Inventor · Mainz, DE

Rolf Schaefer

35Patents
9h-index
49Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 1, 1984 → Aug 18, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7957144B2 Heat exchange system for blade server systems and method Electricity 48 Active
US4557796A Method of dry copper etching and its implementation Electricity 31 Expired
US6199160A Computer system and method for performing multiple tasks Physics 17 Expired
US7710113B2 Magnetic sensor with offset magnetic field Physics 16 Active
US8110119B2 Method of manufacturing a magnetic sensor with tilted magnetoresistive structures Physics 16 Active
US7505233B2 Magnetic sensor Physics 15 Active
US7492554B2 Magnetic sensor with tilted magnetoresistive structures Physics 11 Active
US4631203A Latent imaging and developer system Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US7569131B2 Method for producing multiple magnetic layers of materials with known thickness and composition using a one-step electrodeposition process Physics 9 Expired
US4569743A Method and apparatus for the selective, self-aligned deposition of metal layers Electricity 7 Expired
US5049315A Polycarboxylic acid imidazolines, process for the preparation thereof and cleaning agents containing them Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US7629789B2 Reorientation of magnetic layers and structures having reoriented magnetic layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US7208948B2 Non-contact, high resolution magnetic sensor system Physics 4 Expired
US5151522A Process for preparing polycarboxylic acid imidazolines by condensation reaction Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US7924534B2 Magnetic sensor Physics 4 Active
US7355399B2 Non-contact sensor system Physics 3 Active
US7474094B2 Reorientation of magnetic layers and structures having reoriented magnetic layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10803535B2 Facilitating power transactions Physics 2 Active
US10235068B2 Object synchronization in a clustered system Electricity 2 Active
US7504824B2 Magnetic sensor with offset magnetic field Physics 2 Expired
US11921674B2 Data compression by using cognitive created dictionaries Physics 1 Active
US9189625B2 Data management of potentially malicious content Physics 1 Active
US7612555B2 High-resolution magnetic encoder Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US8274277B2 High-resolution magnetic encoder Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8718278B2 Method and system for encryption of a datastream Electricity 0 Active

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