Inventor · Zürich, CH

James K. Gimzewski

26Patents
12h-index
29Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 24, 1986 → Oct 5, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4853810A Method and apparatus for controlling the flying height of the head in a magnetic storage unit Physics 105 Expired
US6031756A Molecule, layered medium and method for creating a pattern Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Expired
US4831614A Direct access storage unit using tunneling current techniques Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 94 Expired
US4668865A Scanning tunneling microscope Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US5780727A Electromechanical transducer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 74 Expired
US7305883B2 Chemical micromachined microsensors Physics 69 Active
US5547774A Molecular recording/reproducing method and recording medium Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US6800369B2 Crystals comprising single-walled carbon nanotubes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US6313905A Apparatus and method for defining a pattern on a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US5737086A Apparatus and method for spectroscopic measurement as a deflection of a bimorph carrying a sample that is heated by radiation Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Expired
US7560070B1 Cantilever sensors and transducers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US8599383B2 Optical cytometry Physics 12 Active
US7741615B2 High energy crystal generators and their applications Electricity 12 Expired
US4698502A Field-emission scanning auger electron microscope Electricity 9 Expired
US9810683B2 Use of live cell inteferometry with reflective floor of observation chamber to determine changes in mass of mammalian cells Physics 6 Active
US8524488B2 Methods and devices for determining a cell characteristic, and applications employing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US5897954A Epitaxially layered structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US5910837A Photomechanical transducer Physics 4 Expired
US6243248A Molecular arrangement and switching device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US8501092B2 Calorimeter and methods of use thereof Physics 1 Active
US8652798B2 Analysis of ex vivo cells for disease state detection and therapeutic agent selection and monitoring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10802012B2 Optical cytometry to determine cell mass changes in response to a biologically active agent Physics 1 Active
US8396181B2 Method and apparatus for generating nuclear fusion using crystalline materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9678105B2 Analysis of ex vivo cells for disease state detection and therapeutic agent selection and monitoring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8566038B2 Compositions and methods for analyzing immobilized nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active

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