Stephen William McCahon
22Patents
7h-index
19Co-inventors
66Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 29, 1990 → Dec 9, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5772720A | Heat formed optical fiber end face | Physics | 49 | Expired |
| US5684592A | System and method for detecting ultrasound using time-delay interferometry | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US7987760B1 | Systems and methods for igniting explosives | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 25 | Active |
| US5299274A | Optical fiber laser fusion splicer | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US5339380A | Optical fiber laser fusion splicer | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US5080469A | Optical limiter including optical convergence and absorbing body with inhomogeneous distribution of reverse saturable material | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US5283697A | Passive protection of optically sensitive materials with tarnsition-metal organometallic cluster compounds | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US8499675B2 | Systems and method for igniting explosives | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 7 | Active |
| US7050469B1 | Generation of optical filaments by use of phase plate | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US7002549B2 | Optically based machine input control device | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US5252256A | Passive protection of optically sensitive materials with transition metal organometallic cluster compounds | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US7903698B1 | Controlled optical filament generation and energy propagation | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US7277460B1 | Generation of optical filaments by use of localized optical inhomogeneities | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US8578830B2 | Systems and method for igniting explosives | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Active |
| US7944674B2 | Barrier piercing electrode | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Active |
| US12320702B2 | Pathogen detection and neutralization using deep UV-C generation via seeded Raman amplification and second harmonic generation | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US7982947B2 | Regenerative laser amplifier | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US12413039B2 | Multiple coherent wavelength optical sources | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US12362531B2 | Raman amplifier with shared resonator | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US8344338B2 | Systems and methods for enhancing electrical discharge | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US12171055B2 | Pulsed laser thermal excitation | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US8891162B2 | Regenerative laser amplifier | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.