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Thomas M. Graettinger — 78 Patents

Micron: 76 patents #209 of 6,374Top 4%
Intel: 2 patents #13,316 of 30,777Top 45%
Boise, ID: #108 of 3,546 inventorsTop 4%
Idaho: #147 of 8,810 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #23,712 of 4,157,543Top 1%
78 Patents All Time
Thomas M. Graettinger has been granted 78 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in August 2025. Thomas M. Graettinger ranks #23,712 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.57%). Patent records list Thomas M. Graettinger in Boise, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2006.peak 101998: 2 patents19981999: 2 patents2000: 5 patents2001: 3 patents20012002: 2 patents2003: 1 patents2004: 8 patents20042005: 5 patents2006: 10 patents2007: 7 patents20072008: 6 patents2009: 3 patents2010: 5 patents20102011: 4 patents2012: 2 patents2013: 2 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202022: 2 patents2023: 2 patents2024: 2 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 78 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12396180 Pillar and word line plate architecture for a memory array Lorenzo Fratin, Enrico Varesi, Paolo Fantini 2025-08-19
12159919 Replacement gate formation in memory 2024-12-03 $71,982,000
11864475 Memory device with laterally formed memory cells Lorenzo Fratin, Patrick M. Flynn, Enrico Varesi, Paolo Fantini 2024-01-02 $12,628,000
11790987 Decoding for a memory device Lorenzo Fratin, Paolo Fantini, Fabio Pellizzer 2023-10-17 $12,590,000
11652153 Replacement gate formation in memory 2023-05-16 $14,212,000
11417394 Decoding for a memory device Lorenzo Fratin, Paolo Fantini, Fabio Pellizzer 2022-08-16 $9,745,000
11257838 Thickened sidewall dielectric for memory cell Ronald A. Weimer, Kyu S. Min, Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy 2022-02-22 $21,549,000
10608005 Thickened sidewall dielectric for memory cell Ronald A. Weimer, Kyu S. Min, Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy 2020-03-31 $9,822,000
9082714 Use of etch process post wordline definition to improve data retention in a flash memory device Randy J. Koval, Max Hineman, Ronald A. Weimer, Vinayak Shamanna, William Kueber +2 more 2015-07-14 $20,297,000
8846542 Methods for forming semiconductor constructions, and methods for selectively etching silicon nitride relative to conductive material Kevin R. Shea 2014-09-30 $13,656,000
8691704 Methods for forming semiconductor constructions, and methods for selectively etching silicon nitride relative to conductive material Kevin R. Shea 2014-04-08 $8,842,000
8519463 Semiconductor constructions containing tubular capacitor storage nodes, and retaining structures along portions of the tubular capacitor storage nodes H. Montgomery Manning 2013-08-27 $4,465,000
8470716 Methods for forming semiconductor constructions, and methods for selectively etching silicon nitride relative to conductive material Kevin R. Shea 2013-06-25 $5,511,000
8228743 Memory cells containing charge-trapping zones Kyu S. Min, Rhett T. Brewer, Tejas Krishnamohan, D. V. Nirmal Ramaswamy, Ronald A. Weimer +1 more 2012-07-24 $3,889,000
8154064 Semiconductor constructions H. Montgomery Manning 2012-04-10 $5,468,000
8076248 Methods for forming semiconductor constructions, and methods for selectively etching silicon nitride relative to conductive material Kevin R. Shea 2011-12-13 $2,397,000
7989289 Floating gate structures Tejas Krishnamohan, Krishna K. Parat, Kyu S. Min, Srivardhan Gowda, Nirmal Ramaswamy 2011-08-02 $15,238,000
7932550 Method of forming high aspect ratio structures Kevin J. Torek, Kevin R. Shea 2011-04-26 $5,655,000
7898850 Memory cells, electronic systems, methods of forming memory cells, and methods of programming memory cells Kyu S. Min, Rhett T. Brewer, Tejas Krishnamohan, D. V. Nirmal Ramaswamy, Ronald A. Weimer +1 more 2011-03-01 $2,983,000
7781818 Semiconductor constructions containing tubular capacitor storage nodes, and retaining structures along portions of the tubular capacitor storage nodes H. Montgomery Manning 2010-08-24 $7,473,000
7736987 Methods of forming semiconductor constructions H. Montgomery Manning 2010-06-15 $3,984,000
7687844 Semiconductor constructions Cancheepuram V. Srividya, F. Daniel Gealy 2010-03-30 $3,068,000
7683413 Double sided container capacitor for a semiconductor device Marsela Pontoh, Thomas A. Figura 2010-03-23 $3,502,000
7666797 Methods for forming semiconductor constructions, and methods for selectively etching silicon nitride relative to conductive material Kevin R. Shea 2010-02-23 $4,787,000
7535695 DRAM cells and electronic systems Cem Basceri 2009-05-19 $4,683,000