Inventor

Michael L. Roukes

Inventor

Pasadena, CA, US

Overview

2003–2020

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 52 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G01Nprimary

G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties24%

B82YSpecific uses or applications of nanostructures11%

G01LMeasuring force, stress, torque, work, mechanical power, mechanical efficiency, or fluid pressure7%

A61BDiagnosis5%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests5%

A61NElectrotherapy4%

B81BMicrostructural devices or systems, e.g. micromechanical devices4%

G01QScanning-probe techniques or apparatus4%

H01JElectric discharge tubes or discharge lamps4%

H03BGeneration of oscillations, directly or by frequency-changing, by circuits employing active elements which operate in a non-switching manner4%

PatentTitleYear

10,638,933Brain-machine interface based on photonic neural probe arrays2020 10,471,273Implantable, highly collimated light-emitters for biological applications2019 10,381,206Integrated hybrid NEMS mass spectrometry2019 10,216,698Analysis device including a MEMS and/or NEMS network2019 10,168,292Nanoscale calorimeter on chip and related methods and devices2019 9,841,408'System for analyzing a gas mixture including at least one chromatography column'2017 9,660,654'Synchronization of nanomechanical oscillators'2017 9,622,676'Method of making micromachined neural probes'2017 9,588,084'Device for detecting gases and/or volatile organic compounds (VOC)'2017 9,442,021'Uncooled IR detector arrays based on nanoelectromechanical systems'2016 9,423,387'Localized deposition of polymer film on nanocantilever chemical vapor sensors by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization'2016 9,347,815'Single-protein nanomechanical mass spectrometry in real time'2016 9,291,600'Piezoresistive NEMS array network'2016 9,252,731'Passive phase noise cancellation element'2016 9,016,125'NEMS comprising AlSi alloy based transducer'2015 8,857,275'NEMS sensors for cell force application and measurement'2014 8,836,440'Electromechanical oscillators, parametric oscillators, and torsional resonators based on piezoresistive nanowires'2014 8,827,548'Polymer NEMs for cell physiology and microfabricated cell positioning system for micro-biocalorimeter'2014 8,820,140'System for analyzing a gas mixture including at least one chromatography column'2014 8,750,957'Microfabricated neural probes and methods of making same'2014 8,487,385'Uncooled IR detector arrays based on nanoelectromechanical systems'2013 8,476,005'Microfluidic embedded polymer NEMS force sensors'2013 8,378,758'Parametric feedback oscillators'2013 8,355,768'Micromachined neural probes'2013 8,350,578'Wiring nanoscale sensors with nanomechanical resonators'2013 8,329,452'Active NEMS arrays for biochemical analyses'2012 8,258,899'Nano-electro-mechanical systems switches'2012 8,227,747'Single molecule mass spectroscopy enabled by nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS-MS)'2012 8,115,344'Very low voltage, ultrafast nanoelectromechanical switches and resonant switches'2012 8,044,556'Highly efficient, charge depletion-mediated, voltage-tunable actuation efficiency and resonance frequency of piezoelectric semiconductor nanoelectromechanical systems resonators'2011 7,989,198'Active NEMS arrays for biochemical analyses'2011 7,966,898'Polymer NEMS for cell physiology and microfabricated cell positioning system for micro-biocalorimeter'2011 7,959,873'Biological detection based on differentially coupled nanomechanical systems using self-sensing cantilevers with attonewton force resolution'2011 7,762,719'Microscale calorimeter'2010 7,724,103'Ultra-high frequency self-sustaining oscillators, coupled oscillators, voltage-controlled oscillators, and oscillator arrays based on vibrating nanoelectromechanical resonators'2010 7,617,736'Metallic thin film piezoresistive transduction in micromechanical and nanomechanical devices and its application in self-sensing SPM probes'2009 7,555,938'Thermoelastic self-actuation in piezoresistive resonators'2009 7,552,645'Detection of resonator motion using piezoresistive signal downmixing'2009 7,449,758'Polymeric piezoresistive sensors'2008 7,434,476'Metallic thin film piezoresistive transduction in micromechanical and nanomechanical devices and its application in self-sensing SPM probes'2008 7,416,911'Electrochemical method for attaching molecular and biomolecular structures to semiconductor microstructures and nanostructures'2008 7,407,814'Active NEMS arrays for biochemical analyses'2008 7,375,321'Dynamics bionems sensors and arrays of bionems sensor immersed in fluids'2008 7,330,795'Method and apparatus for providing signal analysis of a BioNEMS resonator or transducer'2008 7,302,856'Strain sensors based on nanowire piezoresistor wires and arrays'2007 7,249,518'Sensors based on giant planar hall effect in dilute magnetic semiconductors'2007 7,191,639'On-chip magnetic force actuation of microcantilevers by coplanar coils'2007 6,910,382'Sensors based on giant planar hall effect in dilute magnetic semiconductors'2005 6,879,012'Giant planar hall effect in epitaxial ferromagnetic semiconductor devices'2005 6,722,200'Apparatus and method for ultrasensitive nanoelectromechanical mass detection'2004 6,676,813'Technology for fabrication of a micromagnet on a tip of a MFM/MRFM probe'2004 6,593,731'Displacement transducer utilizing miniaturized magnet and hall junction'2003

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2003–2020Patents assigned to CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN (50)· patent assignee history

2003–2020Based in Pasadena, CA, US· patent location history

2012–2019Patents assigned to ROUKES MICHAEL L (17)· patent assignee history

2014–2019Patents assigned to MYERS EDWARD B (3)· patent assignee history

2014Patents assigned to AXELROD BLAKE WATERS (2)· patent assignee history

2015–2019Patents assigned to ANDREUCCI PHILIPPE (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN	50	2003–2020
ROUKES MICHAEL Lself	17	2012–2019
MYERS EDWARD B	3	2014–2019
ANDREUCCI PHILIPPE	2	2015–2019
AXELROD BLAKE WATERS	2	2014

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Pasadena, California, US	52	2003–2020