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Steve Oliver — 21 Patents

Micron: 16 patents #1,086 of 6,374Top 20%
AIAptina Imaging: 3 patents #90 of 332Top 30%
ECEagle Industry Co.: 1 patents #324 of 316Top 105%
San Jose, CA: #3,111 of 32,062 inventorsTop 10%
California: #27,449 of 386,348 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Steve Oliver has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in October 2025. Steve Oliver ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Steve Oliver in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2009 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2011.peak 82009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents20102011: 8 patents20112012: 1 patents20122013: 2 patents20132014: 2 patents20142015: 2 patents20152016: 1 patents20162018: 1 patents20182023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D1097073 Wall plate 2025-10-07
11712844 Lightweight structures having increased structural integrity and an ultra-low coefficient of thermal expansion Tukaram K. Hatwar, Rebecca Borrelli 2023-08-01
9966406 Semiconductor devices including back-side integrated circuitry Kyle K. Kirby 2018-05-08 $83,924,000
9484378 Semiconductor devices including back-side integrated circuitry Kyle K. Kirby 2016-11-01 $12,176,000
8982469 Lens master devices, lens structures, imaging devices, and methods and apparatuses of making the same David R. Hembree 2015-03-17 $14,540,000
8963292 Semiconductor device having backside redistribution layers and method for fabricating the same Warren M. Farnworth 2015-02-24 $6,756,000
8680634 Method and apparatus providing an imager module with a permanent carrier Swarnal Borthakur, Rick Lake, Andy Perkins, Scott Churchwell 2014-03-25 $5,435,000
8679933 Semiconductor device fabrication methods Kyle K. Kirby 2014-03-25 $5,435,000
8531046 Semiconductor substrates comprising through substrate interconnects that are visible on the substrate backside Dave Pratt, Kyle K. Kirby, Mark Hiatt 2013-09-10 $5,150,000
8395242 Semiconductor device having backside redistribution layers Warren M. Farnworth 2013-03-12 $2,780,000
8294273 Methods for fabricating and filling conductive vias and conductive vias so formed Salman Akram, William M. Hiatt, Alan G. Wood, Sidney B. Rigg, James M. Wark +1 more 2012-10-23 $2,365,000
8048708 Method and apparatus providing an imager module with a permanent carrier Swarnal Borthakur, Rick Lake, Andy Perkins, Scott Churchwell 2011-11-01 $3,857,000
8017982 Imagers with contact plugs extending through the substrates thereof and imager fabrication methods Kyle K. Kirby 2011-09-13 $3,727,000
7955946 Methods of determining x-y spatial orientation of a semiconductor substrate comprising an integrated circuit, methods of positioning a semiconductor substrate comprising an integrated circuit, methods of processing a semiconductor substrate, and semiconductor devices Dave Pratt, Kyle K. Kirby, Mark Hiatt 2011-06-07 $3,124,000
7932179 Method for fabricating semiconductor device having backside redistribution layers Warren M. Farnworth 2011-04-26 $5,655,000
7920342 Over-molded glass lenses and method of forming the same Jacques Duparre 2011-04-05
7919230 Thermal embossing of resist reflowed lenses to make aspheric lens master wafer Shashikant Hegde, Jeff Viens 2011-04-05
7916396 Lens master devices, lens structures, imaging devices, and methods and apparatuses of making the same David R. Hembree 2011-03-29 $3,348,000
7892972 Methods for fabricating and filling conductive vias and conductive vias so formed Salman Akram, William M. Hiatt, Alan G. Wood, Sidney B. Rigg, James M. Wark +1 more 2011-02-22 $5,769,000
7710667 Imaging module with symmetrical lens system and method of manufacture Rick Lake, Shashikant Hegde, Jeff Viens, Jacques Duparre 2010-05-04
7626269 Semiconductor constructions and assemblies, and electronic systems Warren M. Farnworth 2009-12-01 $4,568,000