Alain Blouin
14Patents
8h-index
19Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 12, 1995 → Jul 2, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.