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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
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Thomas H. DiStefano

TETessera: 164 patents #2 of 271Top 1%
IBM: 11 patents #9,995 of 70,183Top 15%
PIPalo Alto Research Center Incorporated: 3 patents #319 of 776Top 45%
ISIst: 2 patents #6 of 49Top 15%
CSCentipede Systems: 1 patents #4 of 5Top 80%
POPpg Industries Ohio: 1 patents #741 of 1,316Top 60%
Bronxville, NY: #1 of 141 inventorsTop 1%
New York: #178 of 115,490 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #4,061 of 4,157,543Top 1%
184 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 101–125 of 184 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6045655 Method of mounting a connection component on a semiconductor chip with adhesives Gus Karavakis, Zlata Kovac, Craig Mitchell 2000-04-04
6046076 Vacuum dispense method for dispensing an encapsulant and machine therefor Craig Mitchell 2000-04-04
6044548 Methods of making connections to a microelectronic unit John W. Smith 2000-04-04
6030856 Bondable compliant pads for packaging of a semiconductor chip and method therefor Zlata Kovac, John W. Smith 2000-02-29
6012224 Method of forming compliant microelectronic mounting device John W. Smith, Zlata Kovac, Konstantine Karavakis 2000-01-11
6007349 Flexible contact post and post socket and associated methods therefor Joseph Fjelstad 1999-12-28
6002168 Microelectronic component with rigid interposer Pieter H. Bellaar, Joseph Fjelstad, Christopher M. Pickett, John W. Smith 1999-12-14
5994222 Method of making chip mountings and assemblies John W. Smith 1999-11-30
5980270 Soldering with resilient contacts Joseph Fjelstad, John W. Smith 1999-11-09
5976913 Microelectronic mounting with multiple lead deformation using restraining straps 1999-11-02
5977618 Semiconductor connection components and methods with releasable lead support Gary W. Grube, Igor Y. Khandros, Gaetan Mathiew 1999-11-02
5966592 Structure and method for making a compliant lead for a microelectronic device Masud Beroz, Konstantine Karavakis 1999-10-12
5959354 Connection components with rows of lead bond sections John W. Smith 1999-09-28
5950304 Methods of making semiconductor chip assemblies Igor Y. Khandros 1999-09-14
5937276 Bonding lead structure with enhanced encapsulation 1999-08-10
5934914 Microelectronic contacts with asperities and methods of making same Joseph Fjelstad, John W. Smith, James Zaccardi, A. Christian Walton 1999-08-10
5932254 System for encapsulating microelectronic devices Craig Mitchell 1999-08-03
5929517 Compliant integrated circuit package and method of fabricating the same Konstantine Karavakis, Craig Mitchell, John W. Smith 1999-07-27
5915752 Method of making connections to a semiconductor chip assembly Gary W. Grube, Igor Y. Khandros, Gaetan L. Mathieu, Jason Sweis, Laurie Union +1 more 1999-06-29
5913109 Fixtures and methods for lead bonding and deformation John W. Smith, Anthony B. Faraci 1999-06-15
5885849 Methods of making microelectronic assemblies Vernon Solberg 1999-03-23
5875545 Method of mounting a connection component on a semiconductor chip with adhesives Gus Karavakis, Zlata Kovac, Craig Mitchell 1999-03-02
5868301 Semiconductor inner lead bonding tool Flynn Carson 1999-02-09
5859472 Curved lead configurations John W. Smith 1999-01-12
5852326 Face-up semiconductor chip assembly Igor Y. Khandros 1998-12-22