Inventor · San Ramon, CA, US

Patrick Smith

42Patents
12h-index
34Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 5, 1996 → Nov 26, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5994174A Method of fabrication of display pixels driven by silicon thin film transistors Physics 101 Expired
US5817550A Method for formation of thin film transistors on plastic substrates Electricity 79 Expired
US5856858A Plastic substrates for active matrix liquid crystal display incapable of withstanding processing temperature of over 200.degree. C and method of fabrication Physics 45 Expired
US5918140A Deposition of dopant impurities and pulsed energy drive-in Electricity 38 Expired
US7528017B2 Method of manufacturing complementary diodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US6680485B1 Thin film transistors on plastic substrates Electricity 19 Expired
US7767520B2 Printed dopant layers Electricity 17 Active
US8426905B2 Profile engineered, electrically active thin film devices Electricity 15 Active
US7701011B2 Printed dopant layers Electricity 14 Active
US8191018B1 Methods and software for printing materials onto a substrate Electricity 13 Active
US7932537B2 Process-variation tolerant diode, standard cells including the same, tags and sensors containing the same, and methods for manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US7750792B2 Multi-mode tags and methods of making and using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US6436739B1 Thick adherent dielectric films on plastic substrates and method for depositing same Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US7709307B2 Printed non-volatile memory Electricity 10 Active
USRE39988E1 Deposition of dopant impurities and pulsed energy drive-in General 9 Expired
US8446706B1 High precision capacitors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US9004366B2 Wireless devices including printed integrated circuitry and methods for manufacturing and using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8424176B2 Methods of forming tunable capacitors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US6642085B1 Thin film transistors on plastic substrates with reflective coatings for radiation protection Electricity 7 Expired
US8304780B2 Printed dopant layers Electricity 6 Active
US8296943B2 Method for making surveillance devices with multiple capacitors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US8891264B1 Series circuits and devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8227320B2 High reliability surveillance and/or identification tag/devices and methods of making and using the same Physics 2 Active
US6649216B2 In-line ultraviolet curable coating process and products produced thereby Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US8264027B2 Printed non-volatile memory Electricity 2 Active

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