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Keith Smith — 12 Patents

Micron: 12 patents #1,315 of 6,374Top 25%
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
Keith Smith has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in September 2002. Keith Smith ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Keith Smith in Boise, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2002Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2000.peak 51997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents19992000: 5 patents20002001: 2 patents20012002: 2 patents2002

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6455400 Semiconductor processing methods of forming silicon layers Phillip G. Wald 2002-09-24 $2,544,000
6372662 Method of oxidizing a silicon surface Charles E. Carver, Clarence J. Higdon 2002-04-16 $5,837,000
6237979 Wafer carrier David Korn 2001-05-29 $13,131,000
6227590 Method of constructing a wafer carrier David Korn 2001-05-08 $13,139,000
6166395 Amorphous silicon interconnect with multiple silicon layers Phillip G. Wald 2000-12-26 $11,316,000
6120285 Dimpled thermal processing furnace and method for processing semiconductor wafers 2000-09-19 $14,959,000
6096626 Semiconductor structures and semiconductor processing methods of forming silicon layers Phillip G. Wald 2000-08-01 $23,528,000
6092851 Wafer carrier having both a rigid structure and resistance to corrosive environments David Korn 2000-07-25 $31,586,000
6086127 Method of making a carrier for at least one wafer David Korn 2000-07-11 $29,501,000
5989718 Dielectric diffusion barrier Charles E. Carver, Clarence J. Higdon 1999-11-23 $10,926,000
5788304 Wafer carrier having both a rigid structure and resistance to corrosive environments David Korn 1998-08-04 $7,001,000
5645417 Dimpled thermal processing furnace tube 1997-07-08 $19,558,000