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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
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William M. Hiatt

Micron: 108 patents #130 of 6,345Top 3%
AIAptina Imaging: 5 patents #49 of 332Top 15%
RRRound Rock Research: 3 patents #66 of 239Top 30%
Motorola: 2 patents #4,475 of 12,470Top 40%
Eagle, ID: #8 of 278 inventorsTop 3%
Idaho: #81 of 8,810 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #10,341 of 4,157,543Top 1%
118 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 118 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8546931 Stacked semiconductor components having conductive interconnects Alan G. Wood, David R. Hembree 2013-10-01
8536485 Systems and methods for forming apertures in microfeature workpieces Charles M. Watkins 2013-09-17
8502353 Through-wafer interconnects for photoimager and memory wafers Salman Akram, Charles M. Watkins, David R. Hembree, James M. Wark, Warren M. Farnworth +6 more 2013-08-06
8404521 Disabling electrical connections using pass-through 3D interconnects and associated systems and methods Jeffery W. Janzen, Michael Chaine, Kyle K. Kirby 2013-03-26
8324100 Methods of forming conductive vias Salman Akram, Steven Oliver, Alan G. Wood, Sidney B. Rigg, James M. Wark +1 more 2012-12-04
8308053 Microfeature workpieces having alloyed conductive structures, and associated methods Warren M. Farnworth, Rick Lake 2012-11-13
8291966 Microelectronic devices with improved heat dissipation and methods for cooling microelectronic devices Joseph T. Lindgren, Warren M. Farnworth, Nishant Sinha 2012-10-23
8294273 Methods for fabricating and filling conductive vias and conductive vias so formed Salman Akram, Steve Oliver, Alan G. Wood, Sidney B. Rigg, James M. Wark +1 more 2012-10-23
8268715 Multi-component integrated circuit contacts Warren M. Farnworth 2012-09-18
8253230 Disabling electrical connections using pass-through 3D interconnects and associated systems and methods Jeffery W. Janzen, Michael Chaine, Kyle K. Kirby 2012-08-28
8105862 Imager with tuned color filter Ulrich Boettiger, Jeffrey McKee 2012-01-31
8084866 Microelectronic devices and methods for filling vias in microelectronic devices Kyle K. Kirby 2011-12-27
8053857 Packaged microelectronic imagers and methods of packaging microelectronic imagers Salman Akram, Charles M. Watkins, Kyle K. Kirby, Alan G. Wood 2011-11-08
8035179 Packaged microelectronic imagers and methods of packaging microelectronic imagers Kyle K. Kirby, Salman Akram 2011-10-11
7960829 Support structure for use in thinning semiconductor substrates and for supporting thinned semiconductor substrates Alan G. Wood, Warren M. Farnworth, David R. Hembree, Sidney B. Rigg, Peter Benson +2 more 2011-06-14
7951702 Methods for fabricating semiconductor components with conductive interconnects having planar surfaces Alan G. Wood, David R. Hembree 2011-05-31
7935991 Semiconductor components with conductive interconnects Alan G. Wood, David R. Hembree 2011-05-03
7915736 Microfeature workpieces and methods for forming interconnects in microfeature workpieces Kyle K. Kirby, Richard L. Stocks 2011-03-29
7892972 Methods for fabricating and filling conductive vias and conductive vias so formed Salman Akram, Steve Oliver, Alan G. Wood, Sidney B. Rigg, James M. Wark +1 more 2011-02-22
7863187 Microfeature workpieces and methods for forming interconnects in microfeature workpieces Ross S. Dando 2011-01-04
7858429 Packaged microelectronic imagers and methods of packaging microelectronic imagers Salman Akram, Charles M. Watkins, Kyle K. Kirby, Alan G. Wood 2010-12-28
7855454 Semiconductor device structures including nickel plated aluminum, copper, and tungsten structures Salman Akram, James M. Wark 2010-12-21
7829976 Microelectronic devices and methods for forming interconnects in microelectronic devices Kyle K. Kirby, Salman Akram, David R. Hembree, Sidney B. Rigg, Warren M. Farnworth 2010-11-09
7791207 Pass through via technology for use during the manufacture of a semiconductor device 2010-09-07
7768096 System for fabricating semiconductor components with conductive interconnects Alan G. Wood, David R. Hembree 2010-08-03