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Steve Kientz — 17 Patents

Micron: 16 patents #1,059 of 6,374Top 20%
Westminster, CO: #51 of 944 inventorsTop 6%
Colorado: #2,451 of 40,980 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Steve Kientz has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 2019 and the most recent in July 2025. Steve Kientz ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Steve Kientz in Westminster, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2019 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2023.peak 62019: 1 patents20192020: 4 patents20202021: 1 patents20212022: 3 patents20222023: 6 patents20232024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12346588 Apparatus with memory cell calibration mechanism and methods for operating the same Yee Yang Tay, Lei Zhang, Edric Goh 2025-07-01
12141443 Dynamic temperature compensation in a memory component Larry J. Koudele, Bruce A. Liikanen 2024-11-12
11842772 Voltage bin boundary calibration at memory device power up Michael Sheperek, Bruce A. Liikanen 2023-12-12 $21,682,000
11791004 Threshold voltage offset bin selection based on die family in memory devices Michael Sheperek, Bruce A. Liikanen, Anita Ekren, Gerald L. Cadloni 2023-10-17 $12,590,000
11733929 Memory system with dynamic calibration using a variable adjustment mechanism Michael Sheperek, Larry J. Koudele 2023-08-22 $9,108,000
11721399 Memory system with dynamic calibration using a trim management mechanism Michael Sheperek, Larry J. Koudele 2023-08-08 $8,604,000
11675509 Multiple open block families supporting multiple cursors of a memory device Shane Nowell, Michael Sheperek, Larry J. Koudele, Bruce A. Liikanen 2023-06-13 $11,975,000
11545227 Threshold voltage offset bin selection based on die family in memory devices Michael Sheperek, Bruce A. Liikanen, Anita Ekren, Gerald L. Cadloni 2023-01-03 $12,293,000
11416173 Memory system with dynamic calibration using a variable adjustment mechanism Michael Sheperek, Larry J. Koudele 2022-08-16 $9,745,000
11404124 Voltage bin boundary calibration at memory device power up Michael Sheperek, Bruce A. Liikanen 2022-08-02 $10,849,000
11360670 Dynamic temperature compensation in a memory component Larry J. Koudele, Bruce A. Liikanen 2022-06-14 $13,168,000
11177006 Memory system with dynamic calibration using a trim management mechanism Michael Sheperek, Larry J. Koudele 2021-11-16 $19,987,000
10878910 Memory start voltage management Gerald L. Cadloni, Bruce A. Liikanen 2020-12-29 $14,732,000
10852953 Dynamic temperature compensation in a memory component Larry J. Koudele, Bruce A. Liikanen 2020-12-01 $14,926,000
10664194 Memory system with dynamic calibration using a variable adjustment mechanism Michael Sheperek, Larry J. Koudele 2020-05-26 $16,522,000
10566063 Memory system with dynamic calibration using a trim management mechanism Michael Sheperek, Larry J. Koudele 2020-02-18 $33,488,000
10482965 Memory start voltage management Gerald L. Cadloni, Bruce A. Liikanen 2019-11-19 $13,655,000

Frequent Collaborators

Michael Sheperek11 shared
Bruce A. Liikanen10 shared
Larry J. Koudele10 shared
Gerald L. Cadloni4 shared
Anita Ekren2 shared
Yee Yang Tay1 shared

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