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James J. Hofmann — 49 Patents

Micron: 46 patents #402 of 6,374Top 7%
TLThe Boc Group Limited: 3 patents #152 of 612Top 25%
Hackettstown, NJ: #12 of 793 inventorsTop 2%
New Jersey: #950 of 69,400 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #55,592 of 4,157,543Top 2%
49 Patents All Time
James J. Hofmann has been granted 49 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in August 2011. James J. Hofmann ranks #55,592 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.3%). Patent records list James J. Hofmann in Hackettstown, NJ, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 49 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7988529 Methods and tools for controlling the removal of material from microfeature workpieces Nagasubramaniyan Chandrasekaran, Rajshree Kothari, Gundu M. Sabde 2011-08-02 $1,985,000
7629736 Method and device for preventing junction leakage in field emission devices John Lee, David A. Cathey, Glen E. Hush 2009-12-08 $4,723,000
7573121 Method for enhancing electrode surface area in DRAM cell capacitors Donald L. Yates, Garry Mercaldi 2009-08-11 $4,144,000
7527545 Methods and tools for controlling the removal of material from microfeature workpieces Nagasubramaniyan Chandrasekaran, Rajshree Kothari, Gundu M. Sabde 2009-05-05 $2,582,000
7268482 Preventing junction leakage in field emission devices John Lee, David A. Cathey, Glen E. Hush 2007-09-11 $1,295,000
7148555 Method for enhancing electrode surface area in DRAM cell capacitors Donald L. Yates, Garry Mercaldi 2006-12-12 $1,954,000
7098587 Preventing junction leakage in field emission devices John Lee, David A. Cathey, Glen E. Hush 2006-08-29 $4,599,000
7067426 Semiconductor processing methods 2006-06-27 $1,742,000
6989595 Molds configured to pattern masses associated with semiconductor constructions 2006-01-24 $5,383,000
6987352 Method of preventing junction leakage in field emission devices John Lee, David A. Cathey, Glen E. Hush 2006-01-17 $3,508,000
6981904 Anodically-bonded elements for flat panel displays Jason B. Elledge 2006-01-03 $1,955,000
6823693 Anodic bonding Glenn W. Piper 2004-11-30 $1,719,000
6812990 Method for making sol gel spacers for flat panel displays Brian A. Vaartstra, Brenda D. Kraus, Donald L. Westmoreland 2004-11-02 $1,227,000
6794704 Method for enhancing electrode surface area in DRAM cell capacitors Donald L. Yates, Garry Mercaldi 2004-09-21 $1,886,000
6734619 Anodically bonded elements for flat-panel displays Jason B. Elledge, Zhong-Yi Xia, David A. Cathey 2004-05-11 $2,113,000
6716754 Methods of forming patterns and molds for semiconductor constructions 2004-04-06 $2,363,000
6712664 Process of preventing junction leakage in field emission devices John Lee, David A. Cathey, Glen E. Hush 2004-03-30 $2,664,000
6561864 Methods for fabricating spacer support structures and flat panel displays Jason B. Elledge 2003-05-13 $2,744,000
6554671 Method of anodically bonding elements for flat panel displays Jason B. Elledge 2003-04-29 $2,096,000
6545406 Anodically-bonded elements for flat panel displays Jason B. Elledge, Zhong-Yi Xia, David A. Cathey 2003-04-08 $1,677,000
6533893 Method and apparatus for chemical-mechanical planarization of microelectronic substrates with selected planarizing liquids Gundu M. Sabde, Michael J. Joslyn, Whonchee Lee 2003-03-18 $2,171,000
6495296 Method for limiting particle aggregation in a mask deposited by a colloidal suspension David H. Wells 2002-12-17 $2,452,000
6464824 Methods and apparatuses for monitoring and controlling mechanical or chemical-mechanical planarization of microelectronic substrate assemblies Gundu M. Sabde, Stephen J. Kramer, Michael J. Joslyn 2002-10-15 $3,142,000
6447354 Fiber spacers in large area vacuum displays and method for manufacture Jason B. Elledge 2002-09-10 $5,003,000
6428943 Method, article and composition for limiting particle aggregation in a mask deposited by a colloidal suspension David H. Wells 2002-08-06 $3,513,000