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Michael Chaine — 30 Patents

Micron: 25 patents #730 of 6,374Top 15%
TITexas Instruments: 5 patents #2,802 of 12,488Top 25%
Boise, ID: #350 of 3,546 inventorsTop 10%
Idaho: #480 of 8,810 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Michael Chaine has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in December 2025. Michael Chaine ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Michael Chaine in Boise, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2016.peak 41998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002002: 1 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052007: 2 patents2011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents2013: 2 patents20132014: 3 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 4 patents2017: 2 patents20172019: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12513998 Apparatus with voltage protection mechanism James E. Davis, Milind Nemchand Furia, Eric Smith 2025-12-30
11901727 Apparatuses and method for over-voltage event protection James E. Davis 2024-02-13 $12,832,000
11798935 Apparatus with voltage protection mechanism James E. Davis, Milind Nemchand Furia, Eric J. Smith 2023-10-24 $15,333,000
11398468 Apparatus with voltage protection mechanism James E. Davis, Milind Nemchand Furia, Eric J. Smith 2022-07-26 $15,302,000
11183837 Apparatuses and method for over-voltage event protection James E. Davis 2021-11-23 $21,765,000
10193334 Apparatuses and method for over-voltage event protection James E. Davis 2019-01-29 $26,170,000
9705318 Over-limit electrical condition protection circuits for integrated circuits Xiaofeng Fan 2017-07-11 $14,665,000
9607930 Disabling electrical connections using pass-through 3D interconnects and associated systems and methods Jeffery W. Janzen, Kyle K. Kirby, William M. Hiatt 2017-03-28 $21,357,000
9490631 Over-limit electrical condition protection circuits and methods Xiaofeng Fan, John D. Porter 2016-11-08 $25,211,000
9391062 Apparatuses, circuits, and methods for protection circuits for dual-direction nodes James E. Davis 2016-07-12 $12,640,000
9343368 Disabling electrical connections using pass-through 3D interconnects and associated systems and methods Jeffery W. Janzen, Kyle K. Kirby, William M. Hiatt 2016-05-17 $4,120,000
9281682 Apparatuses and method for over-voltage event protection James E. Davis 2016-03-08 $7,577,000
9209620 Combination ESD protection circuits and methods Xiaofeng Fan 2015-12-08 $8,863,000
8772086 Disabling electrical connections using pass-through 3D interconnects and associated systems and methods Jeffery W. Janzen, Kyle K. Kirby, William M. Hiatt 2014-07-08 $11,268,000
8724268 Over-limit electrical condition protection circuits and methods Xiaofeng Fan, John D. Porter 2014-05-13 $11,176,000
8693148 Over-limit electrical condition protection circuits for integrated circuits Xiaofeng Fan 2014-04-08 $8,842,000
8611058 Combination ESD protection circuits and methods Xaiofeng Fan 2013-12-17 $5,079,000
8404521 Disabling electrical connections using pass-through 3D interconnects and associated systems and methods Jeffery W. Janzen, Kyle K. Kirby, William M. Hiatt 2013-03-26 $5,078,000
8253230 Disabling electrical connections using pass-through 3D interconnects and associated systems and methods Jeffery W. Janzen, Kyle K. Kirby, William M. Hiatt 2012-08-28 $3,290,000
7903379 Cascode I/O driver with improved ESD operation Manny K. F. Ma 2011-03-08 $3,713,000
7253064 Cascode I/O driver with improved ESD operation Manny K. F. Ma 2007-08-07 $1,952,000
7160795 Method and structures for reduced parasitic capacitance in integrated circuit metallizations Shubneesh Batra, Brent Keeth, Salman Akram, Troy A. Manning, Brian Johnson +3 more 2007-01-09 $1,984,000
6909196 Method and structures for reduced parasitic capacitance in integrated circuit metallizations Shubneesh Batra, Brent Keeth, Salman Akram, Troy A. Manning, Brian Johnson +3 more 2005-06-21 $1,292,000
6809386 Cascode I/O driver with improved ESD operation Manny K. F. Ma 2004-10-26 $1,964,000
6624660 CMOS output driver for semiconductor device and related method for improving latch-up immunity in a CMOS output driver Wen Li, Manny K. F. Ma 2003-09-23 $3,145,000