Inventor · Gresham, OR, US

Michael Schmidt

40Patents
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38Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 20, 1995 → Sep 22, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5558589A Two-mode, compound-split, electro-mechanical vehicular transmission Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 159 Expired
US8480528B2 Coaxial transmission Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US8656809B2 Gearing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US7508104B2 Magnetic coupling arrangement for transmitting a torque Electricity 13 Expired
US7675049B2 Sputtering coating of protective layer for charged particle beam processing Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Active
US8729469B1 Multiple sample attachment to nano manipulator for high throughput sample preparation Electricity 9 Active
US8307738B2 Coaxial transmission, especially hollow shaft transmission for industrial drive engineering Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8822921B2 Method for preparing samples for imaging Electricity 8 Active
US9601313B2 Automated TEM sample preparation Electricity 6 Active
US7420229B2 Failure analysis vehicle for yield enhancement with self test at speed burnin capability for reliability testing Physics 6 Active
US9412560B2 Bulk deposition for tilted mill protection Electricity 5 Active
US6185828A Position signal transmitter for a servo drive Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Expired
US9741536B2 High aspect ratio structure analysis Electricity 4 Active
US9941096B2 Glancing angle mill Electricity 3 Active
US10683922B2 Gearing Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Active
US7429733B2 Method and sample for radiation microscopy including a particle beam channel formed in the sample source Electricity 3 Active
US9653260B2 High throughput TEM preparation processes and hardware for backside thinning of cross-sectional view lamella Electricity 3 Active
US9488554B2 Method and system for reducing curtaining in charged particle beam sample preparation Electricity 3 Active
US9281163B2 High capacity TEM grid Electricity 3 Active
US8783134B2 Gearing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10267404B2 Gearing Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US10100913B2 Transmission Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US7129101B2 Failure analysis vehicle for yield enhancement with self test at speed burnin capability for reliability testing Physics 2 Expired
US10340119B2 Automated TEM sample preparation Electricity 1 Active
US10026590B2 Fiducial design for tilted or glancing mill operations with a charged particle beam Electricity 1 Active

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