Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Mark J. Donovan

49Patents
15h-index
39Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 27, 1996 → Jun 17, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6122281A Method and apparatus for transmitting LAN data over a synchronous wide area network Electricity 77 Expired
US6144528A Air bearing slider with reduced stiction Physics 69 Expired
US8577634B2 Systems and methods for synchronizing sensor data Physics 64 Active
US6178064A Air bearing slider with shaped taper Physics 47 Expired
US6147838A Air bearing slider with shaped taper Physics 39 Expired
US6339518B1 Air bearing slider with shaped taper Physics 38 Expired
US10761195B2 Multi-wavelength LIDAR system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Active
US8729890B2 Magnetic angle and rotation speed sensor with continuous and discontinuous modes of operation based on rotation speed of a target object Physics 33 Active
US9172565B2 Signaling between master and slave components using a shared communication node of the master component Electricity 30 Active
US10514444B2 VCSEL array LIDAR transmitter with small angular divergence Physics 23 Active
US9068859B2 Magnetic field sensors and related techniques provide a self-test by communicating selected analog or digital samples of a proximity signal Physics 22 Active
US11016178B2 Eye-safe scanning LIDAR system Physics 22 Active
US10928486B2 VCSEL array LIDAR transmitter with small angular divergence Physics 20 Active
US7785020B2 Optical component and transceiver packaging Physics 17 Active
US11320538B2 Solid-state LIDAR transmitter with laser control Physics 15 Active
US9847840B2 Multi-channel transceiver with laser array and photonic integrated circuit Electricity 8 Active
US5889637A Air bearing magnetic head slider Physics 7 Expired
US11513195B2 Eye-safe long-range solid-state LIDAR system Electricity 5 Active
US8793085B2 Circuits and methods for automatically adjusting a magnetic field sensor in accordance with a speed of rotation sensed by the magnetic field sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9285438B2 Circuits and methods for processing signals generated by a plurality of magnetic field sensing elements Physics 4 Active
US9316653B2 Use of soluble forms of the Desmoglein I protein for the purposes of screening for anti-ageing active agents Physics 3 Active
US11762068B2 Multi-wavelength LIDAR system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US5654716A Circuit for short duration multiple look pulse based frequency measurement Physics 2 Expired
US9168215B2 Cosmetic use of lacritin-type polypeptides Physics 2 Active
US10284301B2 Multi-channel transceiver with laser array and photonic integrated circuit Electricity 2 Active

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