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Garry Mercaldi — 65 Patents

Micron: 65 patents #262 of 6,374Top 5%
Meridian, ID: #16 of 654 inventorsTop 3%
Idaho: #190 of 8,810 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #33,516 of 4,157,543Top 1%
65 Patents All Time
Garry Mercaldi has been granted 65 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in August 2011. Garry Mercaldi ranks #33,516 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.81%). Patent records list Garry Mercaldi in Meridian, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2011Bar chart with a peak of 13 patents in 2006.peak 131999: 2 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 3 patents20012002: 10 patents2003: 9 patents20032004: 12 patents2005: 2 patents20052006: 13 patents2007: 5 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 3 patents20092010: 2 patents2011: 2 patents2011

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 65 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7989864 Methods for enhancing capacitors having roughened features to increase charge-storage capacity Randhir P. S. Thakur, Michael Nuttall, Shenline Chen, Er-Xuan Ping 2011-08-02 $1,985,000
7868369 Localized masking for semiconductor structure development Donald L. Yates 2011-01-11 $3,670,000
7651956 Process for fabricating films of uniform properties on semiconductor devices Don Powell 2010-01-26 $11,497,000
7642157 Method for enhancing electrode surface area in DRAM cell capacitors Donald L. Yates 2010-01-05 $5,811,000
7576380 Methods for enhancing capacitors having roughened features to increase charge-storage capacity Randhir P. S. Thakur, Michael Nuttall, Shenline Chen, Er-Xuan Ping 2009-08-18 $5,074,000
7573121 Method for enhancing electrode surface area in DRAM cell capacitors Donald L. Yates, James J. Hofmann 2009-08-11 $4,144,000
7535047 Semiconductor device containing an ultra thin dielectric film or dielectric layer Vishnu K. Agarwal 2009-05-19 $4,683,000
7468534 Localized masking for semiconductor structure development Donald L. Yates 2008-12-23 $4,004,000
7288808 Capacitor constructions with enhanced surface area Vishnu K. Agarwal 2007-10-30 $2,982,000
7285811 MRAM device for preventing electrical shorts during fabrication Donald L. Yates 2007-10-23 $1,940,000
7245010 System and device including a barrier layer Don Powell, Ronald A. Weimer 2007-07-17 $2,723,000
7192888 Low selectivity deposition methods 2007-03-20 $2,361,000
7193273 Method for enhancing vertical growth during the selective formation of silicon, and structures formed using same Michael Nuttall 2007-03-20 $2,361,000
7148555 Method for enhancing electrode surface area in DRAM cell capacitors Donald L. Yates, James J. Hofmann 2006-12-12 $1,954,000
7119388 MRAM device fabricated using chemical mechanical polishing Donald L. Yates 2006-10-10 $1,925,000
7112503 Enhanced surface area capacitor fabrication methods Vishnu K. Agarwal 2006-09-26 $2,567,000
7101756 Methods for enhancing capacitors having roughened features to increase charge-storage capacity Randhir P. S. Thakur, Michael Nuttall, Shenlin Chen, Er-Xuan Ping 2006-09-05 $2,273,000
7095088 System and device including a barrier layer Don Powell, Ronald A. Weimer 2006-08-22 $2,069,000
7087490 Method and composite for decreasing charge leakage Michael Nuttall 2006-08-08 $2,312,000
7060514 Process for fabricating films of uniform properties on semiconductor devices Don Powell 2006-06-13 $2,576,000
7034353 Methods for enhancing capacitors having roughened features to increase charge-storage capacity Randhir P. S. Thakur, Michael Nuttall, Shenlin Chen, Er-Xuan Ping 2006-04-25 $2,785,000
7015529 Localized masking for semiconductor structure development Donald L. Yates 2006-03-21 $2,245,000
7008845 Method and composite for decreasing charge leakage Michael Nuttall 2006-03-07 $1,749,000
6998356 Method of fabricating a semiconductor device including a dielectric layer formed using a reactive agent Don Powell 2006-02-14 $2,198,000
6987073 Low selectivity deposition methods 2006-01-17 $3,508,000