Inventor · Eindhoven, NL

Stein Kuiper

80Patents
14h-index
68Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 24, 2003 → Apr 26, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7328979B2 System for manipulation of a body of fluid Performing Operations; Transporting 199 Expired
US7508566B2 Switchable optical element Physics 85 Expired
US7230771B2 Zoom lens Physics 55 Expired
US7126903B2 Variable focus lens Physics 51 Expired
US7311398B2 Variable focus lens Human Necessities 38 Expired
US7658528B2 Illumination system Electricity 38 Active
US7251392B2 Reduction of driving voltage in a switchable element Physics 38 Expired
US9041792B2 Generation of a multicolour image of an unstained biological specimen Physics 35 Active
US7446945B2 Electrowetting device Physics 21 Expired
US8233221B2 Adjustable lens system for real-time applications Physics 17 Active
US7612948B2 Controllable optical lens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US7436598B2 Variable shape lens Physics 16 Expired
US7408717B2 Liquid-based optical device, method for controlling such a device and electronic device Physics 14 Expired
US7724444B2 Optical element, optical device, atmosphere provider, optical scanning device, light coupling device, and method of operating interfacial waves Physics 14 Active
US7808717B2 Apparatus for forming variable fluid meniscus configurations Electricity 14 Active
US7242528B2 Electrowetting module Physics 12 Expired
US7301708B2 Variable lens Physics 10 Expired
US7245439B2 Variable lens Physics 10 Expired
US7612947B2 Controllable optical lens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7593617B2 Optical waveguide Physics 9 Expired
US7553019B2 Variable focus spectacles Physics 8 Expired
US7616737B2 Fluid filled devices Physics 8 Active
US8702612B2 Catheter for three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography and system including the same Human Necessities 7 Active
US7327524B2 Electrowetting module Physics 7 Expired
US7352514B2 Variable focus lens Physics 6 Expired

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