John M. Macaulay
35Patents
16h-index
37Co-inventors
77Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 20, 1990 → Jun 24, 2003
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5559389A | Electron-emitting devices having variously constituted electron-emissive elements, including cones or pedestals | Electricity | 117 | Expired |
| US5578185A | Method for creating gated filament structures for field emision displays | Electricity | 101 | Expired |
| US5139624A | Method for making porous semiconductor membranes | Electricity | 83 | Expired |
| US5564959A | Use of charged-particle tracks in fabricating gated electron-emitting devices | Electricity | 62 | Expired |
| US5089292A | Field emission cathode array coated with electron work function reducing material, and method | Electricity | 52 | Expired |
| US5463271A | Structure for enhancing electron emission from carbon-containing cathode | Electricity | 46 | Expired |
| US5462467A | Fabrication of filamentary field-emission device, including self-aligned gate | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 43 | Expired |
| US5608283A | Electron-emitting devices utilizing electron-emissive particles which typically contain carbon | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| US5914150A | Formation of polycarbonate film with apertures determined by etching charged-particle tracks | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US5755944A | Formation of layer having openings produced by utilizing particles deposited under influence of electric field | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US5913704A | Fabrication of electronic devices by method that involves ion tracking | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US5897414A | Technique for increasing manufacturing yield of matrix-addressable device | Electricity | 29 | Expired |
| US5801477A | Gated filament structures for a field emission display | Electricity | 25 | Expired |
| US5552659A | Structure and fabrication of gated electron-emitting device having electron optics to reduce electron-beam divergence | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US5766446A | Electrochemical removal of material, particularly excess emitter material in electron-emitting device | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US5562516A | Field-emitter fabrication using charged-particle tracks | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US6204596A | Filamentary electron-emission device having self-aligned gate or/and lower conductive/resistive region | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US6019658A | Fabrication of gated electron-emitting device utilizing distributed particles to define gate openings, typically in combination with spacer material to control spacing between gate layer and electron-emissive elements | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US5900301A | Structure and fabrication of electron-emitting devices utilizing electron-emissive particles which typically contain carbon | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US5865659A | Fabrication of gated electron-emitting device utilizing distributed particles to define gate openings and utilizing spacer material to control spacing between gate layer and electron-emissive elements | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US6187603A | Fabrication of gated electron-emitting devices utilizing distributed particles to define gate openings, typically in combination with lift-off of excess emitter material | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US6617772B1 | Flat-panel display having spacer with rough face for inhibiting secondary electron escape | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US5827099A | Use of early formed lift-off layer in fabricating gated electron-emitting devices | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6356014B2 | Electron emitters coated with carbon containing layer | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US5666025A | Flat-panel display containing structure for enhancing electron emission from carbon-containing cathode | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.