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James M. Wark — 173 Patents

Micron: 168 patents #59 of 6,374Top 1%
AIAptina Imaging: 4 patents #62 of 332Top 20%
MTMircon Technology: 1 patents #1 of 36Top 3%
Boise, ID: #25 of 3,546 inventorsTop 1%
Idaho: #36 of 8,810 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #4,638 of 4,157,543Top 1%
173 Patents All Time
James M. Wark has been granted 173 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in October 2019. James M. Wark ranks #4,638 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.11%). Patent records list James M. Wark in Boise, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 20 patents in 1999.peak 201997: 1 patents19971998: 6 patents1999: 20 patents2000: 19 patents20002001: 20 patents2002: 19 patents2003: 12 patents20032004: 7 patents2005: 6 patents2006: 10 patents20062007: 17 patents2008: 11 patents2009: 6 patents20092010: 7 patents2011: 4 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 2 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 173 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10446440 Semiconductor devices comprising nickel— and copper—containing interconnects Salman Akram, William M. Hiatt 2019-10-15 $10,153,000
10062608 Semiconductor devices comprising nickel- and copper-containing interconnects Salman Akram, William M. Hiatt 2018-08-28 $23,018,000
9640433 Methods of forming interconnects and semiconductor structures Salman Akram, William M. Hiatt 2017-05-02 $18,118,000
8669179 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Salman Akram, Charles M. Watkins, William M. Hiatt, David R. Hembree, Warren M. Farnworth +6 more 2014-03-11 $15,851,000
8647982 Methods of forming interconnects in a semiconductor structure Salman Akram, William M. Hiatt 2014-02-11 $17,172,000
8502353 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Salman Akram, Charles M. Watkins, William M. Hiatt, David R. Hembree, Warren M. Farnworth +6 more 2013-08-06 $3,661,000
8324100 Methods of forming conductive vias Salman Akram, William M. Hiatt, Steven Oliver, Alan G. Wood, Sidney B. Rigg +1 more 2012-12-04 $2,477,000
8294273 Methods for fabricating and filling conductive vias and conductive vias so formed Salman Akram, William M. Hiatt, Steve Oliver, Alan G. Wood, Sidney B. Rigg +1 more 2012-10-23 $2,365,000
7993944 Microelectronic imagers with optical devices having integral reference features and methods for manufacturing such microelectronic imagers Steven Oliver, Kyle K. Kirby 2011-08-09 $2,316,000
7956443 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Salman Akram, Charles M. Watkins, Mark Hiatt, David R. Hembree, Warren M. Farnworth +6 more 2011-06-07 $3,124,000
7928579 Devices including sloped vias in a substrate and devices including spring-like deflecting contacts Syed Sajid Ahmad 2011-04-19 $3,891,000
7892972 Methods for fabricating and filling conductive vias and conductive vias so formed Salman Akram, William M. Hiatt, Steve Oliver, Alan G. Wood, Sidney B. Rigg +1 more 2011-02-22 $5,769,000
7855454 Semiconductor device structures including nickel plated aluminum, copper, and tungsten structures Salman Akram, William M. Hiatt 2010-12-21 $4,496,000
7812436 Methods for stacking wire-bonded integrated circuit dice on flip-chip bonded integrated circuit dice 2010-10-12 $3,573,000
7776652 Methods for stacking wire-bonded integrated circuit dice on flip-chip bonded integrated circuit dice 2010-08-17 $3,732,000
7730372 Device and method for testing integrated circuit dice in an integrated circuit module Warren M. Farnworth, Eric S. Nelson, Kevin G. Duesman 2010-06-01 $3,541,000
7723741 Spacers for packaged microelectronic imagers and methods of making and using spacers for wafer-level packaging of imagers Warren M. Farnworth, Alan G. Wood, David R. Hembree, Rickie C. Lake 2010-05-25
7709776 Microelectronic imagers with optical devices and methods of manufacturing such microelectronic imagers Warren M. Farnworth, Sidney B. Rigg, William M. Hiatt, Alan G. Wood, Peter Benson +4 more 2010-05-04
7683458 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Salman Akram, Charles M. Watkins, William M. Hiatt, David R. Hembree, Warren M. Farnworth +6 more 2010-03-23 $3,502,000
7589010 Semiconductor devices with permanent polymer stencil and method for manufacturing the same Warren M. Farnworth, Alan G. Wood, David R. Hembree, Syed Sajid Ahmad, Michael E. Hess +1 more 2009-09-15 $6,722,000
7561938 Method for using data regarding manufacturing procedures integrated circuits (ICS) have undergone, such as repairs, to select procedures the ICs will undergo, such as additional repairs Salman Akram, Warren M. Farnworth, Derek Gochnour, David R. Hembree, Michael E. Hess +2 more 2009-07-14 $3,519,000
7519881 Device and method for testing integrated circuit dice in an integrated circuit module Warren M. Farnworth, Eric S. Nelson, Kevin G. Duesman 2009-04-14 $2,483,000
7504615 Microelectronic imagers with optical devices and methods of manufacturing such microelectronic imagers Warren M. Farnworth, Sidney B. Rigg, William M. Hiatt, Alan G. Wood, Peter Benson +4 more 2009-03-17
7498675 Semiconductor component having plate, stacked dice and conductive vias Warren M. Farnworth, Alan G. Wood, William M. Hiatt, David R. Hembree, Kyle K. Kirby +1 more 2009-03-03 $1,946,000
7488899 Compliant contact pin assembly and card system Kyle K. Kirby, Warren M. Farnworth, William M. Hiatt, David R. Hembree, Alan G. Wood 2009-02-10 $1,650,000