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Peter Benson — 56 Patents

Micron: 32 patents #599 of 6,374Top 10%
Oracle: 20 patents #440 of 14,854Top 3%
AIAptina Imaging: 2 patents #130 of 332Top 40%
RRRound Rock Research: 1 patents #177 of 239Top 75%
SLShipley Company, L.L.C.: 1 patents #226 of 401Top 60%
Boulder, UT: #1 of 1 inventorsTop 100%
Utah: #156 of 19,430 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #44,020 of 4,157,543Top 2%
56 Patents All Time
Peter Benson has been granted 56 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in August 2014. Peter Benson ranks #44,020 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.1%). Patent records list Peter Benson in Boulder, UT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 56 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8816463 Wafer-level packaged microelectronic imagers having interconnects formed through terminals Salman Akram, Warren M. Farnworth, William M. Hiatt 2014-08-26
8641831 Non-chemical, non-optical edge bead removal process 2014-02-04 $7,661,000
8192555 Non-chemical, non-optical edge bead removal process 2012-06-05 $2,836,000
7994547 Semiconductor devices and assemblies including back side redistribution layers in association with through wafer interconnects Salman Akram 2011-08-09 $2,316,000
7960829 Support structure for use in thinning semiconductor substrates and for supporting thinned semiconductor substrates Alan G. Wood, Warren M. Farnworth, David R. Hembree, Sidney B. Rigg, William M. Hiatt +2 more 2011-06-14 $3,660,000
7759800 Microelectronics devices, having vias, and packaged microelectronic devices having vias Sidney B. Rigg, Charles M. Watkins, Kyle K. Kirby, Salman Akram 2010-07-20 $2,641,000
7730016 Identification of false ambiguous roots in a stack conservative garbage collector Robert H. Lee, Harlan Sexton 2010-06-01 $24,426,000
7713841 Methods for thinning semiconductor substrates that employ support structures formed on the substrates Alan G. Wood, Warren M. Farnworth, David R. Hembree, Sidney B. Rigg, William M. Hiatt +2 more 2010-05-11 $4,723,000
7709776 Microelectronic imagers with optical devices and methods of manufacturing such microelectronic imagers Warren M. Farnworth, Sidney B. Rigg, William M. Hiatt, Alan G. Wood, James M. Wark +4 more 2010-05-04
7629250 Method for creating electrically conductive elements for semiconductor device structures using laser ablation processes and methods of fabricating semiconductor device assemblies Charles M. Watkins 2009-12-08 $4,723,000
7615119 Apparatus for spin coating semiconductor substrates 2009-11-10 $7,986,000
7583358 Systems and methods for retrieving residual liquid during immersion lens photolithography 2009-09-01 $7,726,000
7579684 Methods for packing microfeature devices and microfeature devices formed by such methods Charles M. Watkins 2009-08-25 $6,037,000
7575999 Method for creating conductive elements for semiconductor device structures using laser ablation processes and methods of fabricating semiconductor device assemblies Charles M. Watkins 2009-08-18 $5,074,000
7521296 Methods of fabricating a microlens including selectively curing flowable, uncured optically trasmissive material Alan G. Wood, Warren M. Farnworth, Charles M. Watkins 2009-04-21 $3,996,000
7504615 Microelectronic imagers with optical devices and methods of manufacturing such microelectronic imagers Warren M. Farnworth, Sidney B. Rigg, William M. Hiatt, Alan G. Wood, James M. Wark +4 more 2009-03-17
7488618 Microlenses including a plurality of mutually adhered layers of optically transmissive material and systems including the same Alan G. Wood, Warren M. Farnworth, Charles M. Watkins 2009-02-10 $1,650,000
7489020 Semiconductor wafer assemblies 2009-02-10 $1,650,000
7442643 Methods of forming conductive elements using organometallic layers and flowable, curable conductive materials Alan G. Wood, Warren M. Farnworth, Charles M. Watkins 2008-10-28 $1,200,000
7435620 Low temperature methods of forming back side redistribution layers in association with through wafer interconnects Salman Akram 2008-10-14 $1,624,000
7419852 Low temperature methods of forming back side redistribution layers in association with through wafer interconnects, semiconductor devices including same, and assemblies Salman Akram 2008-09-02 $1,912,000
7419841 Microelectronic imagers and methods of packaging microelectronic imagers Warren M. Farnworth, Sidney B. Rigg, William M. Hiatt, Kyle K. Kirby, James M. Wark +4 more 2008-09-02 $1,912,000
7413979 Methods for forming vias in microelectronic devices, and methods for packaging microelectronic devices Sidney B. Rigg, Charles M. Watkins, Kyle K. Kirby, Salman Akram 2008-08-19 $1,561,000
7376942 Method of managing memory for class variables Harlan Sexton, David Unietis 2008-05-20 $70,873,000
7341881 Methods of packaging and testing microelectronic imaging devices Charles M. Watkins, David R. Hembree, Salman Akram 2008-03-11 $3,016,000