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Gary Kirchner — 5 Patents

Micron: 5 patents #2,507 of 6,374Top 40%
Maple Grove, MN: #344 of 1,211 inventorsTop 30%
Minnesota: #13,707 of 52,454 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Gary Kirchner has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in June 2008. Gary Kirchner ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Gary Kirchner in Maple Grove, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2008Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2005.peak 22003: 1 patents20032005: 2 patents20052008: 2 patents2008

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7389451 Memory redundancy with programmable control Theodore Zhu, Richard W. Swanson, Yong Lu 2008-06-17 $1,834,000
7328379 Look-up table for use with redundant memory Theodore Zhu, Richard W. Swanson, Yong Lu 2008-02-05 $1,645,000
6968482 Memory redundancy with programmable non-volatile control Theodore Zhu, Richard W. Swanson, Yong Lu 2005-11-22 $1,784,000
6862700 Memory redundancy with programmable non-volatile control Theodore Zhu, Richard W. Swanson, Yong Lu 2005-03-01 $1,260,000
6671834 Memory redundancy with programmable non-volatile control Theodore Zhu, Richard W. Swanson, Yong Lu 2003-12-30 $2,987,000