David M. Bloom
75Patents
31h-index
44Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: May 23, 1978 → Feb 4, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5311360A | Method and apparatus for modulating a light beam | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 612 | Expired |
| US5982553A | Display device incorporating one-dimensional grating light-valve array | Physics | 482 | Expired |
| US5808797A | Method and apparatus for modulating a light beam | Performing Operations; Transporting | 404 | Expired |
| US5459610A | Deformable grating apparatus for modulating a light beam and including means for obviating stiction between grating elements and underlying substrate | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 337 | Expired |
| US5661592A | Method of making and an apparatus for a flat diffraction grating light valve | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 254 | Expired |
| US5841579A | Flat diffraction grating light valve | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 190 | Expired |
| US6215579A | Method and apparatus for modulating an incident light beam for forming a two-dimensional image | Physics | 141 | Expired |
| US6863833B1 | Microfabricated apertures for supporting bilayer lipid membranes | Performing Operations; Transporting | 128 | Expired |
| US6101036A | Embossed diffraction grating alone and in combination with changeable image display | Physics | 127 | Expired |
| US5677783A | Method of making a deformable grating apparatus for modulating a light beam and including means for obviating stiction between grating elements and underlying substrate | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 116 | Expired |
| US4758092A | Method and means for optical detection of charge density modulation in a semiconductor | Physics | 112 | Expired |
| US6219015A | Method and apparatus for using an array of grating light valves to produce multicolor optical images | Performing Operations; Transporting | 100 | Expired |
| US5847569A | Electrical contact probe for sampling high frequency electrical signals | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 100 | Expired |
| US6268952A | Micromechanical light steering optical switch | Physics | 95 | Expired |
| US5629801A | Diffraction grating light doubling collection system | Electricity | 83 | Expired |
| US4983910A | Millimeter-wave active probe | Physics | 82 | Expired |
| US5003253A | Millimeter-wave active probe system | Physics | 81 | Expired |
| US6130770A | Electron gun activated grating light valve | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 78 | Expired |
| US5798743A | Clear-behind matrix addressing for display systems | Physics | 75 | Expired |
| US4681449A | High speed testing of electronic circuits by electro-optic sampling | Physics | 67 | Expired |
| US5764280A | Display system including an image generator and movable scanner for same | Electricity | 62 | Expired |
| US6169624A | Achromatic optical modulators | Electricity | 60 | Expired |
| US4327966A | Variable attenuator for laser radiation | Physics | 59 | Expired |
| US7147865B2 | Artificial synapse chip | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 58 | Expired |
| US5014018A | Nonlinear transmission line for generation of picosecond electrical transients | Electricity | 57 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.