Inventor · Houtvenne, BE

Thomas Hantschel

60Patents
14h-index
57Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 14, 1998 → Jun 24, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6734425B2 Scanning probe system with spring probe and actuation/sensing structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US7765949B2 Extrusion/dispensing systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Active
US6788086B2 Scanning probe system with spring probe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US6668628B2 Scanning probe system with spring probe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US7799371B2 Extruding/dispensing multiple materials to form high-aspect ratio extruded structures Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Active
US7426117B2 Chip on a board Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US6328902A Probe tip configuration and a method of fabrication thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US7015584B2 High force metal plated spring structure Electricity 19 Expired
US6690008B2 Probe and method of manufacturing mounted AFM probes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US7763794B2 Heterojunction photovoltaic cell Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US7230440B2 Curved spring structure with elongated section located under cantilevered section Physics 16 Expired
US7082684B2 Intermetallic spring structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6504152B2 Probe tip configuration and a method of fabrication thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US7241420B2 Capillary-channel probes for liquid pickup, transportation and dispense using stressy metal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US8271243B2 System and method of integrating subterranean computer models for oil and gas exploration Physics 11 Active
US7202173B2 Systems and methods for electrical contacts to arrays of vertically aligned nanorods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6973722B2 Release height adjustment of stressy metal devices by annealing before and after release Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7356920B2 Micro-machined structure production using encapsulation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7569905B2 Systems and methods for electrical contacts to arrays of vertically aligned nanorods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US7453339B2 Electromechanical switch Electricity 7 Active
US6756584B2 Probe tip and method of manufacturing probe tips by peel-off Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US7410590B2 Transferable micro spring structure Electricity 6 Active
US10083258B2 Combining downhole fluid analysis and petroleum systems modeling Physics 6 Active
US7550855B2 Vertically spaced plural microsprings Electricity 6 Expired
US7662708B2 Self-assembled interconnection particles Electricity 6 Expired

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