Inventor · Portland, OR, US

Mark Albert Crowder

60Patents
13h-index
18Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 3, 1999 → Jan 25, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6555449B1 Methods for producing uniform large-grained and grain boundary location manipulated polycrystalline thin film semiconductors using sequential lateral solidfication Electricity 87 Expired
US6573531B1 Systems and methods using sequential lateral solidification for producing single or polycrystalline silicon thin films at low temperatures Electricity 75 Expired
US6635554B1 Systems and methods using sequential lateral solidification for producing single or polycrystalline silicon thin films at low temperatures Electricity 73 Expired
US6830993B1 Surface planarization of thin silicon films during and after processing by the sequential lateral solidification method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US7192479B2 Laser annealing mask and method for smoothing an annealed surface Chemistry; Metallurgy 35 Expired
US7029996B2 Methods for producing uniform large-grained and grain boundary location manipulated polycrystalline thin film semiconductors using sequential lateral solidification Electricity 32 Expired
US8648328B2 Light emitting diode (LED) using three-dimensional gallium nitride (GaN) pillar structures with planar surfaces Electricity 31 Active
US6767804B2 2N mask design and method of sequential lateral solidification Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US8685774B2 Method for fabricating three-dimensional gallium nitride structures with planar surfaces Electricity 29 Active
US7804647B2 Sub-resolutional laser annealing mask Chemistry; Metallurgy 28 Active
US6777276B2 System and method for optimized laser annealing smoothing mask Electricity 27 Expired
US7419858B2 Recessed-gate thin-film transistor with self-aligned lightly doped drain Electricity 25 Active
US7319056B2 Methods for producing uniform large-grained and grain boundary location manipulated polycrystalline thin film semiconductors using sequential lateral solidification Electricity 23 Expired
US7220660B2 Surface planarization of thin silicon films during and after processing by the sequential lateral solidification method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US9755110B1 Substrate with topological features for steering fluidic assembly LED disks Electricity 13 Active
US9722145B2 Light emitting device and fluidic manufacture thereof Electricity 13 Active
US7872309B2 Self-aligned lightly doped drain recessed-gate thin-film transistor Electricity 12 Active
US9892944B2 Diodes offering asymmetric stability during fluidic assembly Electricity 9 Active
US7679028B2 Methods for producing uniform large-grained and grain boundary location manipulated polycrystalline thin film semiconductors using sequential lateral solidification Electricity 7 Active
US9252328B2 Three-dimensional gallium nitride (GaN) pillar structure light emitting diode (LED) Electricity 7 Active
US6733931B2 Symmetrical mask system and method for laser irradiation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US10334349B1 Headphone-based language communication device Electricity 6 Active
US10032957B2 Substrate with topological features for steering fluidic assembly LED disks Electricity 6 Active
US6660576B2 Substrate and method for producing variable quality substrate material Electricity 5 Expired
US6709910B1 Method for reducing surface protrusions in the fabrication of lilac films Electricity 5 Expired

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