Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Mark Davidson

16Patents
10h-index
8Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: May 6, 1986 → Feb 13, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5112129A Method of image enhancement for the coherence probe microscope with applications to integrated circuit metrology Physics 194 Expired
US4818110A Method and apparatus of using a two beam interference microscope for inspection of integrated circuits and the like Physics 167 Expired
US7061623B2 Interferometric back focal plane scatterometry with Koehler illumination Physics 123 Expired
US5282088A Aplanatic microlens and method for making same Physics 65 Expired
US6738176B2 Dynamic multi-wavelength switching ensemble Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US6612705B1 Mini-optics solar energy concentrator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US6843573B2 Mini-optics solar energy concentrator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US7115881B2 Positioning and motion control by electrons, ions, and neutrals in electric fields Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 17 Expired
US6698693B2 Solar propulsion assist Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US8379218B2 Fiber-based interferometer system for monitoring an imaging interferometer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US7978338B2 Compound reference interferometer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8120781B2 Interferometric systems and methods featuring spectral analysis of unevenly sampled data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8902431B2 Low coherence interferometry with scan error correction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US8004688B2 Scan error correction in low coherence scanning interferometry Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8107084B2 Interference microscope with scan motion detection using fringe motion in monitor patterns Physics 2 Active
US7054071B2 Mireau interference objective lens Physics 2 Expired

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