Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

John E. Epler

75Patents
17h-index
47Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 21, 1986 → Nov 4, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7256483B2 Package-integrated thin film LED Electricity 125 Expired
US7024370B2 Methods and apparatus for early detection of health-related events in a population Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 93 Expired
US6956246B1 Resonant cavity III-nitride light emitting devices fabricated by growth substrate removal Electricity 67 Expired
US7488621B2 Package-integrated thin film LED Electricity 58 Active
US7462502B2 Color control by alteration of wavelength converting element Electricity 44 Active
US4771010A Energy beam induced layer disordering (EBILD) Electricity 32 Expired
US7902566B2 Color control by alteration of wavelength converting element Electricity 27 Active
US7754507B2 Method of removing the growth substrate of a semiconductor light emitting device Electricity 27 Active
US7626210B2 Low profile side emitting LED Electricity 27 Active
US4962057A Method of in situ photo induced evaporation enhancement of compound thin films during or after epitaxial growth Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US5436192A Method of fabricating semiconductor structures via photo induced evaporation enhancement during in situ epitaxial growth Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US5114877A Method of fabricating quantum wire semiconductor laser via photo induced evaporation enhancement during in situ epitaxial growth Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US7736945B2 LED assembly having maximum metal support for laser lift-off of growth substrate Electricity 23 Active
US5138625A Quantum wire semiconductor laser Electricity 22 Expired
US7875533B2 Package-integrated thin film LED Electricity 21 Active
US7675084B2 Photonic crystal light emitting device Electricity 20 Active
US5013684A Buried disordering sources in semiconductor structures employing photo induced evaporation enhancement during in situ epitaxial growth Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US10964845B2 Micro light emitting devices Electricity 15 Active
US10811460B2 Micrometer scale light emitting diode displays on patterned templates and substrates Electricity 14 Active
US8334155B2 Substrate for growing a III-V light emitting device Electricity 12 Active
US10923628B2 Micrometer scale light emitting diode displays on patterned templates and substrates Electricity 10 Active
US9312437B2 P-contact with more uniform injection and lower optical loss Electricity 8 Active
US7442965B2 Photonic crystal light emitting device Electricity 8 Expired
US5563094A Buried reverse bias junction configurations in semiconductor structures employing photo induced evaporation enhancement during in situ epitaxial growth and device structures utilizing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US7601989B2 LED with porous diffusing reflector Electricity 7 Active

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