John W. Hartzell
52Patents
15h-index
18Co-inventors
77Inventor score
Filing activity: May 22, 2000 → Jan 11, 2013
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.