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Ralph Schaeffer — 7 Patents

Micron: 7 patents #1,970 of 6,374Top 35%
Boise, ID: #1,007 of 3,546 inventorsTop 30%
Idaho: #1,702 of 8,810 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Ralph Schaeffer has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in September 2007. Ralph Schaeffer ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Ralph Schaeffer in Boise, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2007Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2005.peak 32002: 1 patents20022005: 3 patents20052006: 1 patents20062007: 2 patents2007

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7268574 Systems and methods for sensing obstructions associated with electrical testing of microfeature workpieces Andrew J. Krivy 2007-09-11 $1,295,000
7170304 Selectively configurable probe structures, e.g., selectively configurable probe cards for testing microelectronic components Brett Crump 2007-01-30 $2,478,000
7145355 Selectively configurable probe structures, e.g., for testing microelectronic components Brett Crump 2006-12-05 $3,300,000
6972580 Selectively configurable probe structures, e.g., for testing microelectronic components Brett Crump 2005-12-06 $2,816,000
6952109 Selectively configurable probe structures, e.g., for testing microelectronic components Brett Crump 2005-10-04 $1,778,000
6924653 Selectively configurable microelectronic probes Brett Crump 2005-08-02 $1,941,000
6446021 Method and apparatus to display processing parameter 2002-09-03 $3,391,000