Thomas Ebbesen
20Patents
18h-index
29Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 2, 1992 → Jun 26, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.