https://patentbrief.org/company/fairchild-semiconductor-corp Plain-English explanations of patents assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor Corp, newest first. en-us Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:30:02 GMT https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/2981877/noyce-planar-integrated-circuit Robert Noyce's 1959 patent for a semiconductor device that uses evaporated metal leads to connect components directly on a single silicon chip. Tue, 25 Apr 1961 00:00:00 GMT https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/2981877/noyce-planar-integrated-circuit