Inventor · Newton, MA, US

Michael Plotkin

33Patents
9h-index
49Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 27, 1995 → Jul 15, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6181728A Controlling laser polarization Performing Operations; Transporting 112 Expired
US6483071B1 Method and system for precisely positioning a waist of a material-processing laser beam to process microstructures within a laser-processing site Performing Operations; Transporting 64 Expired
US5570193A Concentration detector for colored toner Physics 51 Expired
US6300590A Laser processing Electricity 39 Expired
US6573473B2 Method and system for precisely positioning a waist of a material-processing laser beam to process microstructures within a laser-processing site Performing Operations; Transporting 30 Expired
US8269137B2 Link processing with high speed beam deflection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US7176407B2 Method and system for precisely positioning a waist of a material-processing laser beam to process microstructures within a laser-processing site Performing Operations; Transporting 17 Expired
US9348137B2 Optical scanning apparatus, system and method Physics 14 Active
US6559412B2 Laser processing Electricity 12 Expired
US6381259B2 Controlling laser polarization Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US8379204B1 System and method for automatic laser beam alignment Physics 8 Active
US8259770B2 Laser array Electricity 7 Active
US6911622B2 Laser processing Electricity 6 Expired
US6222663A High duty cycle scanner for laser printer Physics 4 Expired
US6987786B2 Controlling laser polarization Electricity 4 Expired
US7382385B2 Skewing compensation method and apparatus in a laser based image-forming system Physics 2 Active
US7978214B2 Apparatus and method of reducing banding artifact visibility in a scanning apparatus Electricity 2 Active
US8367968B2 System and method for multi-pulse laser processing Electricity 1 Active
US10078216B2 Optical scanning apparatus, system and method Physics 1 Active
US8928720B2 Apparatus and method of scanning light using an array of light sources Electricity 1 Active
US7751124B2 Anamorphic prisms Physics 1 Active
US9500859B2 Identification value of a rotatable element having a plurality of mirror facets Physics 0 Active
US8085289B1 Reducing side lobes within optical irradiance distributions used to selectively expose photosensitive surface Physics 0 Active
US8243998B2 Repeating band print artifact evaluation Physics 0 Active
US11712752B2 Material displacement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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