Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

John A. Moon

85Patents
22h-index
66Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 30, 1996 → Jan 8, 2025

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5846889A Infrared transparent selenide glasses Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 195 Expired
US7872804B2 Encoded particle having a grating with variations in the refractive index Physics 100 Active
US7106513B2 Diffraction grating-based encoded particle Physics 66 Expired
US7126755B2 Method and apparatus for labeling using diffraction grating-based encoded optical identification elements Physics 64 Expired
US6948068B2 Method and apparatus for reading digital watermarks with a hand-held reader device Electricity 63 Expired
US8965076B2 Data processing system and methods Physics 52 Active
US8778848B2 Patterned flow-cells useful for nucleic acid analysis Physics 52 Active
US7164533B2 Hybrid random bead/chip based microarray Physics 50 Expired
US6578712B2 Methods and apparatus employing multi-spectral imaging for the remote identification and sorting of objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US6956687B2 Optical blocking filter having an array of micro-mirrors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US7399643B2 Method and apparatus for aligning microbeads in order to interrogate the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US9193996B2 Integrated optoelectronic read head and fluidic cartridge useful for nucleic acid sequencing Physics 37 Active
US7619819B2 Method and apparatus for drug product tracking using encoded optical identification elements Physics 36 Expired
US7349158B2 Diffraction grating-based encoded micro-particles for multiplexed experiments Physics 35 Expired
US6047964A Scratch card, and method and apparatus for validation of the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US7092160B2 Method of manufacturing of diffraction grating-based optical identification element Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US7126740B2 Multifunctional optical device having a spatial light modulator with an array of micromirrors Electricity 31 Expired
US7830575B2 Optical scanner with improved scan time Physics 27 Active
US7441703B2 Optical reader for diffraction grating-based encoded optical identification elements Physics 27 Active
US6488155B2 Methods and apparatus employing multi-spectral imaging for the remote identification and sorting of objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US7123833B2 Dynamically reconfigurable optical smart node Electricity 25 Expired
US7019883B2 Dynamic optical filter having a spatial light modulator Electricity 23 Expired
US7190522B2 Chemical synthesis using diffraction grating-based encoded optical elements Physics 22 Expired
US7433123B2 Optical identification element having non-waveguide photosensitive substrate with diffraction grating therein Physics 22 Expired
US7602952B2 Scanner having spatial light modulator Physics 22 Active

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