Richard M. Ness
47Patents
25h-index
82Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 21, 1997 → Jan 17, 2012
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6128323A | Reliable modular production quality narrow-band high REP rate excimer laser | Electricity | 171 | Expired |
| US6018537A | Reliable, modular, production quality narrow-band high rep rate F.sub.2 laser | Electricity | 161 | Expired |
| US6567450B2 | Very narrow band, two chamber, high rep rate gas discharge laser system | Electricity | 144 | Expired |
| US5991324A | Reliable. modular, production quality narrow-band KRF excimer laser | Electricity | 139 | Expired |
| US6625191B2 | Very narrow band, two chamber, high rep rate gas discharge laser system | Electricity | 136 | Expired |
| US5936988A | High pulse rate pulse power system | Electricity | 107 | Expired |
| US6016325A | Magnetic modulator voltage and temperature timing compensation circuit | Electricity | 97 | Expired |
| US6549551B2 | Injection seeded laser with precise timing control | Electricity | 96 | Expired |
| US6566667B1 | Plasma focus light source with improved pulse power system | Electricity | 88 | Expired |
| US6972421B2 | Extreme ultraviolet light source | Electricity | 86 | Expired |
| US6586757B2 | Plasma focus light source with active and buffer gas control | Electricity | 75 | Expired |
| US6690704B2 | Control system for a two chamber gas discharge laser | Electricity | 70 | Expired |
| US5914974A | Method and apparatus for eliminating reflected energy due to stage mismatch in nonlinear magnetic compression modules | Electricity | 70 | Expired |
| US6815700B2 | Plasma focus light source with improved pulse power system | Electricity | 69 | Expired |
| US6566668B2 | Plasma focus light source with tandem ellipsoidal mirror units | Electricity | 66 | Expired |
| US6151346A | High pulse rate pulse power system with fast rise time and low current | Electricity | 63 | Expired |
| US6330261A | Reliable, modular, production quality narrow-band high rep rate ArF excimer laser | Electricity | 60 | Expired |
| US5940421A | Current reversal prevention circuit for a pulsed gas discharge laser | Electricity | 58 | Expired |
| US6757316B2 | Four KHz gas discharge laser | Electricity | 52 | Expired |
| US5949806A | High voltage cable interlock circuit | Electricity | 49 | Expired |
| US7368741B2 | Extreme ultraviolet light source | Electricity | 45 | Expired |
| US6028872A | High pulse rate pulse power system with resonant power supply | Electricity | 44 | Expired |
| US6744060B2 | Pulse power system for extreme ultraviolet and x-ray sources | Electricity | 42 | Expired |
| US6590922B2 | Injection seeded F2 laser with line selection and discrimination | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US6442181B1 | Extreme repetition rate gas discharge laser | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.