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William K. Waller — 57 Patents

Micron: 44 patents #433 of 6,374Top 7%
Intel: 5 patents #7,234 of 30,777Top 25%
ISInnovative Silicon Isi Sa: 1 patents #8 of 15Top 55%
ISInnovative Silicon S.A.: 1 patents #7 of 13Top 55%
NSNational Semiconductor: 1 patents #1,247 of 2,238Top 60%
TITexas Instruments: 1 patents #7,388 of 12,488Top 60%
Boise, ID: #184 of 3,546 inventorsTop 6%
Idaho: #239 of 8,810 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #42,642 of 4,157,543Top 2%
57 Patents All Time
William K. Waller has been granted 57 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in August 2025. William K. Waller ranks #42,642 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.0%). Patent records list William K. Waller in Boise, ID, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2000.peak 81990: 3 patents19901991: 1 patents1993: 2 patents19931994: 1 patents1995: 1 patents19951996: 2 patents1997: 1 patents19971998: 2 patents1999: 6 patents19992000: 8 patents2001: 4 patents20012002: 5 patents2003: 3 patents20032004: 2 patents2006: 3 patents20062007: 4 patents2008: 2 patents20082009: 2 patents2024: 1 patents20242025: 4 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 57 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12394461 Multi-deck non-volatile memory architecture with improved address line driver circuitry 2025-08-19
12277985 Technologies for repair of memory with access lines Dhruval J. Patel, Xiannan Di 2025-04-15
12254946 Multi-deck non-volatile memory architecture with reduced termination tile area 2025-03-18
12237040 Method and apparatus to perform a read of a column in a memory accessible by row and/or by column Sourabh Dongaonkar, Chetan Chauhan, Jawad B. Khan, Sandeep Guliani 2025-02-25
12087350 Multi-deck non-volatile memory architecture with improved wordline bus and bitline bus configuration Cheng-Yi Huang 2024-09-10 $16,964,000
7567091 Method for isolating a short-circuited integrated circuit (IC) from other ICs on a semiconductor wafer Warren M. Farnworth, Leland R. Nevill, Raymond J. Beffa, Eugene H. Cloud 2009-07-28 $5,815,000
7486563 Sense amplifier circuitry and architecture to write data into and/or read from memory cells Eric Carman 2009-02-03
7323896 Device and method for isolating a short-circuited integrated circuit (IC) from other ICs on a semiconductor wafer Warren M. Farnworth, Leland R. Nevill, Raymond J. Beffa, Eugene H. Cloud 2008-01-29 $1,719,000
7315179 System for isolating a short-circuited integrated circuit (IC) from other ICs on a semiconductor wafer Warren M. Farnworth, Leland R. Nevill, Raymond J. Beffa, Eugene H. Cloud 2008-01-01
7301838 Sense amplifier circuitry and architecture to write data into and/or read from memory cells Eric Carman 2007-11-27
7276927 Device and method for isolating a short-circuited integrated circuit (IC) from other ICs on a semiconductor wafer Warren M. Farnworth, Leland R. Nevill, Raymond J. Beffa, Eugene H. Cloud 2007-10-02 $909,000
7276926 Method for isolating a short-circuited integrated circuit (IC) from other ICs on a semiconductor wafer Warren M. Farnworth, Leland R. Nevill, Raymond J. Beffa, Eugene H. Cloud 2007-10-02 $909,000
7212020 Device and method for isolating a short-circuited integrated circuit (IC) from other ICs on a semiconductor wafer Warren M. Farnworth, Leland R. Nevill, Raymond J. Beffa, Eugen H. Cloud 2007-05-01 $2,441,000
7034561 Device and method for isolating a short-circuited integrated circuit (IC) from other ICs on a semiconductor wafer Warren M. Farnworth, Leland R. Nevill, Raymond J. Beffa, Eugene H. Cloud 2006-04-25 $2,785,000
7032143 Memory data path circuit 2006-04-18
7028206 Circuit and method for generating a local clock signal synchronized to an externally generated reference clock signal 2006-04-11
6831475 Device and method for isolating a short-circuited integrated circuit (IC) from other ICs on a semiconductor wafer Warren M. Farnworth, Leland R. Nevill, Raymond J. Beffa, Eugene H. Cloud 2004-12-14 $1,542,000
6693833 Device and method for repairing a semiconductor memory Huy T. Vo 2004-02-17 $2,708,000
6636068 Device and method for isolating a short-circuited integrated circuit (IC) from other ICs on a semiconductor wafer Warren M. Farnworth, Leland R. Nevill, Raymond J. Beffa, Eugene H. Cloud 2003-10-21
6621759 Memory wordline decoder having signal-driving amplifier 2003-09-16
6574156 Device and method for repairing a semiconductor memory Huy T. Vo 2003-06-03 $4,053,000
6477662 Apparatus and method implementing repairs on a memory device Ray Beffa, Lee R. Nevill, Warren M. Farnworth, Eugene H. Cloud 2002-11-05 $4,128,000
6452415 Device and method for isolating a short-circuited integrated circuit (IC) from other ICs on a semiconductor wafer Warren M. Farnworth, Leland R. Nevill, Raymond J. Beffa, Eugene H. Cloud 2002-09-17 $3,284,000
6442719 Method and apparatus for detecting intercell defects in a memory device Ray Beffa 2002-08-27 $3,113,000
6434066 Device and method for repairing a semiconductor memory Huy T. Vo 2002-08-13 $4,267,000