Inventor · Los Altos, CA, US

Daniel Francis

13Patents
6h-index
19Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 16, 1995 → Mar 30, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5914709A User input device for a computer system Physics 181 Expired
US6351260B1 User input device for a computer system Physics 85 Expired
US7445605B2 Detection of apex motion for monitoring cardiac dysfunction Human Necessities 39 Expired
US6181842A Position digitizer waveguide array with integrated collimating optics Physics 38 Expired
US6445495B1 Tunable-gain lasing semiconductor optical amplifier Electricity 22 Expired
US6647041B1 Electrically pumped vertical optical cavity with improved electrical performance Electricity 11 Expired
US7149236B1 Optoelectronic semiconductor device Electricity 5 Expired
US6980577B1 Vertical laser cavity with a non-planar top mirror Electricity 4 Expired
US7553690B2 Starved source diffusion for avalanche photodiode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6977424B1 Electrically pumped semiconductor active region with a backward diode, for enhancing optical signals Electricity 2 Expired
US7099075B2 Tunable segmented distributed bragg reflector for linear optical amplifier Electricity 1 Expired
US5627852A Semiconductor laser geometry for broad-angle far-field addressing Electricity 1 Expired
US7057803B2 Linear optical amplifier using coupled waveguide induced feedback Electricity 0 Expired

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