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William A. Stanton — 74 Patents

Micron: 69 patents #236 of 6,374Top 4%
SYSynopsys: 2 patents #669 of 2,302Top 30%
AIAptina Imaging: 1 patents #187 of 332Top 60%
Boise, ID: #117 of 3,546 inventorsTop 4%
Idaho: #157 of 8,810 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #26,215 of 4,157,543Top 1%
74 Patents All Time
William A. Stanton has been granted 74 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in October 2025. William A. Stanton ranks #26,215 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.63%). Patent records list William A. Stanton in Boise, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2002.peak 101999: 1 patents19992000: 2 patents2001: 7 patents20012002: 10 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 8 patents2005: 6 patents20052006: 8 patents2007: 6 patents20072008: 3 patents2010: 6 patents20102011: 5 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 5 patents2014: 2 patents20142022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 74 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12450408 Machine learning for selecting initial source shapes for source mask optimization Sylvain Berthiaume, Hans-Jürgen Stock, Jay A. Hiserote 2025-10-21
11640490 Source mask optimization by process defects prediction Sylvain Berthiaume, Hans-Jürgen Stock 2023-05-02 $110,050,000
11475201 Inclusion of stochastic behavior in source mask optimization Sylvain Berthiaume, Lawrence S. Melvin, III, Ulrich Klostermann 2022-10-18 $95,596,000
8859168 Masks for microlithography and methods of making and using such masks Byron Neville Burgess, Zhong Shi 2014-10-14 $8,705,000
8785989 Semiconductor constructions Lucien J. Bissey 2014-07-22 $10,108,000
8595655 Method and system for lithographic simulation and verification Fei Wang 2013-11-26 $6,163,000
8589826 Photomask constructions having liners of specified compositions along sidewalls of multi-layered structures Fei Wang 2013-11-19 $7,954,000
8584058 Methods for defining evaluation points for optical proximity correction and optical proximity correction methods including same John R. C. Futrell, Ezequiel Vidal Russell 2013-11-12 $5,415,000
8547526 Photolithography systems and associated methods of selective die exposure Gurtej S. Sandhu 2013-10-01 $5,978,000
8365101 Photomask constructions having liners of specified compositions along sidewalls of multi-layered structures Fei Wang 2013-01-29 $2,444,000
8263962 Inverted variable resistance memory cell and method of making the same 2012-09-11 $5,801,000
8037446 Methods for defining evaluation points for optical proximity correction and optical proximity correction methods including same John R. C. Futrell, Ezequiel Vidal Russell 2011-10-11 $2,134,000
7972753 Masks for microlithography and methods of making and using such masks Byron Neville Burgess, Zhong Shi 2011-07-05 $5,610,000
7964503 Methods of patterning photoresist, and methods of forming semiconductor constructions Lucien J. Bissey 2011-06-21 $3,062,000
7932003 Methods of forming and using reticles Gurtej S. Sandhu 2011-04-26 $5,655,000
7930657 Methods of forming photomasks Fei Wang 2011-04-19 $3,891,000
7858921 Guided-mode-resonance transmission color filters for color generation in CMOS image sensors Fei Wang, Zhong Shi 2010-12-28
7838178 Masks for microlithography and methods of making and using such masks Byron Neville Burgess, Zhong Shi 2010-11-23 $5,131,000
7818710 Method and system for lithographic simulation and verification Fei Wang 2010-10-19 $3,380,000
7760329 Optimized optical lithography illumination source for use during the manufacture of a semiconductor device Jeffrey Mackey 2010-07-20 $2,641,000
7754395 Methods of forming and using reticles Gurtej S. Sandhu 2010-07-13 $3,221,000
7718533 Inverted variable resistance memory cell and method of making the same 2010-05-18 $3,986,000
7432197 Methods of patterning photoresist, and methods of forming semiconductor constructions Lucien J. Bissey 2008-10-07 $1,422,000
7401010 Methods of forming radiation-patterning tools; carrier waves and computer readable media 2008-07-15 $1,858,000
7350182 Methods of forming patterned reticles H. Daniel Dulman, John R. C. Futrell 2008-03-25 $1,523,000