Patent assignee · US · COMPANY

VISHAY SPRAGUE, INC.

42Patents
16Active
42Granted
39Portfolio score

Filing activity: Sep 16, 1996 → Aug 12, 2019 · 7 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6191936A Capacitor having textured pellet and method for making same Electricity 113 Expired
US6238444A Method for making tantalum chip capacitor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US6380577B1 Tantalum chip capacitor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US5825611A Doped sintered tantalum pellets with nitrogen in a capacitor Electricity 34 Expired
US7161797B2 Surface mount capacitor and method of making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US6447570B1 Sintered Tantalum and Niobium capacitor pellets doped with Nitrogen, and method of making the same Electricity 28 Expired
US7715173B2 High voltage capacitors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US7449032B2 Method of manufacturing surface mount capacitor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US6410083B1 Method for doping sintered tantalum and niobium pellets with nitrogen Electricity 13 Expired
US6148502A Surface mount resistor and a method of making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US6185090A Method for doping sintered tantalum and niobium pellets with nitrogen Electricity 10 Expired
US8028397B2 Method of making a frame package array device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US6541302B2 Method of forming termination on chip components Electricity 8 Expired
US7221555B2 Surface mount MELF capacitor Electricity 7 Expired
US6212065A Capacitor pellet and lead assembly Electricity 6 Expired
US6184775A Surface mount resistor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US7085127B2 Surface mount chip capacitor Electricity 6 Expired
US9070512B2 Electrophoretically deposited cathode capacitor Electricity 5 Active
US6319292A Method for making capacitor pellet and lead assembly Electricity 5 Expired
US6914770B1 Surface mount flipchip capacitor Electricity 5 Expired
US7167357B2 Surface mount MELF capacitor Electricity 5 Expired
US10176930B2 Low profile flat wet electrolytic tantalum capacitor Electricity 5 Active
US8238075B2 High voltage capacitors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US6483693B2 Center molded capacitor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US8125762B2 High voltage capacitors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active

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