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FORMFACTOR INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    1,363
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    27,566
  • Filing trend
    ⇧ 400.0%
About

FORMFACTOR INC has a total of 1,363 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 400.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1993. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Taiwan. Its main competitors in its focus markets measurement, semiconductors and audio-visual technology are MICROMODULE SYSTEMS INC, STECO LTD and ELDRIDGE BENJAMIN N.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing FORMFACTOR INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Eldridge Benjamin N 600
#2 Mathieu Gaetan L 396
#3 Khandros Igor Y 306
#4 Miller Charles A 296
#5 Grube Gary W 226
#6 Hobbs Eric D 97
#7 Pedersen David V 90
#8 Gritters John K 58
#9 Reynolds Carl V 55
#10 Henson Roy J 48

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2020341030A1 Probe on carrier architecture for vertical probe arrays
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WO2019046419A1 Vertical probe array having a tiled membrane space transformer
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WO2018132599A1 Shielding for vertical probe heads
US2018164223A1 LED light source probe card technology for testing CMOS image scan devices
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WO2015006499A1 Multipath electrical probe and probe assemblies with signal paths through and secondary paths between electrically conductive guide plates
US2014340103A1 Automated attaching and detaching of an interchangeable probe head
KR20160031453A A probe card assembly for testing electronic devices
US2014043054A1 Vertical probes for multi-pitch full grid contact array
US2014044985A1 Probe fabrication using combined laser and micro-fabrication technologies
US2013271175A1 Wiring substrate with filled vias to accommodate custom terminals
US2013169301A1 Probes with programmable motion
US2013135001A1 Hybrid electrical contactor
US2014139250A1 Contactor devices with carbon nanotube probes embedded in a flexible film and processes of making such
US2014118016A1 Probes with spring mechanisms for impeding unwanted movement in guide holes