Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Michael O'Connor

27Patents
12h-index
24Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: May 31, 1996 → Jul 19, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6188392A Electronic pen device Physics 151 Expired
US8376832B2 Gaming system having dynamically translucent symbol backgrounds Physics 120 Active
US6738105B1 Coherent light despeckling Electricity 100 Expired
US6938159B1 Continuous verification system Physics 75 Expired
US6667548B2 Diamond heat spreading and cooling technique for integrated circuits Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Expired
US7132313B2 Diamond heat spreading and cooling technique for integrated circuits Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Expired
US5966286A Cooling system for thin profile electronic and computer devices Physics 55 Expired
US6672722B2 Projection engine Electricity 35 Expired
US5982617A Cooling system for integrated circuit chips in a portable computer lid assembly Physics 32 Expired
US6181555A Cooling system for integrated circuit chips in a portable computer Physics 25 Expired
US6313987A Thermal connector for joining mobile electronic devices to docking stations Physics 23 Expired
US6409349B1 Enhancing spectral luminosity in projection displays Electricity 13 Expired
US7038671B2 Digitally driving pixels from pulse width modulated waveforms Physics 12 Expired
USD561270S1 Craps table layout General 12 Expired
US6779893B2 Non-collinear light engine for color imaging systems Electricity 7 Expired
US7113195B2 Generating pulse width modulated waveforms to digitally drive pixels Physics 6 Expired
US7215383B2 Coherent light despeckling Electricity 5 Expired
US6811272B2 Polarization conversion system Physics 4 Expired
US7018058B2 Polarization conversion system Physics 2 Expired
US8680572B2 Microdisplay packaging system Physics 2 Active
US6962424B2 Polarization conversion system Physics 2 Expired
US7477246B2 Synchronization of lamp stabilizing pulses with frame rates of PWM LCOS devices Physics 1 Active
US7397067B2 Microdisplay packaging system Physics 0 Expired
US11466614B2 Rotary roller motor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9175959B2 Measuring device mounting method and structure Physics 0 Active

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