Yang Chao — 12 Patents at Micron

Yang Chao has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in December 2025. Yang Chao ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Yang Chao in Shanghai, ID, CN.

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Patent #	Title	Co-Inventors	Date	Approx Value ⓘ
12493516	Data security method and data security system	Zhi Wei Du, Men Long, Xianqiang Li, Dayou ZHONG	2025-12-09
12341539	Data compression and decompression methods and systems	Xiaoyan Li, Zhaohui Du, Men Long, Dajiang ZHONG	2025-06-24
11525966	Optical coupling apparatus	—	2022-12-13
10600667	Systems and methods for wafer alignment	Keith E. Ypma, Steve J. Strauch	2020-03-24	$12,287,000
10347519	Systems and methods for wafer alignment	Keith E. Ypma, Steve J. Strauch	2019-07-09	$14,779,000
10242901	Systems and methods for wafer alignment	Keith E. Ypma, Steve J. Strauch	2019-03-26	$20,698,000
10062595	Systems and methods for wafer alignment	Keith E. Ypma, Steve J. Strauch	2018-08-28	$23,018,000
9754895	Methods of forming semiconductor devices including determining misregistration between semiconductor levels and related apparatuses	Joseph Hess, Keith E. Ypma, Kurt J. Bossart	2017-09-05	$14,445,000
9748128	Systems and methods for wafer alignment	Keith E. Ypma, Steve J. Strauch	2017-08-29	$13,244,000
9741612	Semiconductor devices and methods for backside photo alignment	Brandon P. Wirz, Keith E. Ypma, Christopher J. Gambee, Jaspreet S. Gandhi, Kevin M. Dowdle +2 more	2017-08-22	$10,704,000
9299663	Semiconductor devices and methods for backside photo alignment	Brandon P. Wirz, Keith E. Ypma, Christopher J. Gambee, Jaspreet S. Gandhi, Kevin M. Dowdle +2 more	2016-03-29	$6,502,000
7151694	Integrated circuit memory with fast page mode verify	Zhu Meihong, Wang Jing	2006-12-19	$30,000

Yang Chao — 12 Patents

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