Inventor · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, US

John J. Berenz

25Patents
13h-index
23Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 12, 1983 → Aug 13, 2003

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6724920B1 Application of human facial features recognition to automobile safety Performing Operations; Transporting 164 Expired
US7110570B1 Application of human facial features recognition to automobile security and convenience Physics 116 Expired
US6069540A Micro-electro system (MEMS) switch Electricity 92 Expired
US6810135B1 Optimized human presence detection through elimination of background interference Physics 49 Expired
US5580419A Process of making semiconductor device using focused ion beam for resistless in situ etching, deposition, and nucleation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US5994982A MEMS switched resonators for VCO applications Electricity 29 Expired
US5528769A High electron mobility transistor monolithic integrated circuit receiver Electricity 27 Expired
US4916498A High electron mobility power transistor Electricity 26 Expired
US5438336A Focal plane imaging array with internal calibration source Physics 24 Expired
US4537654A Two-gate non-coplanar FET with self-aligned source Electricity 24 Expired
US4908325A Method of making heterojunction transistors with wide band-gap stop etch layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US6420704B1 Method and system for improving camera infrared sensitivity using digital zoom Electricity 19 Expired
US4507845A Method of making field effect transistors with opposed source _and gate regions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US6904347B1 Human presence detection, identification and tracking using a facial feature image sensing system for airbag deployment Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US4551904A Opposed gate-source transistor Electricity 12 Expired
US5710058A Method of making multi-terminal resonant tunneling transistor Electricity 8 Expired
US6054729A Gallium antimonide complementary HFET Electricity 7 Expired
US6291908A Micro-miniature switch apparatus Electricity 6 Expired
US4951099A Opposed gate-source transistor Electricity 5 Expired
US5514876A Multi-terminal resonant tunneling transistor Electricity 5 Expired
US5940695A Gallium antimonide complementary HFET Electricity 3 Expired
US6384432B1 Gallium antimonide complementary HFET Electricity 3 Expired
US6365442B1 Efficient method of making micro-miniature switch device Electricity 2 Expired
US7123747B2 Enhancement of vehicle interior digital images Physics 2 Expired
US7403715B2 Free space optical bus Electricity 1 Expired

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