Inventor · Rumson, NJ, US

Arthur Ashkin

11Patents
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10Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 22, 1977 → Dec 13, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4063106A Optical fiber Raman oscillator Electricity 117 Expired
US4893886A Non-destructive optical trap for biological particles and method of doing same Physics 111 Expired
US4092535A Damping of optically levitated particles by feedback and beam shaping Electricity 42 Expired
US4630890A Exposed core optical fibers, and method of making same Chemistry; Metallurgy 41 Expired
US4239330A Multiple optical switch Physics 38 Expired
US4453805A Optical grating using a liquid suspension of dielectric particles Physics 35 Expired
US4529262A Inline optical fiber attentuator Physics 32 Expired
US4606605A Optical fiber having in-line polarization filter Physics 30 Expired
US4327288A Method for focusing neutral atoms, molecules and ions Physics 24 Expired
US8546686B2 Solar energy collection system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8960185B2 Compound collector system for solar energy concentration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

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