John Walter Locher
14Patents
8h-index
21Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 1, 1993 → Sep 18, 2017
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7584689B2 | Transparent ceramic composite armor | Performing Operations; Transporting | 39 | Active |
| US7793580B2 | Transparent ceramic composite | Performing Operations; Transporting | 30 | Active |
| US8025004B2 | Transparent ceramic composite | Performing Operations; Transporting | 24 | Active |
| US8297168B2 | Transparent ceramic composite | Performing Operations; Transporting | 23 | Active |
| US7348076B2 | Single crystals and methods for fabricating same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US6012303A | Eutectic bonding of single crystal components | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US8652658B2 | C-plane sapphire method and apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Active |
| US5398640A | Apparatus for growing hollow crystalline bodies from the melt | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US8685161B2 | Method of forming a sapphire crystal using a melt fixture including thermal shields having a stepped configuration | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| USRE43469E1 | Single crystals and methods for fabricating same | General | 3 | Active |
| US8157913B2 | Method of forming a sapphire single crystal | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US9551089B2 | Sapphire sheets and apparatus and method for producing sapphire sheets with angled heat shields | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US9926645B2 | Method of forming a single crystal sheet using a die having a thermal gradient along its length | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US9963800B2 | Method of making a sapphire component including machining a sapphire single crystal | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.