Inventor · Los Altos, CA, US

Steven E. Ready

62Patents
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64Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 5, 1996 → Jan 4, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6972261B2 Method for fabricating fine features by jet-printing and surface treatment Electricity 59 Expired
US7087444B2 Method for integration of microelectronic components with microfluidic devices Electricity 58 Expired
US6890050B2 Method for the printing of homogeneous electronic material with a multi-ejector print head Electricity 41 Expired
US7309563B2 Patterning using wax printing and lift off Electricity 19 Expired
US7879390B2 Surface energy control methods for color filter printing Physics 17 Active
US7887176B2 Imaging on flexible packaging substrates Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Active
US5893948A Method for forming single silicon crystals using nucleation sites Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US7524015B2 Method of printing smooth micro-scale features Electricity 11 Active
US6031248A Hybrid sensor pixel architecture Electricity 10 Expired
US9114606B1 Spatial light modulation method for determining droplet motion characteristics Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Active
US9952082B2 Printed level sensor Physics 9 Active
US6005238A Hybrid sensor pixel architecture with linearization circuit Electricity 9 Expired
US6056258A Bound document imager Electricity 9 Expired
US8323438B2 Method for fixing a radiation-curable gel-ink image on a substrate Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Active
US10525734B1 System for thread printing using image-based feedback Textiles; Paper 8 Active
US6252215A Hybrid sensor pixel architecture with gate line and drive line synchronization Electricity 8 Expired
US6051827A Hybrid sensor pixel architecture with threshold response Electricity 6 Expired
US6459505B1 Bound document imager Electricity 6 Expired
US7303244B2 Method for the printing of homogeneous electronic material with a multi-ejector print head Electricity 6 Expired
US7498119B2 Process for forming a feature by undercutting a printed mask Physics 5 Active
US9457560B2 Method of sensing degradation of piezoelectric actuators Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Active
US7549719B2 Method for the printing of homogeneous electronic material with a multi-ejector print head Electricity 4 Expired
US8231214B2 Method and apparatus for fixing a radiation-curable gel-ink image on a substrate Physics 4 Active
US7559619B2 Digital lithography using real time quality control Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US8177332B2 Method and apparatus for fixing a radiation-curable gel-ink image onto a substrate Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active

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