Calvin F. Quate
75Patents
38h-index
39Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 12, 1974 → Oct 24, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6346189B1 | Carbon nanotube structures made using catalyst islands | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 206 | Expired |
| US5354985A | Near field scanning optical and force microscope including cantilever and optical waveguide | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 140 | Expired |
| US5666190A | Method of performing lithography using cantilever array | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 111 | Expired |
| US5041849A | Multi-discrete-phase Fresnel acoustic lenses and their application to acoustic ink printing | Performing Operations; Transporting | 104 | Expired |
| US5319977A | Near field acoustic ultrasonic microscope system and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 97 | Expired |
| US4267732A | Acoustic microscope and method | Physics | 96 | Expired |
| US5883705A | Atomic force microscope for high speed imaging including integral actuator and sensor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 96 | Expired |
| US6401526B1 | Carbon nanotubes and methods of fabrication thereof using a liquid phase catalyst precursor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 95 | Expired |
| US5565113A | Lithographically defined ejection units | Performing Operations; Transporting | 92 | Expired |
| US6770472B2 | Direct DNA sequencing with a transcription protein and a nanometer scale electrometer | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 91 | Expired |
| US6075585A | Vibrating probe for a scanning probe microscope | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 91 | Expired |
| US4575822A | Method and means for data storage using tunnel current data readout | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 87 | Expired |
| US6441359B1 | Near field optical scanning system employing microfabricated solid immersion lens | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 87 | Expired |
| US4697195A | Nozzleless liquid droplet ejectors | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 79 | Expired |
| US7305883B2 | Chemical micromachined microsensors | Physics | 69 | Active |
| US4751529A | Microlenses for acoustic printing | Performing Operations; Transporting | 68 | Expired |
| US4751530A | Acoustic lens arrays for ink printing | Performing Operations; Transporting | 66 | Expired |
| US6271957A | Methods involving direct write optical lithography | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 66 | Expired |
| US5021364A | Microcantilever with integral self-aligned sharp tetrahedral tip | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 65 | Expired |
| US5742377A | Cantilever for scanning probe microscope including piezoelectric element and method of using the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 59 | Expired |
| US4751534A | Planarized printheads for acoustic printing | Performing Operations; Transporting | 58 | Expired |
| US5132934A | Method and apparatus for storing digital information in the form of stored charges | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 54 | Expired |
| US5618760A | Method of etching a pattern on a substrate using a scanning probe microscope | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 52 | Expired |
| US4959674A | Acoustic ink printhead having reflection coating for improved ink drop ejection control | Performing Operations; Transporting | 52 | Expired |
| US5066358A | Nitride cantilevers with single crystal silicon tips | Physics | 51 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.