Inventor · Baden, CH

Wayne Robert Tompkin

89Patents
16h-index
35Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 13, 1995 → Jan 13, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5886798A Information carriers with diffraction structures Physics 71 Expired
US6060143A Optical information carrier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US5760961A Optical information carrier having diffractive features and diffraction modulation layers Physics 50 Expired
US6369947B1 Surface pattern Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US6359734B1 Surface pattern Performing Operations; Transporting 37 Expired
US5882463A Method of applying a security element to a substrate Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US6226109A Diffractive security device on compact discs Physics 33 Expired
US7719733B2 Diffractive security element comprising a half-tone picture Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Active
US6602578B1 Decorative foil Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US6819409B1 System for reading an information strip containing optically coded information Physics 25 Expired
US7265904B2 Optical security element Physics 21 Expired
US6365907B1 Device for recognizing diffraction optical markings Physics 20 Expired
US7551335B2 Optically variable element and the use thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 19 Expired
US7762591B2 Security document Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Expired
US6157487A Optically variable surface pattern Performing Operations; Transporting 17 Expired
US5969863A Surface pattern including light-diffracting relief structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6324004A Planar patterns with superimposed diffraction gratings Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US8514492B2 Multilayer body and method for producing a multilayer body Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US7102823B2 Diffractive security element having an integrated optical waveguide Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US6906861B2 Light-diffracting binary grating structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US6417968B1 Diffractive surface pattern Physics 13 Expired
US8308197B2 Diffractive security element with individualized code Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Active
US8432589B2 Multi-layer body having optical-action elements for producing an optical effect Physics 11 Active
US6927885B2 Label with a diffractive bar code and reading arrangement for such labels Physics 10 Expired
US7002746B2 Security element comprising macrostructures Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired

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