Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
RW

Ronald A. Weimer — 101 Patents

Micron: 94 patents #157 of 6,374Top 3%
Intel: 4 patents #8,538 of 30,777Top 30%
QLQlogic: 2 patents #84 of 242Top 35%
UFUS Air Force: 1 patents #6,232 of 16,312Top 40%
Laguna Hills, CA: #6 of 557 inventorsTop 2%
California: #2,238 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #14,231 of 4,157,543Top 1%
101 Patents All Time
Ronald A. Weimer has been granted 101 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in November 2025. Ronald A. Weimer ranks #14,231 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.34%). Patent records list Ronald A. Weimer in Laguna Hills, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 101 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12484290 Active area salicidation for NMOS and PMOS devices Toshihiko Miyashita, Dan M. Mocuta, Christopher W. Petz 2025-11-25
11257838 Thickened sidewall dielectric for memory cell Kyu S. Min, Thomas M. Graettinger, Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy 2022-02-22 $21,549,000
10629652 Dual-layer dielectric in memory device Michael J. Bernhardt, Yudong Kim, Denzil S. Frost, Tuman Earl Allen, III, Kevin Lee Baker +1 more 2020-04-21 $45,742,000
10608005 Thickened sidewall dielectric for memory cell Kyu S. Min, Thomas M. Graettinger, Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy 2020-03-31 $9,822,000
10134809 Dual-layer dielectric in memory device Michael J. Bernhardt, Yudong Kim, Denzil S. Frost, Tuman Earl Allen, III, Kevin Lee Baker +1 more 2018-11-20 $25,900,000
9704923 Dual-layer dielectric in memory device Michael J. Bernhardt, Yudong Kim, Denzil S. Frost, Tuman Earl Allen, III, Kevin Lee Baker +1 more 2017-07-11 $8,311,000
9424226 Method and system for signal equalization in communication between computing devices 2016-08-23
9397210 Forming air gaps in memory arrays and memory arrays with air gaps thus formed James Mathew, Gordon A. Haller, John D. Hopkins, Vinayak Shamanna, Sanjeev Sapra 2016-07-19 $16,029,000
9311268 Method and system for communication with peripheral devices Qian Chen 2016-04-12 $5,727,000
9082714 Use of etch process post wordline definition to improve data retention in a flash memory device Randy J. Koval, Max Hineman, Vinayak Shamanna, Thomas M. Graettinger, William Kueber +2 more 2015-07-14 $20,297,000
8569130 Forming air gaps in memory arrays and memory arrays with air gaps thus formed James Mathew, Gordon A. Haller, John D. Hopkins, Vinayak Shamanna, Sanjeev Sapra 2013-10-29 $5,369,000
8518184 Methods and systems for controlling temperature during microfeature workpiece processing, E.G., CVD deposition Kevin L. Beaman, Trung T. Doan, Lyle Breiner, Er-Xuan Ping, David J. Kubista +2 more 2013-08-27 $4,465,000
8384192 Methods for forming small-scale capacitor structures Lingyi A. Zheng, Trung T. Doan, Lyle Breiner, Er-Xuan Ping, Kevin L. Beaman +2 more 2013-02-26 $3,320,000
8294192 Use of dilute steam ambient for improvement of flash devices Don Powell, John T. Moore, Jeff McKee 2012-10-23 $2,365,000
8228743 Memory cells containing charge-trapping zones Kyu S. Min, Rhett T. Brewer, Tejas Krishnamohan, Thomas M. Graettinger, D. V. Nirmal Ramaswamy +1 more 2012-07-24 $3,889,000
8153502 Methods for filling trenches in a semiconductor material Li Li, Richard L. Stocks, Chris Hill 2012-04-10 $5,468,000
8119483 Methods of forming memory cells 2012-02-21 $3,918,000
7989870 Use of dilute steam ambient for improvement of flash devices Don Powell, John T. Moore, Jeff McKee 2011-08-02 $1,985,000
7915126 Methods of forming non-volatile memory cells, and methods of forming NAND cell unit string gates 2011-03-29 $3,348,000
7906393 Methods for forming small-scale capacitor structures Lingyi A. Zheng, Trung T. Doan, Lyle Breiner, Er-Xuan Ping, Kevin L. Beaman +2 more 2011-03-15 $9,810,000
7898850 Memory cells, electronic systems, methods of forming memory cells, and methods of programming memory cells Kyu S. Min, Rhett T. Brewer, Tejas Krishnamohan, Thomas M. Graettinger, D. V. Nirmal Ramaswamy +1 more 2011-03-01 $2,983,000
7771537 Methods and systems for controlling temperature during microfeature workpiece processing, E.G. CVD deposition Kevin L. Beaman, Trung T. Doan, Lyle Breiner, Er-Xuan Ping, David J. Kubista +2 more 2010-08-10 $2,948,000
7651910 Methods of forming programmable memory devices Kevin L. Beaman 2010-01-26 $11,497,000
7647886 Systems for depositing material onto workpieces in reaction chambers and methods for removing byproducts from reaction chambers David J. Kubista, Trung T. Doan, Lyle Breiner, Kevin L. Beaman, Er-Xuan Ping +2 more 2010-01-19 $6,954,000
7584942 Ampoules for producing a reaction gas and systems for depositing materials onto microfeature workpieces in reaction chambers Dan Gealy 2009-09-08 $7,238,000