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IMEC

560Patents
526Active
560Granted
63Portfolio score

Filing activity: May 11, 1981 → Apr 27, 2021 · 258 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8252659B2 Method for producing interconnect structures for integrated circuits Electricity 502 Active
US7858519B2 Integrated circuit and manufacturing method of copper germanide and copper silicide as copper capping layer Electricity 452 Active
US7579285B2 Atomic layer deposition method for depositing a layer Electricity 447 Active
US9076726B2 Method for tuning the effective work function of a gate structure in a semiconductor device Electricity 397 Active
US5872810A Programmable modem apparatus for transmitting and receiving digital data, design method and use method for said modem Electricity 178 Expired
US7923266B2 Design methodology for MuGFET ESD protection devices Electricity 172 Active
US8207473B2 Method for manufacturing a stretchable electronic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 160 Active
US8012827B2 Method for fabricating a dual workfunction semiconductor device and the device made thereof Electricity 132 Active
US6064819A Control flow and memory management optimization Physics 117 Expired
US8187959B2 Semiconductor substrate with solid phase epitaxial regrowth with reduced junction leakage and method of producing same Electricity 95 Active
US7759167B2 Method for embedding dies Electricity 78 Active
US7598482B1 Wavelength-sensitive detector with elongate nanostructures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Active
US7960246B2 Method for the manufacture of electronic devices on substrates and devices related thereto Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 69 Active
US6212566A Interprocess communication protocol system modem Physics 69 Expired
US6225670A Detector for electromagnetic radiation, pixel structure with high sensitivity using such detector and method of manufacturing such detector Electricity 67 Expired
US8431828B2 Composite substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Active
US6307877A Programmable modem apparatus for transmitting and receiving digital data, design method and use method for the modem Electricity 66 Expired
US7991465B2 Means for functional restoration of a damaged nervous system Performing Operations; Transporting 66 Active
US4528898A Fume hood controller Performing Operations; Transporting 58 Expired
US8335664B2 Method and system for artifact reduction Physics 55 Active
US6011251A Method for obtaining a high dynamic range read-out signal of a CMOS-based pixel structure and such CMOS-based pixel structure Electricity 53 Expired
US8567257B2 Optical tactile sensors Physics 46 Active
US8590139B2 Patterning of and contacting magnetic layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Active
US4455513A Self-starting transducerless, brushless D.C. motor controller Electricity 44 Expired
US4400655A Self generative variable speed induction motor drive Electricity 44 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.