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Wei Zhou — 125 Patents

Micron: 52 patents #349 of 6,374Top 6%
CHCentrillion Technology Holdings: 17 patents #1 of 19Top 6%
SRScripps Research: 8 patents #92 of 1,293Top 8%
NCNingbo Richen Electrical Appliance Co.: 5 patents #2 of 3Top 70%
GCGuangdong Sunrise Industrial Co.: 5 patents #1 of 2Top 50%
WCWuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co.: 4 patents #153 of 559Top 30%
ICInnocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co.: 3 patents #44 of 288Top 20%
TCTriple Win Technology(Shenzhen) Co.: 3 patents #28 of 166Top 20%
SCShanghai Ic R&D Center Co.: 3 patents #11 of 75Top 15%
IDInnolux Display: 3 patents #36 of 226Top 20%
WCWuhan Splendid Optronics Technology Co.: 2 patents #3 of 5Top 60%
NUNanjing University: 1 patents #331 of 294Top 115%
RERenesas Electronics: 1 patents #2,739 of 4,529Top 65%
HSHaier Us Appliance Solutions: 1 patents #502 of 889Top 60%
ITIfire Technology: 1 patents #16 of 42Top 40%
ITIllinois Institute Of Technology: 1 patents #77 of 218Top 40%
NUNanyang Technological University: 1 patents #385 of 1,285Top 30%
Northwestern University: 1 patents #1,629 of 3,846Top 45%
ALAuckland Uniservices Limited: 1 patents #126 of 303Top 45%
SCShanghai Huali Integrated Circuit: 1 patents #48 of 130Top 40%
SMShanghai Huali Microelectronics: 1 patents #84 of 202Top 45%
VPVirginia Tech Intellectual Properties: 1 patents #405 of 1,095Top 40%
WCWuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co.: 1 patents #211 of 395Top 55%
AEArris Enterprises: 1 patents #772 of 1,262Top 65%
Boise, ID: #54 of 3,546 inventorsTop 2%
Idaho: #72 of 8,810 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #9,160 of 4,157,543Top 1%
125 Patents All Time
Wei Zhou has been granted 125 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in September 2025. Wei Zhou ranks #9,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.22%). Patent records list Wei Zhou in Boise, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 15 patents in 2020.peak 152001: 1 patents20012004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 3 patents2008: 1 patents2009: 3 patents20092010: 1 patents2011: 1 patents2014: 7 patents20142015: 6 patents2016: 9 patents2017: 7 patents20172018: 7 patents2019: 9 patents2020: 15 patents20202021: 10 patents2022: 8 patents2023: 10 patents20232024: 12 patents2025: 12 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 125 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12424517 Monolithic conductive cylinder in a semiconductor device and associated methods Kyle K. Kirby, Bret K. Street, Kunal R. Parekh 2025-09-23
12424516 Monolithic conductive column in a semiconductor device and associated methods Kyle K. Kirby, Bret K. Street, Kunal R. Parekh 2025-09-23
12424574 Polymer coated semiconductor devices and hybrid bonding to form semiconductor assemblies Eiichi Nakano, Ying-Ta Chiu 2025-09-23
12394740 Solder based hybrid bonding for fine pitch and thin BLT interconnection 2025-08-19
12315833 Conductive buffer layers for semiconductor die assemblies and associated systems and methods 2025-05-27
D1077165 Hanging fireplace 2025-05-27
12300647 Apparatus including integrated pads and methods of manufacturing the same Thiagarajan Raman 2025-05-13
12300570 Grindable heat sink for multiple die packaging Bret K. Street, Kyle K. Kirby 2025-05-13
12258368 Disulfide-linked reversible terminators Moti Jain 2025-03-25
12222258 Test fixture for aligning center of lens 2025-02-11
12209274 Oligonucleotide probe array with electronic detection system Glenn McGall, Rui Mei, Filip Crnogorac 2025-01-28
12204133 Backlight module and display panel Dong Tian, Gege Zhou, Jianfeng Yuan, Zhifu Li 2025-01-21
12183716 Monolithic conductive columns in a semiconductor device and associated methods Kyle K. Kirby, Bret K. Street, Kunal R. Parekh 2024-12-31 $26,584,000
12158251 Flame simulation projection device 2024-12-03
12140548 Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy membranes and textiles, methods of making, and uses thereof Aditya Garg 2024-11-12 $424,452,000
12103019 Water filter device and spray head having the same 2024-10-01
12092928 Display module and display apparatus Gege Zhou, Dong Tian, Yuyang HUANG 2024-09-17
12087719 Bond pad with micro-protrusions for direct metallic bonding Aibin Yu, Zhaohui Ma 2024-09-10 $19,817,000
12080678 Methods and systems for manufacturing semiconductor devices Bret K. Street, Benjamin L. McClain, Mark E. Tuttle 2024-09-03 $19,072,000
12074094 Monolithic conductive column in a semiconductor device and associated methods Kyle K. Kirby, Bret K. Street, Kunal R. Parekh 2024-08-27 $20,478,000
12034168 Composite of cobalt-based perovskite material with negative thermal expansion material, and preparation method of same, and solid oxide fuel cell comprising same Yuan Zhang, Chuan Zhou, Guangming Yang, Zongping Shao 2024-07-09
11982829 Backlight module and display panel Dong Tian, Gege Zhou, Jianfeng Yuan, Zhifu Li 2024-05-14
11894327 Apparatus including integrated segments and methods of manufacturing the same Chien-Wen Huang 2024-02-06 $27,923,000
11862591 Conductive buffer layers for semiconductor die assemblies and associated systems and methods 2024-01-02 $12,628,000
D1008414 Shower head 2023-12-19