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J. Wayne Thompson — 12 Patents

Micron: 10 patents #1,539 of 6,374Top 25%
RRRound Rock Research: 1 patents #177 of 239Top 75%
Boise, ID: #718 of 3,546 inventorsTop 25%
Idaho: #1,116 of 8,810 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
J. Wayne Thompson has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in July 2025. J. Wayne Thompson ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list J. Wayne Thompson in Boise, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1998.peak 11998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152019: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12367919 Word line driver circuitry including shared driver gates, and associated methods, devices, and systems Christopher John Kawamura, Brenton P. Van Leeuwen 2025-07-22
10607690 DRAM sense amplifier active matching fill features for gap equivalence systems and methods Steve V. Cole, Benjamin A. Millemon, Toby D. Robbs 2020-03-31 $9,822,000
10418093 DRAM sense amplifier active matching fill features for gap equivalence systems and methods Steve V. Cole, Benjamin A. Millemon, Toby D. Robbs 2019-09-17 $14,199,000
9190126 Transistor voltage threshold mismatch compensated sense amplifiers and methods for precharging sense amplifiers Howard C. Kirsch, Charles L. Ingalls 2015-11-17 $12,737,000
8897052 Memory architecture Jeffrey P. Wright, Victor Wong, Jim Cullum 2014-11-25
8598912 Transistor voltage threshold mismatch compensated sense amplifiers and methods for precharging sense amplifiers Howard C. Kirsch, Charles L. Ingalls 2013-12-03 $5,919,000
7236385 Memory architecture Jeffrey P. Wright, Victor Wong, Jim Cullum 2007-06-26 $1,771,000
7099174 Metal wiring pattern for memory devices Todd A. Merritt 2006-08-29 $4,599,000
6934208 Apparatus and method for a current limiting bleeder device shared by columns of different memory arrays George B. Raad, Howard C. Kirsch 2005-08-23
6664634 Metal wiring pattern for memory devices Todd A. Merritt 2003-12-16 $2,294,000
5969379 Memory and other integrated circuitry having a conductive interconnect line pitch of less than 0.6 micron Troy A. Manning 1999-10-19 $16,807,000
5751031 Memory and other integrated circuitry having a conductive interconnect line pitch of less than 0.6 micron Troy A. Manning 1998-05-12 $5,079,000