Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Ga-Lane Chen

276Patents
23h-index
69Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 17, 1986 → Apr 29, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7148512B2 Thermal interface with silver-filled carbon nanotubes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US5750270A Multi-layer magnetic recording media Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US7728281B2 Mobile phone with rotating night vision Electricity 56 Active
US7413474B2 Composite coaxial cable employing carbon nanotubes therein Electricity 55 Active
US7018088B2 Light guide plate for liquid crystal display Physics 52 Expired
US5567512A Thin carbon overcoat and method of its making Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US6641935B1 Perpendicular recording media with soft magnetic superlattice underlayer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US5679431A Sputtered carbon overcoat in a thin-film medium and sputtering method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Expired
US5733370A Method of manufacturing a bicrystal cluster magnetic recording medium Physics 41 Expired
US6743503B1 Ultra-thin seed layer for multilayer superlattice magnetic recording media Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US6947285B2 Thermal interface material Electricity 36 Expired
US7046318B2 Polarized light source system comprising meshing prism plates and liquid crystal display using the same Physics 34 Expired
US7085460B2 Light guide plate with diffusion dots having scattering particles and surface light source unit incorporating the light guide plate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US7223004B2 Light guide plate with narrowed center and surface light source device incorporating same Physics 34 Expired
US6979112B2 Light guide plate Physics 33 Expired
US5763071A High areal density magnetic recording medium with dual magnetic layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US5508077A Textured disc substrate and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US5879783A Low noise magnetic recording medium and method of manufacturing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US7082000B2 Aspherical lens with grating Physics 28 Expired
USD493566S1 Light guide plate General 27 Expired
USD499834S1 Lamp cover used in a back light unit General 26 Expired
US7101070B2 Backlight system and liquid crystal display using the same Physics 24 Expired
US7183003B2 Thermal interface material and method for manufacturing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US4898774A Corrosion and wear resistant magnetic disk Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
USD499835S1 Light guide plate General 23 Expired

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