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Mike Violette — 46 Patents

Micron: 45 patents #414 of 6,374Top 7%
Boise, ID: #229 of 3,546 inventorsTop 7%
Idaho: #307 of 8,810 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #62,001 of 4,157,543Top 2%
46 Patents All Time
Mike Violette has been granted 46 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in January 2017. Mike Violette ranks #62,001 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list Mike Violette in Boise, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2003.peak 61997: 1 patents19971999: 2 patents2000: 4 patents20002002: 3 patents2003: 6 patents20032004: 5 patents2005: 4 patents20052006: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 6 patents20102011: 3 patents2012: 3 patents20122014: 3 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 46 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9548335 Apparatuses and operation methods associated with resistive memory cell arrays with separate select lines Zengtao T. Liu, Kirk D. Prall 2017-01-17 $50,263,000
9378818 Apparatuses and operation methods associated with resistive memory cell arrays with separate select lines Zengtao T. Liu, Kirk D. Prall 2016-06-28 $11,519,000
8976562 Resistive memory architectures with multiple memory cells per access device Jun Liu 2015-03-10
8835893 Resistive memory cell fabrication methods and devices Jun Liu 2014-09-16 $15,010,000
8681529 Apparatuses and operation methods associated with resistive memory cell arrays with separate select lines Zengtao T. Liu, Kirk D. Prall 2014-03-25 $5,435,000
8659002 Phase change memory elements using energy conversion layers, memory arrays and systems including same, and methods of making and using same Jun Liu, Jon Daley 2014-02-25 $15,509,000
8241947 Phase change memory elements using energy conversion layers, memory arrays and systems including same, and methods of making and using same Jun Liu, Jon Daley 2012-08-14 $3,153,000
8193521 Resistive memory cell fabrication methods and devices Jun Liu 2012-06-05 $2,836,000
8189450 Method and apparatus providing high density chalcogenide-based data storage Jun Liu, Gurtej S. Sandhu 2012-05-29 $3,655,000
8076195 Resistive memory architectures with multiple memory cells per access device Jun Liu 2011-12-13 $2,397,000
8022385 Memory devices with buried lines Fernando Gonzalez, Gurtej S. Sandhu 2011-09-20 $3,026,000
7952919 Phase change memory structure with multiple resistance states and methods of programming and sensing same Jun Liu 2011-05-31 $3,152,000
7859888 Resistive memory device Jun Liu, Glen E. Hush, Mark D. Ingram 2010-12-28 $2,833,000
7859893 Phase change memory structure with multiple resistance states and methods of programming and sensing same Jun Liu 2010-12-28 $2,833,000
7800092 Phase change memory elements using energy conversion layers, memory arrays and systems including same, and methods of making and using Jun Liu, Jon Daley 2010-09-21 $4,569,000
7773492 Method and apparatus providing high density data storage Jun Liu, Gurtej S. Sandhu 2010-08-10 $2,948,000
7745231 Resistive memory cell fabrication methods and devices Jun Liu 2010-06-29 $3,072,000
7684227 Resistive memory architectures with multiple memory cells per access device Jun Liu 2010-03-23 $3,502,000
7545669 Resistive memory device Jun Liu, Glen E. Hush, Mark D. Ingram 2009-06-09 $3,596,000
7397689 Resistive memory device Jun Liu, Glen E. Hush, Mark D. Ingram 2008-07-08 $1,892,000
7087468 Method for forming conductors in semiconductor devices Fernando Gonzalez, Gurtej S. Sandhu 2006-08-08 $2,312,000
6962841 Suppression of cross diffusion and gate depletion John D. Trivedi, Zhongze Wang, Chih-Chen Cho, Todd R. Abbott 2005-11-08 $2,956,000
6930901 Method of selectively forming local interconnects using design rules Todd R. Abbott, Jigish D. Tirvedi, Chuck Dennison 2005-08-16 $1,281,000
6900494 Method of using high-k dielectric materials to reduce soft errors in SRAM memory cells, and a device comprising same Todd R. Abbott, Zhongze Wang, Jigish D. Trevidi 2005-05-31 $1,015,000
6893957 Method of forming a dual damascene interconnect by selective metal deposition Jigish Trivedi 2005-05-17 $941,000