Inventor · Bozeman, MT, US

Sean Spillane

30Patents
9h-index
30Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 9, 2002 → Nov 17, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7546000B2 Scalable and defect-tolerant color-center-based quantum computer architectures and methods for fabricating color-center-based quantum computer architectures Physics 64 Active
US7427525B2 Methods for coupling diamond structures to photonic devices Physics 56 Active
US7778501B2 Integrated circuits having photonic interconnect layers and methods for fabricating same Electricity 30 Active
US7545843B2 Ultra-high Q micro-resonator and method of fabrication Electricity 21 Expired
US7546013B1 Nanoparticle coupled to waveguide Physics 12 Active
US10960900B1 Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle control using depolarization ratio of return signal Physics 11 Active
US7844649B2 Optical-based, self-authenticating quantum random number generators Electricity 10 Active
US7639912B2 Apparatus and method for subterranean distribution of optical signals Physics 10 Active
US6891864B2 Fiber-coupled microsphere Raman laser Electricity 10 Expired
US7639953B2 Compact systems for generating polarization-entangled photons Electricity 9 Active
US7373059B2 Compact, single chip-based, entangled polarization-state photon sources and methods for generating photons in entangled polarization states Physics 9 Active
US7529437B2 Scalable and defect-tolerant quantum-dot-based quantum computer architectures and methods for fabricating quantum dots in quantum computer architectures Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Active
US7849122B2 Self-authenticating quantum random bit generators Electricity 8 Active
US7359587B2 Photonic interconnections that include optical transmission paths for transmitting optical signals Physics 8 Expired
US7003002B2 Fiber-coupled microsphere Raman laser Electricity 5 Expired
US7466407B2 Photonic crystal Raman sensors and methods including the same Physics 5 Active
US7805826B1 Fabrication of slot waveguide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US7609932B1 Slot waveguide structure Physics 3 Active
US7511808B2 Analyte stages including tunable resonant cavities and Raman signal-enhancing structures Physics 3 Expired
US7570849B2 Integrated circuit device having optically coupled layers Physics 2 Active
US7805031B2 Methods for fabricating color-center-based quantum computer architectures Physics 2 Active
US11619716B1 Light detection and ranging (lidar) sensor system including seed modulation module Physics 1 Active
US8039845B2 Methods for coupling diamond structures to photonic devices Physics 0 Active
US11409043B2 Providing spatial displacement of transmit and receive modes in lidar system Physics 0 Active
US11921236B1 Light detection and ranging (lidar) sensor system including seed modulation module Physics 0 Active

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