Inventor · Plainsboro, NJ, US

Thomas Ebbesen

20Patents
18h-index
29Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 2, 1992 → Jun 26, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5698175A Process for purifying, uncapping and chemically modifying carbon nanotubes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 163 Expired
US6040936A Optical transmission control apparatus utilizing metal films perforated with subwavelength-diameter holes Physics 140 Expired
US5973316A Sub-wavelength aperture arrays with enhanced light transmission Performing Operations; Transporting 137 Expired
US5641466A Method of purifying carbon nanotubes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 133 Expired
US6285020A Enhanced optical transmission apparatus with improved inter-surface coupling Physics 101 Expired
US6052238A Near-field scanning optical microscope having a sub-wavelength aperture array for enhanced light transmission Performing Operations; Transporting 101 Expired
US6236033A Enhanced optical transmission apparatus utilizing metal films having apertures and periodic surface topography Performing Operations; Transporting 100 Expired
US8502169B2 Device for the exalted detection of the emission of a target particle Physics 93 Active
US6834027B1 Surface plasmon-enhanced read/write heads for optical data storage media Physics 61 Expired
US8174696B2 Device for sorting and concentrating electromagnetic energy and apparatus comprising at least one such device Physics 42 Active
US5925465A Carbon material originating from graphite and method of producing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US5626812A Method of producing carbon material by bending at least one carbon atom layer of graphite Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US6856715B1 Apparatus comprising electronic and/or optoelectronic circuitry and method for realizing said circuitry Electricity 32 Expired
US7057151B2 Optical transmission apparatus with directionality and divergence control Physics 30 Expired
US5627140A Enhanced flux pinning in superconductors by embedding carbon nanotubes with BSCCO materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US7248756B2 Apparatus comprising electronic and/or optoelectronic circuitry and method for realizing said circuitry Electricity 24 Expired
US6649901B2 Enhanced optical transmission apparatus with improved aperture geometry Physics 20 Expired
US6362907B1 Apparatus and method for transmitting data between VLSI chips Electricity 18 Expired
US5294600A Superconducting material comprising Rb.sub.x Cs.sub.y C.sub.60. Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US9726915B2 Method and device to modify the electrical properties of an organic and/or molecular material Electricity 1 Active

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