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Howard R. Test — 17 Patents

TITexas Instruments: 17 patents #771 of 12,488Top 7%
Lubbock, TX: #21 of 772 inventorsTop 3%
Texas: #8,472 of 125,132 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Howard R. Test has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Texas Instruments. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in September 2013. Howard R. Test ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Howard R. Test in Lubbock, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8530279 Offset gravure printing process for improved mold compound and die attach adhesive adhesion on leadframe surface using selective adhesion promoter 2013-09-10 $8,150,000
7535104 Structure and method for bond pads of copper-metallized integrated circuits Donald C. Abbott 2009-05-19 $15,118,000
7413974 Copper-metallized integrated circuits having electroless thick copper bond pads Donald C. Abbott 2008-08-19 $15,708,000
7294923 Metallization scheme including a low modulus structure 2007-11-13 $12,677,000
7265443 Wire bonded semiconductor device having low inductance and noise Michael A. Lamson 2007-09-04 $20,738,000
7217656 Structure and method for bond pads of copper-metallized integrated circuits Donald C. Abbott 2007-05-15 $13,934,000
6869875 Method to achieve continuous hydrogen saturation in sparingly used electroless nickel plating process 2005-03-22 $18,900,000
6800555 Wire bonding process for copper-metallized integrated circuits Gonzalo Amador, Willmar Subido 2004-10-05 $16,258,000
6619538 Nickel plating process having controlled hydrogen concentration Homer B. Klonis 2003-09-16 $22,828,000
6616967 Method to achieve continuous hydrogen saturation in sparingly used electroless nickel plating process 2003-09-09 $16,608,000
6268662 Wire bonded flip-chip assembly of semiconductor devices Wei-Yan Shih, Willmar Subido 2001-07-31 $47,917,000
6068180 System, apparatus, and method for connecting a semiconductor chip to a three-dimensional leadframe 2000-05-30 $92,682,000
5979743 Method for making an IC device using a single-headed bonder 1999-11-09 $37,872,000
5544804 Capillary designs and process for fine pitch ball bonding Michael Riley Vinson, Albert H. Kuckhahn 1996-08-13 $6,333,000
4874722 Process of packaging a semiconductor device with reduced stress forces George A. Bednarz, Reginald Smith, Gretchen W. Roeding 1989-10-17 $1,450,000
4423435 Assembly of an electronic device on an insulative substrate 1983-12-27 $18,594,000
4388696 Data processing system having dual output modes Michael J. Drury 1983-06-14 $4,251,000