Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Steve Lester

13Patents
6h-index
15Co-inventors
63Inventor score

Filing activity: May 28, 1996 → Oct 1, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7936135B2 Reconfigurable LED array and use in lighting system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Active
US5887385A Release mechanism for industrial doors Fixed Constructions 30 Expired
US6148897A Release mechanism for industrial doors Fixed Constructions 15 Expired
US6771680B2 Electrically-pumped, multiple active region vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) Electricity 13 Expired
US6321822A Release mechanism for industrial doors Fixed Constructions 12 Expired
US6698490B2 Release mechanism for industrial doors Fixed Constructions 9 Expired
US8183575B2 Method and apparatus for providing a patterned electrically conductive and optically transparent or semi-transparent layer over a lighting semiconductor device Electricity 6 Active
US10355120B2 Gallium nitride epitaxial structures for power devices Electricity 5 Active
US8247998B2 Reconfigurable LED array and use in lighting system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US8395165B2 Laterally contacted blue LED with superlattice current spreading layer Electricity 2 Active
US8089217B2 Reconfigurable LED array and use in lighting system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10833186B2 Gallium nitride epitaxial structures for power devices Electricity 1 Active
US11699750B2 Gallium nitride epitaxial structures for power devices Electricity 0 Active

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