Gurtej Sandhu
Principal Fellow & CVP @Micron Technology
United States
Gurtej Sandhu has filed 2475 patents globally, out of which 1988 have been granted. Of these 2475 patents, more than 45% patents are active. As Principal Fellow and Corporate Vice President at Micron Technology, he leads Micron’s end-to-end (Si-to-Package) R&D roadmap, pioneering breakthrough process technologies that power DRAM and NAND memory manufacturing.
A Fellow of IEEE and recipient of the IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award, he continues to drive innovation in advanced semiconductor and chip scaling technologies.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Gurtej Sandhu which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find his patents filing trend over the years, the worldwide coverage and many other stats over Gurtej Sandhu patent portfolio.
| Total Patents | 2475 |
| Granted Patents | 1988 |
| Associated Companies | Micron Technology |
| Field of Invention | Semiconductor and Nanotechnology |
How many patents does Gurtej Sandhu have?
Gurtej Sandhu has a total of 2475 patents. These patents belong to 776 unique patent families. Out of 2475 patents, 1120 patents are active.
Key Patents of Gurtej Sandhu
Here are the top 5 patents filed by Gurtej Sandhu that highlighting his innovative contributions:
| Sr No | Publication Number | Title | First Filling Year | Tech Area |
| 1 | US5278100A | Chemical vapor deposition tech… | 1991 | Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) |
| 2 | US5196353A | Method for controlling a…. | 1992 | CMP Process Monitoring & Thermal Imaging |
| 3 | US5658183A | System for real-time control…. | 1995 | Wafer Polishing & Process Control |
| 4 | US5730642A | System for real-time control… | 1997 | Wafer Polishing & Process Control |
| 5 | US20020100418A1 | Versatile atomic layer…. | 2002 | Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Equipment |
How Many Patents did Gurtej Sandhu File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | Gurtej Sandhu Applications Filed | Gurtej Sandhu Patents Granted |
| 2025 | 4 | 14 |
| 2024 | 8 | 26 |
| 2023 | 6 | 21 |
| 2022 | 11 | 40 |
| 2021 | 30 | 45 |
| 2020 | 34 | 57 |
| 2019 | 37 | 54 |
| 2018 | 73 | 66 |
| 2017 | 28 | 62 |
| 2016 | 57 | 116 |
How many Gurtej Sandhu patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
How Many Patents did Gurtej Sandhu File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Gurtej Sandhu Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 1579 |
| China | 155 |
| Taiwan | 145 |
| Korea (South) | 141 |
| Singapore | 108 |
| Europe (EPO) | 108 |
| Australia | 24 |
| Germany | 22 |
| Austria | 13 |
| Japan | 4 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Denmark | 1 |
10 Best Gurtej Sandhu Patents
US5278100A is the most popular patent in the Gurtej Sandhu portfolio. It has received 1277 citations so far from companies like Samsung, Alcatel Lucent and Huawei.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Gurtej Sandhu:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US5278100A | 1277 |
| US5196353A | 845 |
| US5658183A | 721 |
| US5730642A | 694 |
| US20020100418A1 | 561 |
| US7115525B2 | 555 |
| US7910288B2 | 510 |
| US5486129A | 508 |
| US6218288B1 | 499 |
| US7589029B2 | 491 |
What are Gurtej Sandhu key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Gurtej Sandhu?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Gurtej Sandhu in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Gurtej Sandhu thinks it’s important to protect particular technological inventions.
R&D Focus: How has Gurtej Sandhu search focus changed over the years?
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