Richard Lee Fink
56Patents
13h-index
18Co-inventors
77Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 12, 1992 → Jul 14, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6312303A | Alignment of carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 62 | Expired |
| US8245951B2 | Electrostatic atomizing fuel injector using carbon nanotubes | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 45 | Active |
| US6064148A | Field emission device | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US6798127B2 | Enhanced field emission from carbon nanotubes mixed with particles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 32 | Expired |
| US6897603B2 | Catalyst for carbon nanotube growth | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US6739932B2 | Field emission display using carbon nanotubes and methods of making the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US7040948B2 | Enhanced field emission from carbon nanotubes mixed with particles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US6664722B1 | Field emission material | Performing Operations; Transporting | 20 | Expired |
| US5250817A | Alkali barrier superconductor Josephson junction and circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US9730333B2 | Photo-curing process for metallic inks | Electricity | 18 | Active |
| US6531828B2 | Alignment of carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US6580225B2 | Cold cathode | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US7300634B2 | Photocatalytic process | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 14 | Expired |
| US7821412B2 | Smoke detector | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Active |
| US6479939B1 | Emitter material having a plurlarity of grains with interfaces in between | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US7736209B2 | Enhanced electron field emission from carbon nanotubes without activation | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US7560134B2 | Nanoparticle implantation | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US6975063B2 | Metallization of carbon nanotubes for field emission applications | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US7452735B2 | Carbon nanotube deposition with a stencil | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US6700454B2 | Integrated RF array using carbon nanotube cathodes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US7195938B2 | Activation effect on carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US7791258B2 | Activation effect on carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
| US7462498B2 | Activation of carbon nanotubes for field emission applications | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US7125308B2 | Bead blast activation of carbon nanotube cathode | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US7786402B2 | Nanospot welder and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.