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Michael B. Ball — 107 Patents

Micron: 107 patents #138 of 6,374Top 3%
Boise, ID: #72 of 3,546 inventorsTop 3%
Idaho: #97 of 8,810 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #12,671 of 4,157,543Top 1%
107 Patents All Time
Michael B. Ball has been granted 107 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in December 2010. Michael B. Ball ranks #12,671 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.30%). Patent records list Michael B. Ball in Boise, ID, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 107 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7846776 Methods for releasably attaching sacrificial support members to microfeature workpieces and microfeature devices formed using such methods William A. Polinsky 2010-12-07 $4,229,000
7644853 Apparatus for attaching solder balls to BGA package utilizing a tool to pick and dip the solder ball in flux Chad A. Cobbley, Marjorie L. Waddel 2010-01-12 $6,789,000
7635079 System for locating conductive sphere utilizing screen and hopper of solder balls Chad A. Cobbley, Marjorie L. Waddel 2009-12-22 $13,803,000
7371612 Method of fabrication of stacked semiconductor devices 2008-05-13 $1,487,000
RE40061 Multi-chip stacked devices 2008-02-12
7275676 Apparatus for locating conductive spheres utilizing screen and hopper of solder balls Chad A. Cobbley, Marjorie L. Waddel 2007-10-02 $909,000
7166495 Method of fabricating a multi-die semiconductor package assembly 2007-01-23 $2,294,000
7131568 Methods for lead penetrating clamping system 2006-11-07 $2,394,000
7105432 Method of locating conductive spheres utilizing screen and hopper of solder balls Chad A. Cobbley, Marjorie L. Waddel 2006-09-12 $2,031,000
6989285 Method of fabrication of stacked semiconductor devices 2006-01-24 $5,383,000
6981629 Apparatus of clamping semiconductor devices using sliding finger supports 2006-01-03 $1,955,000
6957760 Apparatus for attaching solder balls to BGA package utilizing a tool to pick and dip the solder ball in flux Chad A. Cobbley, Marjorie L. Waddel 2005-10-25 $2,371,000
6956294 Apparatus for routing die interconnections using intermediate connection elements secured to the die face 2005-10-18 $2,529,000
6949158 Using backgrind wafer tape to enable wafer mounting of bumped wafers Jose Sanchez 2005-09-27 $1,169,000
6886734 Device and method for clamping and wire-bonding the leads of a lead frame one set at a time Rich Fogal 2005-05-03 $925,000
6884657 Angularly offset stacked die multichip device and method of manufacture Rich Fogal 2005-04-26 $1,051,000
6861345 Method of disposing conductive bumps onto a semiconductor device Chad A. Cobbley 2005-03-01 $1,260,000
6845898 Bondhead lead clamp apparatus Rich Fogal 2005-01-25 $1,700,000
6844216 Method of attaching solder balls to BGA package utilizing a tool to pick and dip the solder ball in flux Chad A. Cobbley, Marjorie L. Waddel 2005-01-18 $1,301,000
6837418 Bondhead lead clamp apparatus and method Rich Fogal 2005-01-04 $1,193,000
6786387 Method for clamping and wire-bonding the leads of a lead frame one set at a time Rich Fogal 2004-09-07 $988,000
6784023 Method of fabrication of stacked semiconductor devices 2004-08-31 $1,044,000
6732902 Lead penetrating clamping system 2004-05-11 $2,113,000
6715659 Apparatus for clamping semiconductor devices using sliding finger supports 2004-04-06 $2,363,000
6662993 Bondhead lead clamp apparatus Rich Fogal 2003-12-16 $2,294,000