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Michael J. Bernhardt — 20 Patents

Micron: 15 patents #1,154 of 6,374Top 20%
Intel: 5 patents #7,234 of 30,777Top 25%
Meridian, ID: #64 of 654 inventorsTop 10%
Idaho: #704 of 8,810 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Michael J. Bernhardt has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in April 2025. Michael J. Bernhardt ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Michael J. Bernhardt in Meridian, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2020.peak 52014: 1 patents20142016: 2 patents20162017: 3 patents20172018: 4 patents20182020: 5 patents20202021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12283644 Textured optoelectronic devices and associated methods of manufacture Lifang Xu, Scott D. Schellhammer, Shan Ming Mou 2025-04-22
12170348 Vertical light emitting devices with nickel silicide bonding and methods of manufacturing 2024-12-17 $47,790,000
11742458 Textured optoelectronic devices and associated methods of manufacture Lifang Xu, Scott D. Schellhammer, Shan Ming Mou 2023-08-29 $10,098,000
11411139 Textured optoelectronic devices and associated methods of manufacture Lifang Xu, Scott D. Schellhammer, Shan Ming Mou 2022-08-09 $10,590,000
11211537 Vertical light emitting devices with nickel silicide bonding and methods of manufacturing 2021-12-28 $20,140,000
10756236 Textured optoelectronic devices and associated methods of manufacture Lifang Xu, Scott D. Schellhammer, Shan Ming Mou 2020-08-25 $15,306,000
10741753 Conductive hard mask for memory device formation Tony M. Lindenberg, Wenzhe Zhang, Douglas Capson 2020-08-11 $17,356,000
10644211 Vertical light emitting devices with nickel silicide bonding and methods of manufacturing 2020-05-05 $23,260,000
10629652 Dual-layer dielectric in memory device Yudong Kim, Denzil S. Frost, Tuman Earl Allen, III, Kevin Lee Baker, Kolya Yastrebenetsky +1 more 2020-04-21 $45,742,000
10607695 Provision of structural integrity in memory device 2020-03-31 $34,068,000
10134809 Dual-layer dielectric in memory device Yudong Kim, Denzil S. Frost, Tuman Earl Allen, III, Kevin Lee Baker, Kolya Yastrebenetsky +1 more 2018-11-20 $25,900,000
10103326 Conductive hard mask for memory device formation Tony M. Lindenberg, Wenzhe Zhang, Douglas Capson 2018-10-16 $57,370,000
10084114 Textured optoelectronic devices and associated methods of manufacture Lifang Xu, Scott D. Schellhammer, Shan Ming Mou 2018-09-25 $17,810,000
9923139 Conductive hard mask for memory device formation Tony M. Lindenberg, Wenzhe Zhang, Douglas Capson 2018-03-20 $39,911,000
9842976 Vertical light emitting devices with nickel silicide bonding and methods of manufacturing 2017-12-12 $37,354,000
9704923 Dual-layer dielectric in memory device Yudong Kim, Denzil S. Frost, Tuman Earl Allen, III, Kevin Lee Baker, Kolya Yastrebenetsky +1 more 2017-07-11 $8,311,000
9608202 Provision of structural integrity in memory device 2017-03-28 $8,391,000
9455386 Vertical light emitting devices with nickel silicide bonding and methods of manufacturing 2016-09-27 $14,567,000
9337366 Textured optoelectronic devices and associated methods of manufacture Lifang Xu, Scott D. Schellhammer, Shan Ming Mou 2016-05-10 $5,444,000
8802461 Vertical light emitting devices with nickel silicide bonding and methods of manufacturing 2014-08-12 $7,951,000