Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Wilhelm Frey

38Patents
11h-index
31Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 22, 1998 → Mar 18, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5996409A Acceleration sensing device Physics 69 Expired
US6555443B1 Method for production of a thin film and a thin-film solar cell, in particular, on a carrier substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US7449355B2 Anti-stiction technique for electromechanical systems and electromechanical device employing same Electricity 45 Expired
US6369931B1 Method for manufacturing a micromechanical device Performing Operations; Transporting 32 Expired
US6443008B1 Decoupled multi-disk gyroscope Physics 31 Expired
US6825057B1 Thermal membrane sensor and method for the production thereof Physics 27 Expired
US7026184B2 Method of fabricating microstructures and devices made therefrom Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Expired
US6677249B2 Method for manufacturing breakaway layers for detaching deposited layer systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6592664B1 Method and device for epitaxial deposition of atoms or molecules from a reactive gas on a deposition surface of a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US6672732B1 Micromechanical oscillating device Physics 14 Expired
US6486665B1 Magnetic field sensor having deformable conductor loop segment Physics 11 Expired
US6726815B1 Electrochemical etching cell Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7319372B2 In-plane mechanically coupled microelectromechanical tuning fork resonators Electricity 10 Expired
US6655834B1 Sensor, in particular thermal sensor, and method for manufacturing a largely self-supporting membrane Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US6372656B1 Method of producing a radiation sensor Electricity 8 Expired
US6648389B2 Process for manipulating components, a microtool for implementing the process, and a process for manufacturing the microtool or microtool parts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6489864B2 Filter for electric signals Electricity 7 Expired
US9453292B2 Method and apparatus for making a spunbond Textiles; Paper 7 Active
US7625773B2 Anti-stiction technique for electromechanical systems and electromechanical device employing same Electricity 6 Active
US6360604B1 Acceleration sensor Physics 5 Expired
US7922849B2 Process and apparatus for manufacturing spun-bonded fabric Textiles; Paper 5 Active
US6905615B2 Method of manufacturing a micromechanical component Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US6790699B2 Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US6901800B2 Differential in-plane tunneling current sensor Physics 3 Expired
US6856067B2 Device and method for electrostatically levitating a disk and method for using an electrostatic levitated disk as a sensor Electricity 3 Expired

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