Patent assignee · US · COMPANY

Stolar, Inc.

43Patents
18Active
43Granted
46Portfolio score

Filing activity: May 6, 1985 → Dec 16, 2016 · 8 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4968978A Long range multiple point wireless control and monitoring system Physics 121 Expired
US5087099A Long range multiple point wireless control and monitoring system Physics 86 Expired
US4879755A Medium frequency mine communication system Electricity 71 Expired
US5686841A Apparatus and method for the detection and measurement of liquid water and ice layers on the surfaces of solid materials Physics 64 Expired
US5268683A Method of transmitting data from a drillhead Physics 57 Expired
US4753484A Method for remote control of a coal shearer Fixed Constructions 53 Expired
US5769503A Method and apparatus for a rotating cutting drum or arm mounted with paired opposite circular polarity antennas and resonant microstrip patch transceiver for measuring coal, trona and potash layers forward, side and around a continuous mining machine Fixed Constructions 43 Expired
US7659847B2 Radar mining guidance control system Physics 40 Active
US4742305A Method for constructing vertical images of anomalies in geological formations Physics 37 Expired
US5260660A Method for calibrating a downhole receiver used in electromagnetic instrumentation for detecting an underground conductor Physics 35 Expired
US5066917A Long feature vertical or horizontal electrical conductor detection methodology using phase coherent electromagnetic instrumentation Physics 34 Expired
US4994747A Method and apparatus for detecting underground electrically conductive objects Physics 32 Expired
US7656342B2 Double-sideband suppressed-carrier radar to null near-field reflections from a first interface between media layers Physics 31 Active
US5093929A Medium frequency mine communication system Electricity 27 Expired
US5072172A Method and apparatus for measuring the thickness of a layer of geologic material using a microstrip antenna Physics 27 Expired
US4577153A Continuous wave medium frequency signal transmission survey procedure for imaging structure in coal seams Physics 24 Expired
US5181934A Method for automatically adjusting the cutting drum position of a resource cutting machine Physics 24 Expired
US5121971A Method of measuring uncut coal rib thickness in a mine Physics 19 Expired
US8115622B2 Underground radio communications and personnel tracking system Electricity 18 Active
US7675289B1 Underground anomalies detection vehicle and trailer Physics 18 Active
US5185578A Method for detecting anomalous geological zones by transmitting electromagnetic energy between spaced drillholes using different frequency ranges Physics 17 Expired
US5146611A Mine communication cable and method for use Electricity 16 Expired
US5301082A Current limiter circuit Electricity 16 Expired
US5188426A Method for controlling the thickness of a layer of material in a seam Physics 15 Expired
US4691166A Electromagnetic instruments for imaging structure in geologic formations Physics 14 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.