Inventor · Santa Rosa, CA, US

Charles T. Markantes

58Patents
23h-index
33Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: May 14, 1993 → Oct 24, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5424119A Polymeric sheet having oriented multilayer interference thin film flakes therein, product using the same and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 147 Expired
US6838166B2 Multi-layered magnetic pigments and foils Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 145 Expired
US6761959B1 Diffractive surfaces with color shifting backgrounds Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 114 Expired
US7047883B2 Method and apparatus for orienting magnetic flakes Performing Operations; Transporting 110 Expired
US6114018A Paired optically variable article with paired optical structures and ink, paint and foil incorporating the same and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 85 Expired
US6473165B1 Automated verification systems and methods for use with optical interference devices Physics 82 Expired
US6841238B2 Chromatic diffractive pigments and foils Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 78 Expired
US6759097B2 Methods for producing imaged coated articles by using magnetic pigments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 75 Expired
US6808806B2 Methods for producing imaged coated articles by using magnetic pigments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US6749936B2 Achromatic multilayer diffractive pigments and foils Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US6818299B2 Multi-layered magnetic pigments and foils Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US7184133B2 Automated verification systems and method for use with optical interference devices Physics 53 Expired
US8343615B2 Dynamic appearance-changing optical devices (DACOD) printed in a shaped magnetic field including printable fresnel structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Active
US6997981B1 Thermal control interface coatings and pigments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US5766738A Paired optically variable article with paired optically variable structures and ink, paint and foil incorporating the same and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US7258900B2 Magnetic planarization of pigment flakes Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US9662925B2 Anisotropic magnetic flakes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Active
US7224528B2 Optically variable security devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US7006204B2 Automated verification systems and methods for use with optical interference devices Physics 33 Expired
US7517578B2 Method and apparatus for orienting magnetic flakes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US6970236B1 Methods and systems for verification of interference devices Physics 30 Expired
US7604855B2 Kinematic images formed by orienting alignable flakes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Active
US7169472B2 Robust multilayer magnetic pigments and foils Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US7029745B2 Security articles having diffractive surfaces and color shifting backgrounds Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US9027479B2 Method and apparatus for orienting magnetic flakes Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Active

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