Inventor · Ellicott City, MD, US

Robert M. Young

31Patents
10h-index
59Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 22, 1993 → Dec 6, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5659171A Micro-miniature diaphragm pump for the low pressure pumping of gases Electricity 187 Expired
US5536939A Miniaturized mass filter Electricity 83 Expired
US9257647B2 Phase change material switch and method of making the same Electricity 69 Active
US6657525B1 Microelectromechanical RF switch Electricity 63 Expired
US5386115A Solid state micro-machined mass spectrograph universal gas detection sensor Electricity 51 Expired
US5492867A Method for manufacturing a miniaturized solid state mass spectrograph Electricity 39 Expired
US5466932A Micro-miniature piezoelectric diaphragm pump for the low pressure pumping of gases Electricity 35 Expired
US5747815A Micro-miniature ionizer for gas sensor applications and method of making micro-miniature ionizer Electricity 31 Expired
US5871336A Thermal transpiration driven vacuum pump Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 25 Expired
US7102472B1 MEMS device Electricity 16 Expired
US7157990B1 Radio frequency device and method using a carbon nanotube array Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US10229864B1 Cryogenic integrated circuit having a heat sink coupled to separate ground planes through differently sized thermal vias Electricity 6 Active
US10700270B2 PCM switch and method of making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US10629535B2 Thermally isolated ground planes with a superconducting electrical coupler Electricity 4 Active
US10727162B2 Integrated circuit having a heat sink coupled to separate ground planes through vias with different thermal characteristics Electricity 4 Active
US10186742B2 Phase-change material reconfigurable circuits Electricity 4 Active
US10312580B1 Class of nanomaterial-based tunable antennas Electricity 3 Active
US10998485B1 Cooler device with superconductor shunts Electricity 3 Active
US10490374B2 Phase-change material distributed switch systems Electricity 2 Active
US10644218B1 Multichip device with temperature isolating bump bonds Electricity 1 Active
US11189773B2 Superconductor thermal filter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11600760B2 Cooler device with aluminum oxide insulators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8018053B2 Heat transfer device Electricity 0 Active
US11333413B2 Solid state cooler device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US12150316B2 Method to integrate DC and RF phase change switches into high-speed SiGe BiCMOS Electricity 0 Active

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