Inventor · Champaign, IL, US

Ralph G. Nuzzo

50Patents
27h-index
70Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 18, 1982 → Mar 9, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7622367B1 Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 860 Active
US7972875B2 Optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 557 Active
US7799699B2 Printable semiconductor structures and related methods of making and assembling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 409 Active
US7982296B2 Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 380 Active
US7943491B2 Pattern transfer printing by kinetic control of adhesion to an elastomeric stamp Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 351 Active
US8440546B2 Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 339 Active
US8865489B2 Printed assemblies of ultrathin, microscale inorganic light emitting diodes for deformable and semitransparent displays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 332 Active
US8664699B2 Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 326 Active
US8722458B2 Optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 324 Active
US7932123B2 Release strategies for making transferable semiconductor structures, devices and device components Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 316 Active
US8039847B2 Printable semiconductor structures and related methods of making and assembling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 266 Active
US8394706B2 Printable semiconductor structures and related methods of making and assembling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 222 Active
US7662545B2 Decal transfer lithography Performing Operations; Transporting 216 Expired
US8895406B2 Release strategies for making transferable semiconductor structures, devices and device components Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 206 Active
US6518168B1 Self-assembled monolayer directed patterning of surfaces Electricity 199 Expired
US8217381B2 Controlled buckling structures in semiconductor interconnects and nanomembranes for stretchable electronics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 171 Active
US8729524B2 Controlled buckling structures in semiconductor interconnects and nanomembranes for stretchable electronics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 145 Active
US8679888B2 Arrays of ultrathin silicon solar microcells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 131 Active
US7705280B2 Multispectral plasmonic crystal sensors Physics 114 Active
US9105782B2 Arrays of ultrathin silicon solar microcells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Active
US9450043B2 Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 74 Active
US4690715A Modification of the properties of metals Electricity 70 Expired
US9324733B2 Controlled buckling structures in semiconductor interconnects and nanomembranes for stretchable electronics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Active
US9117940B2 Optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Active
US9647171B2 Printed assemblies of ultrathin, microscale inorganic light emitting diodes for deformable and semitransparent displays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Active

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