Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

John A. Hoffnagle

18Patents
8h-index
31Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: May 12, 1992 → Aug 15, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5248883A Ion traps of mono- or multi-planar geometry and planar ion trap devices Electricity 50 Expired
US7079223B2 Fast model-based optical proximity correction Physics 49 Expired
US6295168A Refractive optical system that converts a laser beam to a collimated flat-top beam Physics 43 Expired
US6801368B2 System for converting optical beams to collimated flat-top beams Physics 31 Expired
US8982352B1 Regular, stable optical frequency scale for cavity enhanced optical spectroscopy Electricity 21 Active
US5379000A Atomic clock employing ion trap of mono- or multi-planar geometry Electricity 16 Expired
US6178000A Monolithic symmetric interferometer for generation of variable-periodicity patterns for lithography Physics 15 Expired
US6654183B2 System for converting optical beams to collimated flat-top beams Physics 11 Expired
US9267880B1 Ring-down binning in FSR hopping mode Physics 6 Active
US7046342B2 Apparatus for characterization of photoresist resolution, and method of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US9645077B2 Spectroscopic quantification of extremely rare molecular species in the presence of interfering optical absorption Physics 4 Active
US7179571B2 Apparatus for characterization of photoresist resolution, and method of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US6879448B2 Apparatus for achromatizing optical beams Physics 3 Expired
US7875408B2 Bleachable materials for lithography Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11592388B2 Clutter avoidance in wide-band cavity ring-down data acquisition Physics 0 Active
US11035728B2 Cavity ring-down spectroscopy having interleaved data acquisition for interference mitigation Physics 0 Active
US11092493B2 Cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy using a piecewise tunable laser and hierarchical wavelength determination Physics 0 Active
US12270706B2 Cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy using a piecewise tunable laser and hierarchical wavelength determination Physics 0 Active

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