Michael L. Simpson
32Patents
14h-index
30Co-inventors
77Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 5, 1997 → Nov 28, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6673596B1 | In vivo biosensor apparatus and method of use | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 487 | Expired |
| US6399951B1 | Simultaneous CT and SPECT tomography using CZT detectors | Human Necessities | 92 | Expired |
| US7408186B2 | Controlled alignment catalytically grown nanostructures | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 88 | Expired |
| US6117643A | Bioluminescent bioreporter integrated circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 71 | Expired |
| US5892231A | Virtual mask digital electron beam lithography | Electricity | 30 | Expired |
| US6982519B2 | Individually electrically addressable vertically aligned carbon nanofibers on insulating substrates | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US6905834B1 | Bioluminescent bioreporter integrated circuit detection methods | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US6858455B2 | Gated fabrication of nanostructure field emission cathode material within a device | Electricity | 29 | Expired |
| US6498349B1 | Electrostatically focused addressable field emission array chips (AFEA's) for high-speed massively parallel maskless digital E-beam direct write lithography and scanning electron microscopy | Electricity | 28 | Expired |
| US7641863B2 | Nanoengineered membranes for controlled transport | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Expired |
| US8993327B2 | Parallel macromolecular delivery and biochemical/electrochemical interface to cells employing nanostructures | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Active |
| US7371538B2 | Microluminometer chip and method to measure bioluminescence | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Active |
| US6692324B2 | Single self-aligned carbon containing tips | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US6649431B2 | Carbon tips with expanded bases grown with simultaneous application of carbon source and etchant gases | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US5965873A | Integrated CMOS spectrometers | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US7090992B2 | Bioluminescent bioreporter integrated circuit devices and methods for detecting estrogen | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US7208286B2 | Bioluminescent bioreporter integrated circuit devices and methods for detecting ammonia | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US6958572B2 | Controlled non-normal alignment of catalytically grown nanostructures in a large-scale synthesis process | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US7144287B2 | Individually electrically addressable carbon nanofibers on insulating substrates | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US7109515B2 | Carbon containing tips with cylindrically symmetrical carbon containing expanded bases | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US7229692B2 | Nanoconduits and nanoreplicants | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US7151256B2 | Vertically aligned nanostructure scanning probe microscope tips | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US7020560B2 | Methods for cell-based combinatorial logic | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US6917043B2 | Individually addressable cathodes with integrated focusing stack or detectors | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US7245068B2 | Apparatus for controlled alignment of catalytically grown nanostructures | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.