Inventor · Lakewood, CO, US

Wil McCarthy

31Patents
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15Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 26, 2001 → Aug 14, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7755829B2 Thermally switched reflective optical shutter Physics 38 Active
US6978070B1 Fiber incorporating quantum dots as programmable dopants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US7659538B2 Layered composite film incorporating a quantum dot shift register Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US7601946B2 Electromagnetic sensor incorporating quantum confinement structures Electricity 27 Active
US7276432B2 Fiber incorporating quantum dots as programmable dopants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US7768693B2 Thermally switched optical downconverting filter Chemistry; Metallurgy 24 Active
US8072672B2 Thermally switched reflective optical shutter Physics 22 Active
US8076661B2 Thermally switched optical downconverting filter Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Active
US8284336B2 Thermally switched optical filter incorporating a guest-host architecture Physics 18 Active
US8169685B2 Thermally switched absorptive window shutter Physics 17 Active
US7655942B2 Fiber incorporating quantum dots as programmable dopants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US7936500B2 Wavelength-specific optical switch Physics 15 Active
US7977621B2 Thermochromic optical filter in which transition wavelength is variable and controllable by adjustable temperature of a chosen quantum well layer Electricity 14 Active
US9116302B2 Optical metapolarizer device Electricity 14 Active
US7692180B2 Layered composite film incorporating quantum dots as programmable dopants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US9256085B2 Multifunctional building component Physics 10 Active
US8593581B2 Thermally switched optical downconverting filter Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Active
US8755105B2 Thermally switched reflective optical shutter Physics 7 Active
US8828176B2 Polymer stabilized thermotropic liquid crystal device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8634137B2 Glare management of reflective and thermoreflective surfaces Physics 7 Active
US8760750B2 Thermally switched absorptive window shutter Physics 5 Active
US8665414B2 Methods for fabricating thermochromic filters Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US8643795B2 Thermally switched optical filter incorporating a refractive optical structure Physics 5 Active
US8699114B2 Multifunctional building component Physics 5 Active
US8867132B2 Thermochromic filters and stopband filters for use with same Physics 3 Active

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