Inventor · Camas, WA, US

John W. Hartzell

52Patents
15h-index
18Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: May 22, 2000 → Jan 11, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8231831B2 Micro-pixelated fluid-assay structure Performing Operations; Transporting 134 Active
US7425749B2 MEMS pixel sensor Electricity 85 Active
US6573163B2 Method of optimizing channel characteristics using multiple masks to form laterally crystallized ELA poly-Si films Electricity 78 Expired
US7217588B2 Integrated MEMS packaging Electricity 71 Expired
US6495405B2 Method of optimizing channel characteristics using laterally-crystallized ELA poly-Si films Electricity 66 Expired
US6860939B2 Semiconductor crystal-structure-processed mechanical devices, and methods and systems for making Chemistry; Metallurgy 52 Expired
US6590228B2 LCD device with optimized channel characteristics Electricity 52 Expired
US7569410B2 Method for integrated MEMS packaging Electricity 36 Active
US7381595B2 High-density plasma oxidation for enhanced gate oxide performance Electricity 33 Active
US7253488B2 Piezo-TFT cantilever MEMS Electricity 32 Expired
US6642092B1 Thin-film transistors formed on a metal foil substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US7785912B2 Piezo-TFT cantilever MEMS fabrication Electricity 25 Active
US6765249B2 Thin-film transistors formed on a flexible substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US7125451B2 Crystal-structure-processed mechanical devices and methods and systems for making Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US7763947B2 Piezo-diode cantilever MEMS Electricity 16 Active
US7156916B2 Monolithic integrated crystal-structure-processed mechanical, and combined mechanical and electrical devices, and methods and systems for making Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US7135070B2 Monolithic stacked/layered crystal-structure-processed mechanical, and combined mechanical and electrical, devices and methods and systems for making Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Expired
US7128783B2 Thin-film crystal-structure-processed mechanical devices, and methods and systems for making Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Expired
US6689646B1 Plasma method for fabricating oxide thin films Electricity 15 Expired
US6432804B1 Sputtered silicon target for fabrication of polysilicon thin film transistors Electricity 14 Expired
US6913649B2 System and method for forming single-crystal domains using crystal seeds Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US8232108B2 Method of making micro-pixelated fluid-assay structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8890853B2 In-pixel ultrasonic touch sensor for display applications Physics 10 Active
US7446023B2 High-density plasma hydrogenation Electricity 7 Expired
US7544625B2 Silicon oxide thin-films with embedded nanocrystalline silicon Electricity 7 Active

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