Inventor · Pasadena, CA, US

Michael L. Roukes

59Patents
12h-index
84Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 7, 2000 → Aug 31, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7724103B2 Ultra-high frequency self-sustaining oscillators, coupled oscillators, voltage-controlled oscillators, and oscillator arrays based on vibrating nanoelectromechanical resonators Electricity 60 Active
US8355768B2 Micromachined neural probes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Active
US6722200B2 Apparatus and method for ultrasensitive nanoelectromechanical mass detection Physics 46 Expired
US7416911B2 Electrochemical method for attaching molecular and biomolecular structures to semiconductor microstructures and nanostructures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US7449758B2 Polymeric piezoresistive sensors Physics 33 Active
US8750957B2 Microfabricated neural probes and methods of making same Human Necessities 31 Active
US7302856B2 Strain sensors based on nanowire piezoresistor wires and arrays Physics 25 Expired
US6593731B1 Displacement transducer utilizing miniaturized magnet and hall junction Physics 21 Expired
US7555938B2 Thermoelastic self-actuation in piezoresistive resonators Physics 17 Active
US7552645B2 Detection of resonator motion using piezoresistive signal downmixing Physics 16 Expired
US7762719B2 Microscale calorimeter Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Active
US9622676B2 Method of making micromachined neural probes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US9588084B2 Device for detecting gases and/or volatile organic compounds (VOC) Physics 11 Active
US10471273B2 Implantable, highly collimated light-emitters for biological applications Human Necessities 10 Active
US7617736B2 Metallic thin film piezoresistive transduction in micromechanical and nanomechanical devices and its application in self-sensing SPM probes Physics 10 Active
US6676813B1 Technology for fabrication of a micromagnet on a tip of a MFM/MRFM probe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7375321B2 Dynamics bionems sensors and arrays of bionems sensor immersed in fluids Physics 10 Expired
US8827548B2 Polymer NEMs for cell physiology and microfabricated cell positioning system for micro-biocalorimeter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8258899B2 Nano-electro-mechanical systems switches Electricity 10 Active
US6910382B2 Sensors based on giant planar hall effect in dilute magnetic semiconductors Physics 8 Expired
US9347815B2 Single-protein nanomechanical mass spectrometry in real time Electricity 6 Active
US7966898B2 Polymer NEMS for cell physiology and microfabricated cell positioning system for micro-biocalorimeter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8329452B2 Active NEMS arrays for biochemical analyses Physics 5 Active
US8350578B2 Wiring nanoscale sensors with nanomechanical resonators Electricity 5 Active
US7434476B2 Metallic thin film piezoresistive transduction in micromechanical and nanomechanical devices and its application in self-sensing SPM probes Physics 5 Expired

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