Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Nalin Kumar

89Patents
28h-index
46Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 30, 1990 → Jun 21, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5227013A Forming via holes in a multilevel substrate in a single step Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 136 Expired
US5199918A Method of forming field emitter device with diamond emission tips Electricity 123 Expired
US5449970A Diode structure flat panel display Electricity 102 Expired
US5399238A Method of making field emission tips using physical vapor deposition of random nuclei as etch mask Electricity 94 Expired
US5451551A Multilevel metallization process using polishing Electricity 83 Expired
US5926239A Backlights for color liquid crystal displays Electricity 73 Expired
US5382315A Method of forming etch mask using particle beam deposition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 69 Expired
US5312514A Method of making a field emitter device using randomly located nuclei as an etch mask Electricity 69 Expired
US5118385A Multilayer electrical interconnect fabrication with few process steps Electricity 58 Expired
US5341063A Field emitter with diamond emission tips Electricity 56 Expired
US5380546A Multilevel metallization process for electronic components Electricity 55 Expired
US10207296B2 Material sorting system Physics 53 Active
US5551903A Flat panel display based on diamond thin films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US10710119B2 Material sorting using a vision system Physics 45 Active
US5548185A Triode structure flat panel display employing flat field emission cathode Electricity 44 Expired
US5543684A Flat panel display based on diamond thin films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US5861707A Field emitter with wide band gap emission areas and method of using Electricity 41 Expired
US5120572A Method of fabricating electrical components in high density substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US5164332A Diffusion barrier for copper features Electricity 38 Expired
US5156997A Method of making semiconductor bonding bumps using metal cluster ion deposition Electricity 37 Expired
US5254493A Method of fabricating integrated resistors in high density substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US5536193A Method of making wide band gap field emitter Electricity 34 Expired
US5290732A Process for making semiconductor electrode bumps by metal cluster ion deposition and etching Electricity 33 Expired
US5445550A Lateral field emitter device and method of manufacturing same Electricity 32 Expired
US5317006A Cylindrical magnetron sputtering system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired

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