soft tissue filler and methods Eric A. Furlich, Jared S. Klein 2023-07-18
11334362 Generating and executing a control flow Kyle B. Wheeler, Richard C. Murphy, Troy A. Manning 2022-05-17 $11,540,000
11042498 System and method for selective communication through a dual-in-line module (DIMM) socket via a multiplexer 2021-06-22 $20,485,000
10831672 Memory management for a hierarchical memory system 2020-11-10 $16,985,000
10782980 Generating and executing a control flow Kyle B. Wheeler, Richard C. Murphy, Troy A. Manning 2020-09-22 $15,633,000
10691588 Memory systems for data collection and compression in a storage device 2020-06-23 $14,650,000
10417165 Systems, devices, and methods for selective communication through an electrical connector 2019-09-17 $14,199,000
10194653 Waterfowl decoy having oscillating wings Ron Latschaw 2019-02-05
10176091 Methods of operating a memory system including data collection and compression 2019-01-08 $20,509,000
10089242 Memory management for a hierarchical memory system 2018-10-02 $16,577,000
10061590 Generating and executing a control flow Kyle B. Wheeler, Richard C. Murphy, Troy A. Manning 2018-08-28 $23,018,000
9858079 Method and system for generating object code to facilitate predictive memory retrieval 2018-01-02 $57,992,000
9804989 Systems, devices, and methods for selective communication through an electrical connector 2017-10-31 $38,961,000
9772936 Data collection and compression in a solid state storage device 2017-09-26 $15,703,000
D791325 Implantable fiducial marker Kristina M. Whittchow, Timothy Olson 2017-07-04
D791326 Implantable fiducial marker Timothy Olson, Kristina M. Wittchow 2017-07-04
D791327 Implantable fiducial marker Timothy Olson, Kristina M. Wittchow 2017-07-04
9524248 Memory management for a hierarchical memory system 2016-12-20 $21,663,000
9304750 System and method for processor with predictive memory retrieval assist 2016-04-05 $6,062,000
9235526 Non-volatile hard disk drive cache system and method 2016-01-12
9201820 Solid state storage device controller with parallel operation mode 2015-12-01 $8,963,000
9170781 Method and system for generating object code to facilitate predictive memory retrieval 2015-10-27 $8,424,000