Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

James Etzkorn

56Patents
14h-index
25Co-inventors
76Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 26, 2012 → Oct 1, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
USD754861S1 Contact lens antenna General 56 Active
US8960898B1 Contact lens that restricts incoming light to the eye Physics 53 Active
US8985763B1 Contact lens having an uneven embedded substrate and method of manufacture Physics 52 Active
US8874182B2 Encapsulated electronics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Active
US9298020B1 Input system Human Necessities 41 Active
US9054079B2 Assembling thin silicon chips on a contact lens Electricity 38 Active
US9161712B2 Systems and methods for encapsulating electronics in a mountable device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Active
US9332935B2 Device having embedded antenna Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Active
US9176332B1 Contact lens and method of manufacture to improve sensor sensitivity Physics 30 Active
US9282920B2 Sacrificial layers for bio-compatible devices Human Necessities 30 Active
US8880139B1 Symmetrically arranged sensor electrodes in an ophthalmic electrochemical sensor Human Necessities 18 Active
US9793522B2 Sealed solid state battery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US10057983B1 Fabrication methods for bio-compatible devices using an etch stop and/or a coating Electricity 14 Active
US9455423B2 Battery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US9320460B2 In-situ tear sample collection and testing using a contact lens Human Necessities 12 Active
US8960899B2 Assembling thin silicon chips on a contact lens Electricity 12 Active
USD796048S1 Contact lens antenna General 11 Active
US9113829B2 Systems and methods for encapsulating electronics in a mountable device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US10278644B1 Methods for providing a dyed polymer layer Human Necessities 9 Active
US9690118B2 Eye-mountable device to provide automatic accommodation and method of making same Physics 7 Active
US9685689B1 Fabrication methods for bio-compatible devices Electricity 7 Active
US9009958B2 Systems and methods for encapsulating electronics in a mountable device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US9743885B1 Method of two-step parylene patterning and etching to release a parylene sandwiched device Human Necessities 5 Active
US9636016B1 Eye-mountable devices and methods for accurately placing a flexible ring containing electronics in eye-mountable devices Human Necessities 5 Active
US9636050B1 Methods and apparatus for forming a channel through a polymer layer using a protrusion Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active

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