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Micron Technology, Inc. (MU)

Nasdaq: MU · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Boise, ID · filing with the SEC since 1994
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

37,993 patents granted to the 5 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Micron Technology, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
37,993
37,915 utility, 67 reissue, 11 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1,394
Against 1,793 in 2024 and 2,227 in 2023
Applications published
26,280
1,922 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
its own name, its holding company, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Computer technology6,340
Semiconductors2,100
Digital communication266
Basic communication processes144
Audio-visual technology57
Measurement44
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy36
Control30
Transport29
Telecommunications27
Optics16
Medical technology15
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
Micron Technology, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 5 more under the same name are not counted (printed in JP, printed in GB)
37,991 granted
11,922 published
Micron Technology, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 9 more under the same name are not counted (printed in ID, printed in IT)
0 granted
14,341 published
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., a corporation of Delaware its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
16 published
Micron Technology Licensing, LLC its holding company
US, as the owner printed on each patent; a holding company under the name MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC
2 granted
0 published
MICRON MEMORY JAPAN, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in JP
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,514,138Dopant-modulated etching for memory devicesSemiconductorsMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,513,998Apparatus with voltage protection mechanismComputer technologyMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,857Classification of error rate of data retrieved from memory cellsComputer technologyMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,437Semiconductor device assemblies with balanced wires, and associated methodsSemiconductorsMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,368Thin die release for semiconductor device assemblySemiconductorsMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,332Encapsulation warpage reduction for semiconductor die assemblies and associated methods and systemsSemiconductorsMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,250Conductive node induction apparatusElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,179Interposers for memory device testing and characterization, including interposers for testing and characterizing decision feedback equalization circuitry of DDR5 memory devicesComputer technologyMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,177Defective memory unit screening in a memory systemComputer technologyMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,176Apparatuses and methods for enhanced metadata supportComputer technologyMicron Technology, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0393222SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HEAT SPREADER AND METHODSemiconductorsMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0393220MEMORY DEVICE WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VERTICAL STRUCTURE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOFSemiconductorsMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0393214Memory Arrays, and Methods of Forming Memory ArraysSemiconductorsMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0393213MEMORY ARCHITECTURES WITH SPLIT PILLARSSemiconductorsMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0393188MEMORY DEVICESSemiconductorsMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392314JITTER IMPEDANCE DELAY LOCK LOOPBasic communication processesMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392297DUTY CYCLE CORRECTION FOR HIGH-SPEED RECEIVERTelecommunicationsMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392276DECISION FEEDBACK EQUALIZER WITH VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER CALIBRATIONBasic communication processesMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0391825SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE WITH UNEVEN STACKED DIESSemiconductorsMicron Technology, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0391802SPACERS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ASSEMBLIESSemiconductorsMicron Technology, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 2,944 · Semiconductors 1,016 · Digital communication 83 · Basic communication processes 63 · Audio-visual technology 47 · Measurement 20.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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