Inventor · Newark, DE, US

Norman Herron

112Patents
14h-index
92Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 2, 1987 → Dec 7, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5162939A Small-particle semiconductors in rigid matrices Chemistry; Metallurgy 35 Expired
US6368997B2 Fischer-Tropsch processes and catalysts using fluorided supports Chemistry; Metallurgy 27 Expired
US5238607A Photoconductive polymer compositions and their use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6086668A Uniformly coated particulate metal oxide Chemistry; Metallurgy 26 Expired
US5132051A III-V semiconductors in rigid matrices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US6893996B2 Process for the preparation of a nickel/phosphorous ligand catalyst for olefin hydrocyanation Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US6869693B2 Polymers having attached luminescent metal complexes and devices made with such polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US5556716A X-ray photoconductive compositions for x-ray radiography Physics 19 Expired
US5110505A Small-particle semiconductors in rigid matrices Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US6753440B2 Copper-catalyzed vapor phase hydrocyanation of diolefinic compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US6875523B2 Photoactive lanthanide complexes with phosphine oxides, phosphine oxide-sulfides, pyridine N-oxides, and phosphine oxide-pyridine N-oxides, and devices made with such complexes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US7230107B1 Metal quinoline complexes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6924047B2 Luminescent lanthanide complexes with imine ligands and devices made with such complexes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US7060372B2 Polymers having attached luminescent metal complexes and devices made with such polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US4783546A Preparation of 4-pentenenitrile by isomerization Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Expired
US5948465A Process for making a field emitter cathode using a particulate field emitter material Electricity 14 Expired
US6365544B2 Fischer-Tropsch processes and catalysts using fluorided alumina supports Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Expired
US7365230B2 Cross-linkable polymers and electronic devices made with such polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US6806396B2 Disposal of fluoroform (HFC-23) Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US7074534B2 Polymeric charge transport compositions and electronic devices made with such compositions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6706900B2 Process for preparing 2,5-diformylfuran from carbohydrates Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US7816016B1 Electroluminescent iridium compounds and devices made therefrom Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US6313318A Process for the preparation of .alpha.-methylene lactones Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US6048996A Insoluble promoters for nickel-catalyzed hydrocyanation of monoolefins Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US6284927A Hydroperoxide decomposition process Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired

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