Inventor · Albuquerque, NM, US

Thomas Mayer

39Patents
23h-index
44Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 30, 1982 → May 30, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.