Inventor · Fairfax, VA, US

Charles D. Merritt

25Patents
5h-index
15Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 30, 1994 → Aug 20, 2021

Most-cited inventions

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US10297699B2 In-plane resonant-cavity infrared photodetectors with fully-depleted absorbers Physics 13 Active
US9960571B2 Weakly index-guided interband cascade lasers with no grown top cladding layer or a thin top cladding layer Electricity 11 Active
US9923338B2 Interband cascade lasers with low-fill-factor top contact for reduced loss Electricity 6 Active
US8879593B2 Epitaxial-side-down mounted high-power semiconductor lasers Electricity 6 Active
US5568496A Laser optics protective device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US10062794B2 Resonant-cavity infrared photodetectors with fully-depleted absorbers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US11125689B2 Highly stable semiconductor lasers and sensors for III-V and silicon photonic integrated circuits Electricity 4 Active
US8798111B2 Interband cascade lasers with engineered carrier densities Electricity 4 Active
US9059570B1 Interband cascade lasers with engineered carrier densities Electricity 3 Active
US7465661B2 High aspect ratio microelectrode arrays Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US10559704B2 In-plane resonant-cavity infrared photodetectors with fully-depleted absorbers Physics 1 Active
US11703453B2 Highly stable semiconductor lasers and sensors for III-V and silicon photonic integrated circuits Electricity 1 Active
US11709135B2 Highly stable semiconductor lasers and sensors for III-V and silicon photonic integrated circuits Electricity 0 Active
US11698341B2 Highly stable semiconductor lasers and sensors for III-V and silicon photonic integrated circuits Electricity 0 Active
US11761892B2 Highly stable semiconductor lasers and sensors for III-V and silicon photonic integrated circuits Electricity 0 Active
US11573178B2 Highly stable semiconductor lasers and sensors for III-V and silicon photonic integrated circuits Electricity 0 Active
US11619583B2 Highly stable semiconductor lasers and sensors for III-V and silicon photonic integrated circuits Electricity 0 Active
US11719633B2 Highly stable semiconductor lasers and sensors for III-V and silicon photonic integrated circuits Electricity 0 Active
US10461202B2 In-plane resonant-cavity infrared photodetectors with fully-depleted absorbers Physics 0 Active
US11680901B2 Highly stable semiconductor lasers and sensors for III-V and silicon photonic integrated circuits Electricity 0 Active
US11662310B2 Highly stable semiconductor lasers and sensors for III-V and silicon photonic integrated circuits Electricity 0 Active
US11719634B2 Highly stable semiconductor lasers and sensors for III-V and silicon photonic integrated circuits Electricity 0 Active
US10333011B2 In-plane resonant cavity infrared photodetectors with fully depleted absorbers Physics 0 Active
US10446701B2 In-plane resonant-cavity infrared photodetectors with fully-depleted absorbers Physics 0 Active
US10453977B2 In-plane resonant-cavity infrared photodetectors with fully-depleted absorbers Physics 0 Active

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