Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Ross D. Bringans

26Patents
17h-index
52Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 21, 1992 → Jun 13, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6201633A Micro-electromechanical based bistable color display sheets Electricity 312 Expired
US6180428A Monolithic scanning light emitting devices using micromachining Electricity 198 Expired
US6064078A Formation of group III-V nitride films on sapphire substrates with reduced dislocation densities Electricity 119 Expired
US6091537A Electro-actuated microlens assemblies Electricity 89 Expired
US6054335A Fabrication of scanning III-V compound light emitters integrated with Si-based actuators Electricity 67 Expired
US6136623A Multiple wavelength laser arrays by flip-chip bonding Electricity 64 Expired
US5384797A Monolithic multi-wavelength laser diode array Electricity 59 Expired
US6116756A Monolithic scanning light emitting devices Electricity 55 Expired
US7232229B2 Laser-based display with position sensitive detector Electricity 43 Expired
US7283301B2 Emissive screen display with laser-based external addressing Physics 41 Expired
US6146798A Printing plate with reversible charge-controlled wetting Performing Operations; Transporting 33 Expired
US5977612A Semiconductor devices constructed from crystallites Electricity 28 Expired
US5766981A Thermally processed, phosphorus- or arsenic-containing semiconductor laser with selective IILD Electricity 26 Expired
US6121983A Method and apparatus for a solid state laser scanning architecture Electricity 22 Expired
US5982799A Multiple-wavelength laser diode array using quantum well band filling Electricity 20 Expired
US5717707A Index guided semiconductor laser diode with reduced shunt leakage currents Electricity 20 Expired
US5521931A Nonmonolithic arrays of accurately positioned diode lasers Electricity 17 Expired
US5465266A Index-guided laser on a ridged (001) substrate Electricity 17 Expired
US5400356A Index-guided laser on grooved (001) substrate Electricity 12 Expired
US7155129B2 Steerable free space optical interconnect apparatus Electricity 11 Expired
US5654229A Method for replicating periodic nonlinear coefficient patterning during and after growth of epitaxial ferroelectric oxide films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6058124A Monolithic independently addressable Red/IR side by side laser Electricity 10 Expired
US6167074A Monolithic independently addressable Red/IR side by side laser Electricity 9 Expired
US6567448B1 Scanning III-V compound light emitters integrated with Si-based actuators Electricity 7 Expired
US7949560B2 System and method for providing print advertisements Physics 4 Active

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