Stephen D. Jacobs
17Patents
11h-index
23Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 15, 1979 → Jul 21, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5061046A | Gradient index liquid crystal devices and method of fabrication thereof | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US5616066A | Magnetorheological finishing of edges of optical elements | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US6665042B1 | Electrically switchable polymer liquid crystal and polymer birefringent flake in fluid host systems and optical devices utilizing same | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5795212A | Deterministic magnetorheological finishing | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US5054888A | Methods of making composite optical devices employing polymer liquid crystal | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US4272694A | System for converting the frequency of coherent radiation | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US5839944A | Apparatus deterministic magnetorheological finishing of workpieces | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US5804095A | Magnetorheological fluid composition | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US6106380A | Deterministic magnetorheological finishing | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US5486940A | Liquid crystal light polarizer and method | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US6829075B1 | Electrically addressable optical devices using a system of composite layered flakes suspended in a fluid host to obtain angularly dependent optical effects | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US4679911A | Optical apparatus using liquid crystals for shaping the spatial intensity of optical beams having designated wavelengths | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US7713436B1 | Electrically actuatable doped polymer flakes and electrically addressable optical devices using suspensions of doped polymer flakes in a fluid host | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US7042617B2 | Optical devices having flakes suspended in a host fluid to provide a flake/fluid system providing flakes with angularly dependent optical properties in response to an alternating current electric field due to the dielectric properties of the system | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US7238316B2 | Method for making precisely configured flakes useful in optical devices | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Expired |
| US8808568B2 | Magnetorheological materials, method for making, and applications thereof | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 0 | Active |
| US8293135B2 | PCLC flake-based apparatus and method | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.