Inventor · Ashburn, VA, US

Robert Eric Betzig

40Patents
18h-index
12Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 10, 1991 → Dec 16, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5105305A Near-field scanning optical microscope using a fluorescent probe Physics 246 Expired
US7609391B2 Optical lattice microscopy Physics 130 Active
US7710563B2 Optical microscopy with phototransformable optical labels Physics 100 Active
US5254854A Scanning microscope comprising force-sensing means and position-sensitive photodetector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 97 Expired
US5272330A Near field scanning optical microscope having a tapered waveguide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 94 Expired
US5389779A Method and apparatus for near-field, scanning, optical microscopy by reflective, optical feedback Physics 68 Expired
US7626695B2 Optical microscopy with phototransformable optical labels Physics 56 Active
US5288996A Near-field optical microscopic examination of genetic material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US5286971A Data recording using a near field optical probe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US7535012B2 Optical microscopy with phototransformable optical labels Physics 32 Active
US7626703B2 Optical microscopy with phototransformable optical labels Physics 31 Active
US5286970A Near field optical microscopic examination of a biological specimen Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US7782457B2 Optical microscopy with phototransformable optical labels Physics 30 Active
US5288998A Manufacturing method including photoresist processing using a near-field optical probe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5288997A Manufacturing method, including near-field optical microscopic examination of a magnetic bit pattern Physics 28 Expired
US7626694B2 Optical microscopy with phototransformable optical labels Physics 24 Active
US5288999A Manufacturing method including near-field optical microscopic examination of a semiconductor wafer Physics 19 Expired
US10247672B2 Non-linear structured illumination microscopy Physics 18 Active
US7864314B2 Optical microscopy with phototransformable optical labels Physics 17 Active
US8711211B2 Bessel beam plane illumination microscope Physics 16 Active
US8599376B2 Optical microscopy with phototransformable optical labels Physics 15 Active
US9223125B2 Bessel beam plane illumination microscope Physics 11 Active
US9500846B2 Rapid adaptive optical microscopy over large multicellular volumes Physics 10 Active
US7990611B2 Optical lattice microscopy using periodic interference patterns of coherent waves Physics 10 Active
US8462336B2 Optical microscopy with phototransformable optical labels Physics 8 Active

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