Inventor · Birtley, GB

Michael J. Thwaites

10Patents
4h-index
4Co-inventors
53Inventor score

Filing activity: May 12, 1983 → Oct 24, 2005

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4665428A Semiconductor device Electricity 40 Expired
US5384021A Sputtering apparatus Electricity 14 Expired
US5951742A Processes for the scrubbing of exhaust gas streams Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7578908B2 Sputter coating system Electricity 4 Active
US6463873B1 High density plasmas Electricity 3 Expired
US4665504A Memory device containing electrically conducting substrate having deposited hereon a layer of amorphous or microcrystalline silicon-carbon alloy and a layer of amorphous or microcrystalline silicon-containing material Electricity 3 Expired
US4567499A Memory device Electricity 2 Expired
US4747077A Method of detecting the conductance state of a non-volatile memory device Physics 2 Expired
US5631050A Process of depositing thin film coatings Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US6679447B2 Seat belt retractor Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired

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