Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Robert C. Taber

30Patents
12h-index
30Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 29, 1994 → Feb 27, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7053419B1 Light emitting diodes with improved light extraction efficiency Electricity 82 Expired
US6965340B1 System and method for security inspection using microwave imaging Electricity 81 Expired
US6005691A High-security machine-readable holographic card Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US7064355B2 Light emitting diodes with improved light extraction efficiency Electricity 58 Expired
US6504171B1 Chirped multi-well active region LED Electricity 44 Expired
US7280068B2 System and method for microwave imaging with suppressed sidelobes using a sparse antenna array Physics 40 Expired
US5712605A Microwave resonator Electricity 34 Expired
US5652556A Whispering gallery-type dielectric resonator with increased resonant frequency spacing, improved temperature stability, and reduced microphony Electricity 30 Expired
US6972714B1 Optically-augmented microwave imaging system and method Physics 30 Expired
US7183963B2 System and method for inspecting transportable items using microwave imaging Physics 16 Expired
US7283085B2 System and method for efficient, high-resolution microwave imaging using complementary transmit and receive beam patterns Electricity 14 Expired
US7333055B2 System and method for microwave imaging using an interleaved pattern in a programmable reflector array Electricity 12 Expired
US7224314B2 Device for reflecting electromagnetic radiation Electricity 10 Expired
US7327304B2 System and method for minimizing background noise in a microwave image using a programmable reflector array Physics 10 Expired
US7279345B2 Method of forming light emitting devices with improved light extraction efficiency Electricity 9 Expired
US7298318B2 System and method for microwave imaging using programmable transmission array Electricity 9 Expired
US7347085B2 Nanoscale displacement detector Physics 9 Active
US10312422B2 Light emitting devices with optical elements and bonding layers Electricity 8 Active
US6738583B1 Self-aligning infra-red communication link Electricity 7 Expired
US7112775B2 Coherent imaging that utilizes orthogonal transverse mode diversity Physics 4 Expired
US8289199B2 System and method for pattern design in microwave programmable arrays Electricity 3 Active
US7940208B2 Optically-augmented microwave imaging system and method Physics 3 Expired
US8681035B2 System and method for security inspection using microwave imaging Electricity 2 Active
US9341516B2 System for performing optical spectroscopy including interferometer Physics 2 Active
US7777583B2 Mode selective coupler for whispering-gallery dielectric resonator Electricity 2 Active

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