Inventor · Wrightsville Beach, NC, US

Alan Wesley Brown

21Patents
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9Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 8, 1988 → Jan 13, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5007921A Surgical staple Human Necessities 530 Expired
US5026390A Surgical staple Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 321 Expired
US5598269A Laser guided alignment apparatus for medical procedures Human Necessities 99 Expired
US5695492A Lamellar illumination apparatus for eye surgery Human Necessities 76 Expired
US5582608A Lamellar illumination apparatus for eye surgery Human Necessities 23 Expired
US5147368A Nucleus splitter Human Necessities 17 Expired
USD373634S Eye surgery fixation ring instrument General 13 Expired
US4987899A Applanation tonometer Human Necessities 13 Expired
US5423712A Cutter for clip-on sunglasses Physics 12 Expired
USD321198S Spectacle front General 5 Expired
US9283117B2 Eye marker device Human Necessities 4 Active
US10201454B2 Eye marker device with electronic positional detection system and tip associated therewith Human Necessities 3 Active
US10786392B2 Eye marker tip Human Necessities 2 Active
US4863411A Inflatable toy simulating the mouth of an insect Human Necessities 2 Expired
US10660629B2 Apparatus for illuminating an eye Human Necessities 1 Active
US10548684B2 Corneal marking ink Human Necessities 1 Active
US10022271B2 Eye marker device Human Necessities 0 Active
US10945886B2 Eye marker device with electronic positional detection system and tip associated therewith Human Necessities 0 Active
US7161059B2 Human hookworm model and method for maintaining human hookworm in a non-human primate Human Necessities 0 Expired
US11000343B2 Corneal marking ink Human Necessities 0 Active
US11033365B2 Dental implant system Human Necessities 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.