Inventor · Stillwater, MN, US

Terence D. Spawn

29Patents
11h-index
54Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 28, 1992 → Mar 13, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5262082A Ferroelectric liquid crystal compounds having perfluoroether terminal portions Chemistry; Metallurgy 56 Expired
US7241512B2 Electroluminescent materials and methods of manufacture and use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US5702637A Liquid crystal compounds having a chiral fluorinated terminal portion Chemistry; Metallurgy 32 Expired
US5972241A Liquid crystal compounds having a chiral fluorinated terminal portion Chemistry; Metallurgy 32 Expired
US5314795A Thermal-dye-bleach construction comprising a polymethine dye and a thermal carbanion-generating agent Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US5437812A Liquid crystal compounds having perfluoroether terminal portions Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Expired
US5399291A Liquid crystal compounds having a fluoroether terminal portion Chemistry; Metallurgy 21 Expired
US5482650A Liquid crystal compounds having perfluoroether terminal portions Chemistry; Metallurgy 21 Expired
US5474705A Chiral liquid crystal compounds having a perfluoroether terminal portion Chemistry; Metallurgy 18 Expired
US6309561A Liquid crystal compounds having a chiral fluorinated terminal portion Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US7999023B2 Process for making pressure sensitive adhesive hydrogels Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Active
US7442421B2 Electroluminescent materials and methods of manufacture and use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US5855812A Compounds and process for controlling cone tilt angle in mixtures of smectic liquid crystal compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired
US5324627A Tetra-alkylammonium phenylsulfonylacetate thermal-dye-bleach agents Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US5340712A Antifoggants for photothermographic articles Physics 5 Expired
US9399724B2 Pressure-sensitive adhesives with (meth)acrylic-based elastomeric materials prepared using (2-isopropyl-5-methyl)hexyl (meth)acrylate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US7510741B2 Method of making multilayer cholesteric liquid crystal optical bodies Physics 4 Active
US7153549B2 Cholesteric liquid crystal additives Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US9302291B2 Systems and methods for processing vapor Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US7068344B2 Cholesteric liquid crystal optical bodies and methods of manufacture and use Physics 2 Expired
US5625062A Method of making soluble squaraine dyes Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US5384237A Quaternary-ammonium phenylsulfonylacetate thermal-dye-bleach agents Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7160586B2 Cholesteric liquid crystal copolymers and additives Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US6030547A Liquid crystal compounds having a chiral fluorinated terminal portion General 1 Revoked
US9908837B2 Method for preparing (meth)acrylates of biobased alcohols and polymers thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active

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