Inventor · Los Altos Hills, CA, US

Wayne S. Mefferd

19Patents
10h-index
10Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 16, 1975 → May 6, 2005

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4063064A Apparatus for tracking moving workpiece by a laser beam Performing Operations; Transporting 493 Expired
US3995166A Optical scan pattern generator for code reading systems Physics 41 Expired
US4939739A Laser alignment servo method and apparatus Electricity 38 Expired
US5426662A Laser system selectively operable at two competing wavelengths Electricity 33 Expired
US5216689A Slab laser with enhanced lifetime Electricity 31 Expired
US5023886A High power laser with focusing mirror sets Electricity 28 Expired
US5052017A High power laser with focusing mirror sets Electricity 26 Expired
US5033061A Laser alignment servo method and apparatus Electricity 19 Expired
US5131003A RF excited CO.sub.2 slab waveguide laser Electricity 18 Expired
USRE31279E Laser optical resonator General 17 Expired
US4734915A Conduction cooled laser bore structures formed from graphite and other materials Electricity 9 Expired
US5155739A RF excited CO.sub.2 slab waveguide laser Electricity 8 Expired
US5283797A RF excited CO.sub.2 slab waveguide laser Electricity 7 Expired
US5237580A RF excited CO.sub.2 slab waveguide laser Electricity 5 Expired
US4376328A Method of constructing a gaseous laser Electricity 5 Expired
US4818089A Kinematic resonator support Electricity 5 Expired
US4901966A Kinematic resonator support Electricity 4 Expired
US7408970B2 Optically pumped external-cavity semiconductor laser with multiple gain structures Electricity 2 Expired
US5000557A Kinematic resonator support Electricity 1 Expired

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