Thomas Mayer
39Patents
23h-index
44Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 30, 1982 → May 30, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5059245A | Ink incorporating optically variable thin film flakes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 186 | Expired |
| US5135812A | Optically variable thin film flake and collection of the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 185 | Expired |
| US6565770B1 | Color-shifting pigments and foils with luminescent coatings | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 174 | Expired |
| US6838166B2 | Multi-layered magnetic pigments and foils | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 145 | Expired |
| US5171363A | Optically variable printing ink | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 133 | Expired |
| US5084351A | Optically variable multilayer thin film interference stack on flexible insoluble web | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 132 | Expired |
| US6150022A | Bright metal flake based pigments | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 127 | Expired |
| US5279657A | Optically variable printing ink | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 125 | Expired |
| US6572784B1 | Luminescent pigments and foils with color-shifting properties | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 102 | Expired |
| US6013370A | Bright metal flake | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 93 | Expired |
| US5648165A | Hot stamp article for applying optically variable coating to substrates | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 89 | Expired |
| US6586098B1 | Composite reflective flake based pigments comprising reflector layers on bothside of a support layer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 80 | Expired |
| US8237876B2 | Tilted C-plate retarder compensator and display systems incorporating the same | Physics | 77 | Active |
| US6387498B1 | Bright metal flake based pigments | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US5383995A | Method of making optical thin flakes and inks incorporating the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 55 | Expired |
| US4908226A | Selective area nucleation and growth method for metal chemical vapor deposition using focused ion beams | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 46 | Expired |
| US5653792A | Optically variable flakes paint and article | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 38 | Expired |
| US6979704B1 | Optical polymer blend with bimodal particle sizes | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 36 | Expired |
| US5281480A | Optically variable multilayer structure on flexible web | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| US6383638B1 | Bright metal flake based pigments | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 34 | Expired |
| US6699313B2 | Composite reflective flake based pigments | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Expired |
| US4584259A | Coated media for optical recording with acrylic overcoat | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Expired |
| US4492718A | Rotation coating of disk substrate with acrylate prepolymer | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US5051978A | Coated media for optical recording | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US7045170B1 | Anti-stiction coating for microelectromechanical devices | Performing Operations; Transporting | 22 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.