Inventor · Albuquerque, NM, US

William C. Sweatt

49Patents
20h-index
55Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 21, 1985 → Sep 25, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6504943B1 Information-efficient spectral imaging sensor Physics 153 Expired
US5870176A Maskless lithography Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 137 Expired
US8736108B1 Photovoltaic system Electricity 72 Active
US9029681B1 Microsystem enabled photovoltaic modules and systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Active
US5512759A Condenser for illuminating a ringfield camera with synchrotron emission light Physics 64 Expired
US5361292A Condenser for illuminating a ring field Physics 63 Expired
US6060224A Method for maskless lithography Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 61 Expired
US5805365A Ringfield lithographic camera Physics 60 Expired
US6285737A Condenser for extreme-UV lithography with discharge source Physics 57 Expired
US6262845A Apparatus and method for generating partially coherent illumination for photolithography Physics 50 Expired
US6678048B1 Information-efficient spectral imaging sensor with TDI Electricity 49 Expired
US7286295B1 Microoptical compound lens Physics 46 Active
US5729365A Computer generated holographic microtags Physics 46 Expired
US6118577A Diffractive element in extreme-UV lithography condenser Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US6875544B1 Method for the fabrication of three-dimensional microstructures by deep X-ray lithography Physics 36 Expired
US6469827B1 Diffraction spectral filter for use in extreme-UV lithography condenser Physics 35 Expired
US5148442A Dye lasing arrangement including an optical assembly for altering the cross-section of its pumping beam and method Electricity 23 Expired
US7683310B1 Laser warning receiver to identify the wavelength and angle of arrival of incident laser light Physics 22 Active
US6396068B1 Illumination system having a plurality of movable sources Physics 21 Expired
US4664488A Light reflecting apparatus including a multi-aberration light reflecting surface Physics 20 Expired
US6225027A Extreme-UV lithography system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6549700B1 Optical switch using Risley prisms Physics 17 Expired
US5920380A Apparatus and method for generating partially coherent illumination for photolithography Physics 15 Expired
US7449699B1 Method and apparatus for creating a topography at a surface Electricity 14 Active
US6210865A Extreme-UV lithography condenser Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired

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