Inventor · Livermore, CA, US

C. Brent Dane

26Patents
11h-index
24Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 26, 1994 → Mar 2, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5986234A High removal rate laser-based coating removal system Performing Operations; Transporting 92 Expired
US5689363A Long-pulse-width narrow-bandwidth solid state laser Electricity 56 Expired
US5475527A Fourier plane image amplifier Electricity 43 Expired
US8608590B2 Engineered residual stress in golf clubs Human Necessities 40 Active
US6198069A Laser beam temporal and spatial tailoring for laser shock processing Performing Operations; Transporting 40 Expired
US6385228B1 Coherent beam combiner for a high power laser Electricity 36 Expired
US6423935B1 Identification marking by means of laser peening Physics 31 Expired
US7851725B2 Active beam delivery system with image relay Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Active
US7718921B2 Active beam delivery system with variable optical path segment through air Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Active
US7110171B2 Relay telescope including baffle, and high power laser amplifier utilizing the same Electricity 13 Expired
US7750266B2 Active beam delivery system for laser peening and laser peening method Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Active
US6037565A Laser illuminator and optical system for disk patterning Physics 9 Expired
US5828491A Phase plate technology for laser marking of magnetic discs Physics 8 Expired
US7110174B2 Relay telescope for high power laser alignment system Electricity 8 Expired
US7291805B2 Target isolation system, high power laser and laser peening method and system using same Electricity 7 Expired
US7180918B2 Self-seeded single-frequency solid-state ring laser and system using same Electricity 6 Expired
US8207474B2 Self-seeded single-frequency laser peening method Electricity 6 Active
US7286580B2 Method for pulse control in a laser including a stimulated brillouin scattering mirror system Electricity 5 Expired
US7209500B2 Stimulated Brillouin scattering mirror system, high power laser and laser peening method and system using same Electricity 5 Expired
US6847673B2 Solid state laser disk amplifer architecture: the normal-incidence stack Electricity 5 Expired
US7573001B2 Self-seeded single-frequency laser peening method Electricity 3 Expired
US10072971B2 Flexible beam delivery system for high power laser systems Physics 2 Active
US6700906B2 High energy, high average power solid state green or UV laser Electricity 2 Expired
US8810792B2 Polarization compensated beam splitter and diagnostic system for high power laser systems Physics 1 Active
US7960671B2 Laser shock processing with momentum trap Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active

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