Inventor · Ithaca, NY, US

Amit Lal

82Patents
14h-index
96Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 14, 1994 → Nov 20, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US10022142B2 Ultrasonic surgical instrument Human Necessities 219 Active
US7108137B2 Method and apparatus for separating particles by size Performing Operations; Transporting 134 Expired
US5728089A Microfabricated structure to be used in surgery Electricity 111 Expired
US6479920B1 Direct charge radioisotope activation and power generation Physics 68 Expired
US5569968A Microfabricated acoustic source and receiver Electricity 59 Expired
US6740058B2 Surgical tool with integrated pressure and flow sensors Human Necessities 44 Expired
US6451175B1 Method and apparatus for carbon nanotube production Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US8197418B2 Microprobes Human Necessities 35 Active
US7301254B1 High efficiency radio isotope energy converters using both charge and kinetic energy of emitted particles Electricity 27 Active
US7116426B2 Multi-beam heterodyne laser Doppler vibrometer Physics 18 Expired
US6638249B1 Ultrasonically actuated needle pump system Human Necessities 17 Expired
US6972846B2 Multi-beam heterodyne laser doppler vibrometer Physics 16 Expired
US7477398B2 Multi-beam heterodyne laser doppler vibrometer Physics 14 Active
US6874699B2 Methods and apparata for precisely dispensing microvolumes of fluids Physics 14 Expired
US7666485B2 Alkali metal-wax micropackets for alkali metal handling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US10048289B2 Motion sensor integrated nano-probe N/MEMS apparatus, method, and applications Physics 12 Active
US6433463B1 Method and apparatus for stress pulsed release and actuation of micromechanical structures Physics 12 Expired
US6669454B2 Microfluidic actuation method and apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US7495952B2 Relay-connected semiconductor transistors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US6631648B2 Microfluidic flow sensing method and apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US8812687B2 Managing user state of cloud desktops Physics 8 Active
US6923790B2 Ultrasonically actuated needle pump system Human Necessities 7 Expired
US9867272B2 Generation and acceleration of charged particles using compact devices and systems Electricity 7 Active
US9263519B2 Nanowire array structures for sensing, solar cell and other applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US11195073B2 Intelligent tracking system and methods and systems therefor Electricity 6 Active

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