Inventor · Montréal, QC, CA

Alain Blouin

14Patents
8h-index
19Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 12, 1995 → Jul 2, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6078397A Method and apparatus for mapping the wall thickness of tubes during production Physics 47 Expired
US5608166A Generation and detection of ultrasound with long pulse lasers Physics 34 Expired
US6128092A Method and system for high resolution ultrasonic imaging of small defects or anomalies. Physics 29 Expired
US8004689B2 Method of assessing bond integrity in bonded structures Physics 19 Active
US6543288B1 Laser-ultrasonic measurement of elastic properties of a thin sheet and of tension applied thereon Physics 18 Expired
US5680212A Sensitive and fast response optical detection of transient motion from a scattering surface by two-wave mixing Physics 16 Expired
US9999354B2 Biological tissue inspection method and system Physics 10 Active
US6813951B2 Laser-ultrasonic testing system Physics 9 Expired
US9719933B1 Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of oil sands Physics 3 Active
US6700666B2 Ultrasonic vibration detection using frequency matching Physics 3 Expired
US10948418B2 Characterization of a material using combined laser-based IR spectroscopy and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy Physics 0 Active
US11092553B2 Method and system for characterizing an aggregate sample by using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy Physics 0 Active
US11385182B2 Hybrid laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy system Physics 0 Active
US11333555B2 Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for determining a property of an oil sands ore sample Physics 0 Active

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