Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Charles Thomas Rettner

40Patents
15h-index
64Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 20, 1998 → Jul 18, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7521090B1 Method of use of epoxy-containing cycloaliphatic acrylic polymers as orientation control layers for block copolymer thin films Performing Operations; Transporting 104 Active
US7521094B1 Method of forming polymer features by directed self-assembly of block copolymers Performing Operations; Transporting 74 Active
US8114306B2 Method of forming sub-lithographic features using directed self-assembly of polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 69 Active
US6125687A Apparatus for measuring outgassing of volatile materials from an object Physics 62 Expired
US6754017B2 Patterned media magnetic recording disk drive with timing of write pulses by sensing the patterned media Physics 47 Expired
US7560141B1 Method of positioning patterns from block copolymer self-assembly Performing Operations; Transporting 36 Active
US8226838B2 Method of forming polymer features by directed self-assembly of block copolymers Performing Operations; Transporting 33 Active
US6982844B2 Optical aperture for data recording having transmission enhanced by surface plasmon resonance Physics 30 Expired
US8336003B2 Method for designing optical lithography masks for directed self-assembly Physics 29 Active
US6975580B2 Optical aperture for data recording having transmission enhanced by waveguide mode resonance Physics 27 Expired
US7009694B2 Indirect switching and sensing of phase change memory cells Physics 26 Expired
US6218657A System for gated detection of optical pulses containing a small number of photons using an avalanche photodiode Physics 23 Expired
US7501648B2 Phase change materials and associated memory devices Electricity 20 Active
US7289422B2 Optical devices having transmission enhanced by surface plasmon mode resonance, and their use in data recording Physics 17 Expired
US8828493B2 Methods of directed self-assembly and layered structures formed therefrom Physics 16 Active
US8398868B2 Directed self-assembly of block copolymers using segmented prepatterns Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Active
US7846502B2 Method of positioning patterns from block copolymer self-assembly Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Active
US8856693B2 Method for designing optical lithography masks for directed self-assembly Physics 10 Active
US7038231B2 Non-planarized, self-aligned, non-volatile phase-change memory array and method of formation Electricity 9 Expired
US9107291B2 Formation of a composite pattern including a periodic pattern self-aligned to a prepattern Electricity 9 Active
US8734904B2 Methods of forming topographical features using segregating polymer mixtures Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Active
US8343578B2 Self-assembled lamellar microdomains and method of alignment Chemistry; Metallurgy 7 Active
US6313461A Scanning-aperture electron microscope for magnetic imaging Electricity 7 Expired
US7875873B2 Phase change materials and associated memory devices Electricity 4 Active
US7989026B2 Method of use of epoxy-containing cycloaliphatic acrylic polymers as orientation control layers for block copolymer thin films Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active

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