Editing Robert Noyce (section)

== Patents ==
Noyce was granted 15 patents. Patents are listed in order issued, not filed.
* {{US patent|2875141}} ''Method and apparatus for forming semiconductor structures'', filed August 1954, issued February 1959, assigned to Philco Corporation
* {{US patent|2929753}} ''Transistor structure and method'', filed April 1957, issued March 1960, assigned to Beckmann Instruments
* {{US patent|2959681}} ''Semiconductor scanning device'', filed June 1959, issued November 1960, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor
* {{US patent|2968750}} ''Transistor structure and method of making the same'', filed March 1957, issued January 1961, assigned to Clevite Corporation
* {{US patent|2971139}} ''Semiconductor switching device'', filed June 1959, issued February 1961, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor
* {{US patent|2981877}} ''Semiconductor Device and Lead Structure'', filed July 1959, issued April 1961, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor
* {{US patent|3010033}} ''[[Field effect transistor]]'', filed January 1958, issued November 1961, assigned to Clevite Corporation
* {{US patent|3098160}} ''Field controlled avalanche semiconductive device'', filed February 1958, issued July 1963, assigned to Clevite Corporation
* {{US patent|3108359}} ''Method for fabricating transistors'', filed June 1959, issued October 1963, assigned to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.
* {{US patent|3111590}} ''Transistor structure controlled by an avalanche barrier'', filed June 1958, issued November 1963, assigned to Clevite Corporation
* {{US patent|3140206}} ''Method of making a transistor structure'' (coinventor William Shockley), filed April 1957, issued July 1964, assigned to Clevite Corporation
* {{US patent|3150299}} ''Semiconductor circuit complex having isolation means'', filed September 1959, issued September 1964, assigned to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.
* {{US patent|3183129}} ''Method of forming a semiconductor'', filed July 1963, issued May 1965, assigned to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.
* {{US patent|3199002}} ''Solid state circuit with crossing leads'', filed April 1961, issued August 1965, assigned to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.
* {{US patent|3325787}} ''Trainable system'', filed October 1964, issued June 1967, assigned to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.

Note: In 1960 [[Clevite]] Corporation acquired [[Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory]], a subsidiary of [[Beckman Instruments]], for whom Noyce worked.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electronicdesign.com/archive/clevite-corp-acquires-shockley-transistor-corp |title=Clevite Corp. Acquires Shockley Transistor Corp. |work=[[Electronic Design]] |date=April 27, 1960 |access-date=February 22, 2019}}</ref>