Christopher Guild Keller
68Patents
16h-index
49Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 3, 1987 → May 2, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8499673B2 | Microsurgical cutting instruments | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 690 | Active |
| US6106751A | Method for fabricating needles via conformal deposition in two-piece molds | Performing Operations; Transporting | 202 | Expired |
| US5660680A | Method for fabrication of high vertical aspect ratio thin film structures | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 128 | Expired |
| US5645684A | Multilayer high vertical aspect ratio thin film structures | Performing Operations; Transporting | 119 | Expired |
| US5651900A | Microfabricated particle filter | Performing Operations; Transporting | 98 | Expired |
| US5893974A | Microfabricated capsules for immunological isolation of cell transplants | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 70 | Expired |
| US5948255A | Microfabricated particle thin film filter and method of making it | Performing Operations; Transporting | 51 | Expired |
| US5331487A | Direct access storage device with vapor phase lubricant system and a magnetic disk having a protective layer and immobile physically bonded lubricant layer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 47 | Expired |
| US4789913A | Method and apparatus for lubricating a magnetic disk continuously in a recording file | Physics | 42 | Expired |
| US5309301A | Servo controlled lubricant thickness for near contact magnetic recording | Physics | 41 | Expired |
| US5229899A | Apparatus and method for controlling vapor phase within an enclosure | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US5251081A | Spindle grounding device | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US6015599A | High vertical aspect ratio thin film structures | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US5351156A | Method and apparatus for cleaning disks | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US5612830A | Method and apparatus for cleaning disks upon reaching a disk drive start-stop cycle threshold | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5278711A | Slider bearing design for near contact magnetic recording | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US5659447A | Magnetic slider design for precision wear-in | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US8702698B2 | Ophthalmic surgical device for capsulotomy | Human Necessities | 14 | Active |
| US6075683A | Disk drive with passive multiple fly height slider and cooperative disk pattern | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US5396383A | Integral lubricating fluid delivery system for a flying head in a magnetic disk storage system | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US9173771B2 | Ophthalmic surgical device for accessing tissue and for performing a capsulotomy | Human Necessities | 8 | Active |
| US5543983A | Servo controlled lubricant thickness for near magnetic recording | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US5381284A | Spacer ring reservoir for magnetic recording disk lubricant | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5742449A | Near contact magnetic recording using a liquid lubricant bearing to separate media and transducer | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US6125007A | Membrane seal secured to inner and outer oscillating bearing members for small angle oscillations within confined axial space | Physics | 5 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.