Michael C. Cates
17Patents
10h-index
40Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 24, 1991 → Aug 4, 2017
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6414979B2 | Gas discharge laser with blade-dielectric electrode | Electricity | 95 | Expired |
| US5782253A | System for removing a coating from a substrate | Performing Operations; Transporting | 90 | Expired |
| US5328517A | Method and system for removing a coating from a substrate using radiant energy and a particle stream | Performing Operations; Transporting | 89 | Expired |
| US5194723A | Photoacoustic control of a pulsed light material removal process | Physics | 87 | Expired |
| US6317447A | Electric discharge laser with acoustic chirp correction | Electricity | 59 | Expired |
| US5204517A | Method and system for control of a material removal process using spectral emission discrimination | Performing Operations; Transporting | 46 | Expired |
| US6466602B1 | Gas discharge laser long life electrodes | Electricity | 41 | Expired |
| US5613509A | Method and apparatus for removing contaminants and coatings from a substrate using pulsed radiant energy and liquid carbon dioxide | Performing Operations; Transporting | 36 | Expired |
| US8508721B2 | Multifunction aircraft LIDAR | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 32 | Active |
| US5512123A | Method for using pulsed optical energy to increase the bondability of a surface | Performing Operations; Transporting | 18 | Expired |
| US10429511B2 | Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) ice detection system | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US5930027A | Digitally controlled fiber optic light modulation system | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US6654403B2 | Flow shaping electrode with erosion pad for gas discharge laser | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US9933514B1 | LADAR systems with dynamic receiver filters | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US9851442B1 | LADAR augmented infra-red (LAIR) sensor | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US9041992B2 | Fiber stabilization of optical path differences (OPD) over a wide bandwidth frequency range for extended periods of time | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US9166356B2 | Unstable imaging resonator | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.