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Sidney B. Rigg — 32 Patents

Micron: 29 patents #638 of 6,374Top 15%
AIAptina Imaging: 3 patents #90 of 332Top 30%
Meridian, ID: #40 of 654 inventorsTop 7%
Idaho: #450 of 8,810 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #110,428 of 4,157,543Top 3%
32 Patents All Time
Sidney B. Rigg has been granted 32 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in March 2014. Sidney B. Rigg ranks #110,428 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.7%). Patent records list Sidney B. Rigg in Meridian, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2007.peak 72001: 1 patents20012003: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 7 patents2008: 4 patents20082009: 2 patents2010: 6 patents20102011: 4 patents2012: 3 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 2 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 32 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8669179 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Salman Akram, Charles M. Watkins, William M. Hiatt, David R. Hembree, James M. Wark +6 more 2014-03-11 $15,851,000
8637962 Semiconductor dice including at least one blind hole, wafers including such semiconductor dice, and intermediate products made while forming at least one blind hole in a substrate Salman Akram 2014-01-28 $9,409,000
8502353 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Salman Akram, Charles M. Watkins, William M. Hiatt, David R. Hembree, James M. Wark +6 more 2013-08-06 $3,661,000
8324101 Semiconductor dice including at least one blind hole, wafers including such semiconductor dice, and intermediate products made while forming at least one blind hole in a substrate Salman Akram 2012-12-04 $2,477,000
8324100 Methods of forming conductive vias Salman Akram, William M. Hiatt, Steven Oliver, Alan G. Wood, James M. Wark +1 more 2012-12-04 $2,477,000
8294273 Methods for fabricating and filling conductive vias and conductive vias so formed Salman Akram, William M. Hiatt, Steve Oliver, Alan G. Wood, James M. Wark +1 more 2012-10-23 $2,365,000
7989345 Methods of forming blind wafer interconnects, and related structures and assemblies Salman Akram 2011-08-02 $1,985,000
7960829 Support structure for use in thinning semiconductor substrates and for supporting thinned semiconductor substrates Alan G. Wood, Warren M. Farnworth, David R. Hembree, William M. Hiatt, Peter Benson +2 more 2011-06-14 $3,660,000
7956443 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Salman Akram, Charles M. Watkins, Mark Hiatt, David R. Hembree, James M. Wark +6 more 2011-06-07 $3,124,000
7892972 Methods for fabricating and filling conductive vias and conductive vias so formed Salman Akram, William M. Hiatt, Steve Oliver, Alan G. Wood, James M. Wark +1 more 2011-02-22 $5,769,000
7829976 Microelectronic devices and methods for forming interconnects in microelectronic devices Kyle K. Kirby, Salman Akram, David R. Hembree, Warren M. Farnworth, William M. Hiatt 2010-11-09 $3,205,000
7772116 Methods of forming blind wafer interconnects Salman Akram 2010-08-10 $2,948,000
7759800 Microelectronics devices, having vias, and packaged microelectronic devices having vias Charles M. Watkins, Kyle K. Kirby, Peter Benson, Salman Akram 2010-07-20 $2,641,000
7713841 Methods for thinning semiconductor substrates that employ support structures formed on the substrates Alan G. Wood, Warren M. Farnworth, David R. Hembree, William M. Hiatt, Peter Benson +2 more 2010-05-11 $4,723,000
7709776 Microelectronic imagers with optical devices and methods of manufacturing such microelectronic imagers Warren M. Farnworth, William M. Hiatt, Alan G. Wood, Peter Benson, James M. Wark +4 more 2010-05-04
7683458 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Salman Akram, Charles M. Watkins, William M. Hiatt, David R. Hembree, James M. Wark +6 more 2010-03-23 $3,502,000
7531453 Microelectronic devices and methods for forming interconnects in microelectronic devices Kyle K. Kirby, Salman Akram, David R. Hembree, Warren M. Farnworth, William M. Hiatt 2009-05-12 $4,144,000
7504615 Microelectronic imagers with optical devices and methods of manufacturing such microelectronic imagers Warren M. Farnworth, William M. Hiatt, Alan G. Wood, Peter Benson, James M. Wark +4 more 2009-03-17
7452743 Microelectronic imaging units and methods of manufacturing microelectronic imaging units at the wafer level Steven Oliver, Lu Velicky, William M. Hiatt, David R. Hembree, Mark E. Tuttle +3 more 2008-11-18
7419841 Microelectronic imagers and methods of packaging microelectronic imagers Warren M. Farnworth, William M. Hiatt, Kyle K. Kirby, Peter Benson, 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 Charles M. Watkins, Kyle K. Kirby, Peter Benson, Salman Akram 2008-08-19 $1,561,000
7329943 Microelectronic devices and methods for forming interconnects in microelectronic devices Kyle K. Kirby, Salman Akram, David R. Hembree, Warren M. Farnworth, William M. Hiatt 2008-02-12 $1,579,000
7300857 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Salman Akram, Charles M. Watkins, Mark Hiatt, David R. Hembree, James M. Wark +6 more 2007-11-27 $3,989,000
7265330 Microelectronic imagers with optical devices and methods of manufacturing such microelectronic imagers Warren M. Farnworth, William M. Hiatt, Alan G. Wood, Peter Benson, James M. Wark +4 more 2007-09-04 $3,143,000
7262405 Prefabricated housings for microelectronic imagers Warren M. Farnworth, David R. Hembree, William M. Hiatt 2007-08-28 $1,732,000