Inventor · Cambridge, MA, US

Neil Gershenfeld

84Patents
24h-index
66Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 4, 1988 → Nov 14, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6025725A Electrically active resonant structures for wireless monitoring and control Electricity 308 Expired
US6211799A Method and apparatus for transbody transmission of power and information Electricity 306 Expired
US9566758B2 Digital flexural materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 122 Active
US6025726A Method and apparatus for determining three-dimensional position, orientation and mass distribution Electricity 119 Expired
US9690286B2 Methods and apparatus for digital material skins Physics 111 Active
US9809977B2 Digital material assembly by passive means and modular isotropic lattice extruder system Performing Operations; Transporting 109 Active
US10145110B2 Digital material assembly by passive means and modular isotropic lattice extruder system Performing Operations; Transporting 109 Active
US10384416B2 Digital flexural materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 107 Active
US6493933B1 Method of making flexible electronic circuitry Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 93 Expired
US5844415A Method for three-dimensional positions, orientation and mass distribution Electricity 92 Expired
US5917322A Method and apparatus for quantum information processing Physics 86 Expired
US5914610A Apparatus and method for characterizing movement of a mass within a defined space Electricity 79 Expired
US6584214B1 Identification and verification using complex, three-dimensional structural features Physics 74 Expired
US9073962B2 Methods of serial assembly of DNA bricks into larger structures Chemistry; Metallurgy 66 Active
US5247261A Method and apparatus for electromagnetic non-contact position measurement with respect to one or more axes Physics 64 Expired
US6642837B1 Method and apparatus for touch-activated identification and information transfer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US5790025A Tamper detection using bulk multiple scattering Physics 56 Expired
US6066954A Apparatus for resolving presence and orientation within a defined space Electricity 54 Expired
US6051981A Method and apparatus for characterizing movement of a mass within a defined space Electricity 51 Expired
US5936412A Method for resolving presence, orientation and activity in a defined space Electricity 51 Expired
US8383061B2 Microfluidic bubble logic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Active
US6208253A Wireless monitoring of temperature Physics 31 Expired
US6200508A Method of fabricating electro-mechanical devices by multilayer deposition Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Expired
US6000833A Efficient synthesis of complex, driven systems Physics 25 Expired
US7209867B2 Analog continuous time statistical processing Electricity 21 Expired

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