Inventor · Bound Brook, NJ, US

Michael J. McFarland

34Patents
19h-index
36Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 6, 1985 → May 15, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5481385A Direct view display device with array of tapered waveguide on viewer side Physics 233 Expired
US5462700A Process for making an array of tapered photopolymerized waveguides Physics 174 Expired
US5225244A Polymeric anti-reflection coatings and coated articles Chemistry; Metallurgy 110 Expired
US6186649A Linear illumination sources and systems Physics 92 Expired
US5178955A Polymeric anti-reflection coatings and coated articles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 91 Expired
US5359687A Polymer microstructures which facilitate fiber optic to waveguide coupling Physics 81 Expired
US5521726A Polarizer with an array of tapered waveguides Physics 73 Expired
US5541039A Method for forming optically active waveguides Physics 60 Expired
US5186865A Electro-optical materials and light modulator devices containing same Physics 47 Expired
US5061404A Electro-optical materials and light modulator devices containing same Physics 43 Expired
US4810613A Blocked monomer and polymers therefrom for use as photoresists Physics 43 Expired
US4775609A Image reversal Physics 43 Expired
US4837124A High resolution photoresist of imide containing polymers Physics 27 Expired
US4720445A Copolymers from maleimide and aliphatic vinyl ethers and esters used in positive photoresist Physics 27 Expired
US6550942B1 Linear illumination sources and systems Physics 26 Expired
US6114090A Thermally-stable photopolymer composition and light transmissive device Physics 25 Expired
US4968581A High resolution photoresist of imide containing polymers Physics 25 Expired
US5019488A Method of producing an image reversal negative photoresist having a photo-labile blocked imide Physics 24 Expired
US4857435A Positive photoresist thermally stable compositions and elements having deep UV response with maleimide copolymer Physics 23 Expired
US4912018A High resolution photoresist based on imide containing polymers Physics 18 Expired
US6932723B1 Basketball shooting accuracy aid Human Necessities 14 Expired
US5059513A Photochemical image process of positive photoresist element with maleimide copolymer Physics 13 Expired
US4735885A Deep UV photoresist composition with 1,3-disubstituted-5-diazobarbituric acids Physics 13 Expired
US6728445B2 Closed-loop control of tunable optical wavelength filters Physics 12 Expired
US10549704B2 Cold formed glass applique Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active

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