Inventor · Stanford, CA, US

Yuan Yao

146Patents
11h-index
239Co-inventors
83Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 17, 2001 → Sep 24, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8628672B1 Process for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording writer pole with nonmagnetic bevel Physics 150 Active
US6979979B2 Gas turbine engine starter-generator exciter starting system and method including a capacitance circuit element Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 60 Expired
US7641938B2 Method for manufacturing carbon nanotube composite material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US6909263B2 Gas turbine engine starter-generator exciter starting system and method including a capacitance circuit element Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Expired
USD1039226S1 Cat litter box General 19 Active
US8309051B2 Method for making the carbon nanotube heat sink Electricity 16 Active
US6559681B1 Resonant logic and the implementation of low power digital integrated circuits Electricity 16 Expired
US11343142B1 Data model driven design of data pipelines configured on a cloud platform Physics 16 Active
US6909262B2 Control system for regulating exciter power for a brushless synchronous generator Electricity 15 Expired
US8221667B2 Method for making thermal interface material Electricity 13 Active
US8081469B2 Thermal interface material and method of using the same and electronic assembly having the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8642121B2 Thermal interface material having a patterned carbon nanotube array and method for making the same Electricity 11 Active
US7947331B2 Method for making thermal interface material Electricity 10 Active
US7064524B2 Method and apparatus for generator control Electricity 10 Expired
US6628104B2 Load-off transient acceleration generator control apparatus/method Electricity 10 Expired
US8437136B2 Thermal interface material and method of using the same and electronic assembly having the same Electricity 9 Active
US10117937B2 Highly branched alpha-D-glucans Human Necessities 9 Active
USD925273S1 Base for food processor General 9 Active
US7988893B2 Method for fabricating carbon nanotube yarn Textiles; Paper 9 Active
US7825036B2 Method of synthesizing silicon wires Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8065788B2 Method for manufacturing a slider for a perpendicular magnetic recording head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US9460012B2 Fusible and reconfigurable cache architecture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
USD1044166S1 Cat litter box General 7 Active
US7644622B2 Micro-electro-mechanical pressure sensor Physics 7 Active
US8294429B2 Robust digital voltage regulator Electricity 7 Active

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