Sam Kao
21Patents
12h-index
10Co-inventors
74Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 4, 2000 → Oct 6, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7049170B2 | Integrated circuits and packaging substrates with cavities, and attachment methods including insertion of protruding contact pads into cavities | Electricity | 352 | Expired |
| US7060601B2 | Packaging substrates for integrated circuits and soldering methods | Electricity | 326 | Expired |
| US7276724B2 | Series interconnected optoelectronic device module assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 92 | Expired |
| US6897148B2 | Electroplating and electroless plating of conductive materials into openings, and structures obtained thereby | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 86 | Expired |
| US7034401B2 | Packaging substrates for integrated circuits and soldering methods | Electricity | 83 | Expired |
| US7241641B2 | Attachment of integrated circuit structures and other substrates to substrates with vias | Electricity | 56 | Expired |
| US7186586B2 | Integrated circuits and packaging substrates with cavities, and attachment methods including insertion of protruding contact pads into cavities | Electricity | 49 | Expired |
| US7241675B2 | Attachment of integrated circuit structures and other substrates to substrates with vias | Electricity | 46 | Expired |
| US7521360B2 | Electroplating and electroless plating of conductive materials into openings, and structures obtained thereby | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 37 | Active |
| US8198117B2 | Photovoltaic devices with conductive barrier layers and foil substrates | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Active |
| US6427991B1 | Non-contact workpiece holder using vortex chuck with central gas flow | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US7838868B2 | Optoelectronic architecture having compound conducting substrate | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US7732229B2 | Formation of solar cells with conductive barrier layers and foil substrates | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Active |
| US7732232B2 | Series interconnected optoelectronic device module assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US6899788B2 | Article holders that use gas vortices to hold an article in a desired position | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US7919337B2 | Optoelectronic architecture having compound conducting substrate | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US7968869B2 | Optoelectronic architecture having compound conducting substrate | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US8525152B2 | Formation of solar cells with conductive barrier layers and foil substrates | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US8603575B1 | Thin-film absorber formation method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US8309949B2 | Optoelectronic architecture having compound conducting substrate | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US6749764B1 | Plasma processing comprising three rotational motions of an article being processed | Electricity | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.