Inventor · Boise, ID, US

Michael Westphal

60Patents
15h-index
31Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 9, 1986 → Feb 4, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5959454A Magnet arrangement for an NMR tomography system, in particular for skin and surface examinations Physics 33 Expired
US5880502A Low and high voltage CMOS devices and process for fabricating same Electricity 32 Expired
US5656886A Technique to improve uniformity of large area field emission displays Electricity 28 Expired
US7898258B2 Compact superconducting magnet configuration with active shielding having a shielding coil contributing to field formation Electricity 27 Active
US5414360A Gradient coils for therapy tomographs Physics 26 Expired
US5168211A Magnet system Physics 25 Expired
US8324069B1 Method of fabricating high-performance capacitors in integrated MOS technologies Electricity 21 Active
US5646532A Partial body tomograph Physics 21 Expired
US5485088A Therapy tomograph with homogeneity device Physics 20 Expired
US6529005B1 Device for homogenizing a magnetic field Physics 18 Expired
US6015323A Field emission display cathode assembly government rights Electricity 18 Expired
US6501275B1 Gradient coil arrangement comprising dampening of inner mechanical vibrations Physics 17 Expired
US5545997A Therapy tomograph with homogeneity device Physics 16 Expired
US6096589A Low and high voltage CMOS devices and process for fabricating same Electricity 16 Expired
US6369464B1 Active shielded superconducting assembly with compensation of magnetic field disturbances Physics 16 Expired
US5343148A Gradient coil system Physics 14 Expired
US6507259B2 Actively shielded superconducting magnet with protection means Physics 12 Expired
US6389821B1 Circulating cryostat Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 11 Expired
US5323135A Method for the construction of an optimized magnet coil Physics 10 Expired
US5945969A Uniformly bright field emission display Electricity 9 Expired
US6479997B1 Electric arrangement for operation of a gradient coil with several power supplies Physics 9 Expired
US7768052B1 Process to improve high-performance capacitors in integrated MOS technologies Electricity 8 Active
US8017475B1 Process to improve high-performance capacitors in integrated MOS technologies Electricity 8 Active
US4727346A Superconductor and normally conductive spaced parallel connected windings Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US6534984B2 Asymmetric arrangement of permanent-magnetic elements for a magnetic resonance apparatus Physics 8 Expired

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