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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
JF

John S. Foster

ITInnovative Micro Technology: 31 patents #1 of 38Top 3%
OBOwl Biomedical: 20 patents #1 of 18Top 6%
IBM: 12 patents #9,222 of 70,183Top 15%
IRIridia: 3 patents #3 of 4Top 75%
UFUS Air Force: 3 patents #2,296 of 16,312Top 15%
OLOptical Coating Laboratory: 2 patents #43 of 152Top 30%
Stanford University: 1 patents #2,251 of 5,197Top 45%
UEUS Dept of Energy: 1 patents #1,355 of 5,099Top 30%
Lompoc, CA: #9 of 2,245 inventorsTop 1%
California: #3,955 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #26,302 of 4,157,543Top 1%
74 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 74 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8993311 Multi-stage cartridge for MEMS particle storing system Daryl W. Grummitt, John C. Harley, James P. Linton, Jaquelin K. Spong, Douglas L. Thompson 2015-03-31
8871500 MEMS particle sorting actuator and method of manufacturing Daryl W. Grummitt, John C. Harley, Jaquelin K. Spong, Kimberly L. Turner 2014-10-28
8822207 Cartridge for MEMS particle sorting system Daryl W. Grummitt, John C. Harley, James P. Linton, Jaquelin K. Spong 2014-09-02
8736081 Wafer level hermetic bond using metal alloy with keeper layer Christopher S. Gudeman, Alok Paranjpye, Jaquelin K. Spong, Douglas L. Thompson 2014-05-27
8690830 In-plane electromagnetic MEMS pump Gregory A. Carlson, Christopher S. Gudeman, Steven S. Hovey, Paul J. Rubel 2014-04-08
8541735 Inlaid optical material and method of manufacture John C. Harley, Ian R. Johnston, Jeffery F. Summers 2013-09-24
8466760 Configurable power supply using MEMS switch Christopher S. Gudeman 2013-06-18
8343791 Plating process and apparatus for through wafer features John C. Harley, Jeffery F. Summers 2013-01-01
8288211 Wafer level hermetic bond using metal alloy with keeper layer Alok Paranjpye, Douglas L. Thompson 2012-10-16
8264307 Dual substrate MEMS plate switch and method of manufacture Alok Paranjypye, Paul J. Rubel 2012-09-11
7893798 Dual substrate MEMS plate switch and method of manufacture Kimberly L. Turner 2011-02-22
7864006 MEMS plate switch and method of manufacture Paulo Silveira da Motta, Alok Paranjpye, Kimon Rybnicek 2011-01-04
7812703 MEMS device using NiMn alloy and method of manufacture Gregory A. Carlson, Donald C. Liu, Douglas L. Thompson 2010-10-12
7785913 System and method for forming moveable features on a composite substrate Paul J. Rubel, Kimon Rybnicek, Paulo Silveira da Motta 2010-08-31
7759152 MEMS thermal actuator and method of manufacture Gregory A. Carlson, Christopher S. Gudeman, Paul J. Rubel 2010-07-20
7713786 Etching/bonding chamber for encapsulated devices and method of use Jeffrey F. Summers 2010-05-11
7675162 Interconnect structure using through wafer vias and method of fabrication Steven Hovey, Paul J. Rubel, Kimon Rybnicek 2010-03-09
7622783 MEMS thermal actuator and method of manufacture Gregory A. Carlson, Christopher S. Gudeman, Paul J. Rubel 2009-11-24
7528691 Dual substrate electrostatic MEMS switch with hermetic seal and method of manufacture Andrew Wallis, Paul J. Rubel, Kimon Rybnicek, Michael Shillinger, Jeffrey F. Summers 2009-05-05
7264972 Method and apparatus for sorting biological cells with a MEMS device 2007-09-04
7229838 MEMS actuator and method of manufacture for MEMS particle sorting device John C. Harley, Steven Hovey, Richard Martin, Hung D. Nguyen, Paul J. Rubel 2007-06-12
7220594 Method and apparatus for sorting particles with a MEMS device John C. Harley, Steven Hovey, Richard Martin, Hung D. Nguyen, Paul J. Rubel 2007-05-22
7210352 MEMS teeter-totter apparatus with curved beam and method of manufacture Paul J. Rubel 2007-05-01
7141080 Method and apparatus for assembling an array of micro-devices Patrick Edward Feierabend, Richard Martin, Paul J. Rubel, John W. Stocker, Jeffery F. Summers +1 more 2006-11-28
7057245 Method and apparatus for assembling an array of micro-devices Patrick Edward Feierabend, Richard Martin, Jeffery F. Summers, Andrew Wallis, Paul J. Rubel +1 more 2006-06-06