Michael Scherer
33Patents
14h-index
43Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 22, 1983 → May 20, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5169509A | Apparatus for the reactive coating of a substrate | Electricity | 68 | Expired |
| US4931169A | Apparatus for coating a substrate with dielectrics | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 61 | Expired |
| US4548691A | Thermally insulating glazing | Physics | 56 | Expired |
| US5122252A | Arrangement for the coating of substrates | Electricity | 46 | Expired |
| US4572842A | Method and apparatus for reactive vapor deposition of compounds of metal and semi-conductors | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 42 | Expired |
| US4534841A | Solar controlled glazing and method of producing glazing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 37 | Expired |
| US5558751A | Dual cathode sputter coating apparatus | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US4871434A | Process for equipment to coat tools for machining and forming techniques with mechanically resistant layers | Electricity | 30 | Expired |
| US5006219A | Microwave cathode sputtering arrangement | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
| US5026471A | Device for coating a substrate | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US5399252A | Apparatus for coating a substrate by magnetron sputtering | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US4619755A | Sputtering system for cathode sputtering apparatus | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US5423971A | Arrangement for coating substrates | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US5292419A | Sputtering unit | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 14 | Expired |
| US5698039A | Process for cleaning a substrate using a barrier discharge | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US5728280A | Apparatus for coating substrates by cathode sputtering with a hollow target | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US5097794A | Apparatus for transporting substrates in a vacuum coating system | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US4488956A | High-power cathode system for producing multilayers | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US5372693A | Vacuum coating apparatus | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Expired |
| US5716505A | Apparatus for coating substrates by cathode sputtering with a hollow target | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US8956511B2 | Method for producing a multilayer coating and device for carrying out said method | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US5789670A | Rain sensor | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Expired |
| US6391112B1 | Heat-exchanging workholder for a vacuum unit | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US5922182A | Apparatus for coating substrates especially with magnetizable materials | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US5653855A | Method for manufacturing a rain sensor | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.