Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Oliver Schmidt

87Patents
22h-index
103Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: May 18, 2001 → Oct 30, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6498359B2 Field-effect transistor based on embedded cluster structures and process for its production Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 129 Expired
US8861184B2 Method for fabricating a multi-layer capacitor and a multi-layer capacitor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 77 Active
US7433552B2 Obtaining analyte information Physics 67 Expired
US7310153B2 Using position-sensitive detectors for wavelength determination Physics 61 Expired
US7358476B2 Sensing photons from objects in channels Physics 55 Active
US7502123B2 Obtaining information from optical cavity output light Physics 51 Active
US7315667B2 Propagating light to be sensed Physics 47 Expired
US7291824B2 Photosensing throughout energy range and in subranges Electricity 46 Expired
US7547904B2 Sensing photon energies emanating from channels or moving objects Physics 44 Active
US7386199B2 Providing light to channels or portions Physics 42 Expired
US7817276B2 Distinguishing objects Physics 39 Active
US7479625B2 Sensing photons from object in channels Physics 38 Active
US7522786B2 Transmitting light with photon energy information Physics 38 Expired
US7471399B2 Photosensing optical cavity output light Physics 37 Active
US7248361B2 Fluorescence reader based on anti-resonant waveguide excitation Physics 36 Expired
US7420677B2 Sensing photon energies of optical signals Physics 34 Active
US7817281B2 Tuning optical cavities Electricity 33 Active
US7545513B2 Encoding optical cavity output light Physics 32 Active
US7554673B2 Obtaining information about analytes using optical cavity output light Physics 26 Active
US7718948B2 Monitoring light pulses Electricity 25 Active
US7701590B2 Apparatus, methods, devices, and systems in which differences and/or changes in photosensed positions and/or quantities relate to shifts and/or differences in photon energies Physics 24 Active
US7456953B2 Method and apparatus for improved light distribution in an anti-resonant waveguide sensor Physics 23 Active
US8594470B2 Transmittting light with lateral variation Physics 22 Active
US8437582B2 Transmitting light with lateral variation Physics 22 Active
US7633629B2 Tuning optical cavities Physics 20 Active

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