Inventor · Boise, ID, US

Michael A. Smith

132Patents
10h-index
115Co-inventors
83Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 10, 1996 → Mar 20, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8765598B2 Conductive structures, systems and devices including conductive structures and related methods Electricity 43 Active
US8530350B2 Apparatuses including stair-step structures and methods of forming the same Electricity 42 Active
US6813651B1 Interface device for ethernet transceiver and 1394 controller Electricity 40 Expired
US10141330B1 Methods of forming semiconductor device structures, and related semiconductor device structures, semiconductor devices, and electronic systems Electricity 38 Active
US9466531B2 Apparatuses including stair-step structures and methods of forming the same Electricity 17 Active
US8999844B2 Apparatuses including stair-step structures and methods of forming the same Electricity 16 Active
US8263198B2 System and method for creating high gloss plastic items via the use of styrenic copolymers as a coextruded layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US10329982B2 Control reset and diagnostic to maintain tailpipe compliance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US9739761B2 Particulate matter filter diagnostic techniques based on exhaust gas analysis Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8236640B2 Method of fabricating a semiconductor device having gate finger elements extended over a plurality of isolation regions formed in the source and drain regions Electricity 10 Active
US8415429B2 Styrene butadiene block copolymers for film applications Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Active
US9041144B2 Integrated circuitry comprising transistors with broken up active regions Electricity 9 Active
US9040628B2 Styrene butadiene block copolymers for film applications Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Active
US6977412B2 Trench corner effect bidirectional flash memory cell Electricity 7 Expired
US7687587B2 Silicone composition and cured silicone resin Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Active
US9911692B2 Conductive structures, systems and devices including conductive structures and related methods Electricity 6 Active
US9337266B2 Methods and apparatuses including an active area of a tap intersected by a boundary of a well Electricity 6 Active
US9847335B2 Methods and apparatuses including an active area of a tap intersected by a boundary of a well Electricity 6 Active
US5862131A Hybrid time-slot and sub-time-slot operation in a time-division multiplexed system Electricity 6 Expired
US8243526B2 Depletion mode circuit protection device Electricity 6 Active
US6949795B2 Structure and method of fabricating a transistor having a trench gate Electricity 4 Expired
US7879665B2 Structure and method of fabricating a transistor having a trench gate Electricity 4 Active
US9712330B2 Physically uncloneable function device using MRAM Physics 4 Active
US10522547B2 Methods and apparatuses including an active area of a tap intersected by a boundary of a well Electricity 4 Active
US9765666B2 Dual path aftertreatment system and method utilizing fuel as an on-board reductant for NOx SCR Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.