Inventor · Ithaca, NY, US

Alex A. Behfar

50Patents
6h-index
14Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 6, 1999 → Dec 1, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6510467B1 Method for transferring data files between a user and an internet server Electricity 25 Expired
US6326285A Simultaneous multiple silicon on insulator (SOI) wafer production Electricity 23 Expired
US6174175A High density Z-axis connector Electricity 17 Expired
US7598527B2 Monitoring photodetector for integrated photonic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US7245645B2 Surface emitting and receiving photonic device with lens Electricity 10 Expired
US8787419B2 High reliability etched-facet photonic devices Electricity 9 Expired
US8064493B2 Surface emitting photonic device Electricity 6 Active
US7656922B2 Multi-level integrated photonic devices Electricity 6 Active
US6680961B2 Curved waveguide ring laser Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US8130806B2 AlGaInN-based lasers produced using etched facet technology Electricity 6 Active
US7835415B2 Single longitudinal mode laser diode Electricity 5 Active
US8009711B2 Etched-facet ridge lasers with etch-stop Electricity 4 Active
US6790689B2 Curved waveguide ring laser Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6792025B1 Wavelength selectable device Electricity 4 Expired
US9692202B2 Lasers with beam shape and beam direction modification Electricity 3 Active
US7817702B2 High SMSR unidirectional etched lasers and low back-reflection photonic device Electricity 3 Expired
US6653244B2 Monolithic three-dimensional structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7542497B2 AlGaInN-based lasers with dovetailed ridge Electricity 2 Active
US8290012B2 Low cost InGaAlN based lasers Electricity 2 Active
US8014434B2 Multiple cavity etched-facet DFB lasers Electricity 2 Active
US9401582B2 Lasers with beam-shape modification Electricity 2 Active
US7012291B2 Monolithic three-dimensional structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7408183B2 Low cost InGaAIN based lasers Electricity 2 Active
US10044168B2 Edge-emitting etched-facet lasers Electricity 1 Active
US8419956B2 Surface emitting photonic device Electricity 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.