Centurion Patentors as of July 22, 2025

Chen-Hua Douglas Yu

Dr. Douglas Yu is Vice President of Pathfinding for System Integration at TSMC.

An IEEE Fellow, he has received top honors including Taiwan’s Presidential Science Prize and election to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech.

Patent №:  12368280 – Semiconductor device and method.

Underbump metallurgies prevent metal diffusion during reflow, preserving the junction’s electrical properties when conductive connectors are attached.

Julian Hoenig

Julian is an Austrian designer who led major projects at Audi and Lamborghini before joining Apple as lead designer of the Apple Watch. Since 2019, he has focused on building his own ventures, design advisory, and private equity across the Bay Area and Europe.

Patent №:  D1084658 – Case.

Wei Zeng

Wireless System Researcher.

Patent №:  12369200 – Systems and methods for providing random access channel (RACH) signaling to user equipment (UE) during inactive direct transmissions.

The base station sends radio link and data size thresholds, receives a RACH preamble when conditions are met, processes the RRC inactive data, and responds with a RACH message.

Matthew V Metz

Engineering Manager at Intel Corporation.

Patent №: 12369382 – Integrated circuit structures with graphene contacts.

This patent relates to advanced IC fabrication, specifically structures using graphene contacts for improved performance.

Sachin R Vargantwar

Telco Leader.

Patent №:  12369071 – System and method for reducing network component loads.

This patent describes a system with network functions (NFs), including a Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF) and a Policy Control Function (PCF). The NWDAF provides analytics to the PCF, which then generates and sends a policy rule to a network component for processing.