Charles Thomas Rettner
40Patents
15h-index
64Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 20, 1998 → Jul 18, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.