Inventor · Seattle, WA, US

Alanson P. Sample

28Patents
6h-index
38Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 20, 2009 → Jul 15, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8299652B2 Wireless power transfer apparatus and method thereof Electricity 65 Active
US8446045B2 Flat, asymmetric, and E-field confined wireless power transfer apparatus and method thereof Electricity 13 Active
US9881273B2 Automatic object detection and state estimation via electronic emissions sensing Electricity 10 Active
US9473209B2 Wireless power transfer apparatus and method thereof Electricity 8 Active
US9415149B2 Method and system for powering implantable devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8827889B2 Method and system for powering implantable devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US9805233B2 Systems and methods for following distinguishing members using tags in combination with a localizing device Electricity 5 Active
US10353526B1 Room-scale interactive and context-aware sensing Physics 5 Active
US10223850B2 High-Q and over-coupled near-field RFID reader antenna for improved tag read range Electricity 4 Active
US10102697B2 High-Q and over-coupled near-field RFID reader antenna for improved tag read range Physics 3 Active
US10915796B2 ID association and indoor localization via passive phased-array and computer vision motion correlation Electricity 3 Active
US10165355B2 System and method for data transmission and power supply capability over an audio jack for mobile devices Electricity 2 Active
US10326535B2 Communication through modulated electromagnetic emissions Electricity 2 Active
US11722017B2 Wireless power delivery in dynamic environments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9378446B2 Solar powered RFID tags and method of manufacture therefore Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10360420B2 Systems and methods for enabling user interactions with wireless tags Electricity 1 Active
US10366118B2 EM-ID: tag-less identification of electrical devices via electromagnetic emissions Physics 1 Active
US10819151B2 Wireless power transmission Electricity 1 Active
US8952571B2 Extendable wireless power delivery for small devices Electricity 1 Active
US9805232B2 Systems and methods for detecting human-object interactions Physics 1 Active
US9461478B2 Wireless power transfer apparatus and method thereof Electricity 1 Active
US10013589B2 Systems and methods for enabling user interactions with wireless tags Electricity 1 Active
US11090481B2 Wireless power delivery in dynamic environments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10707685B2 Resonant cavity mode enabled wireless power transfer Electricity 1 Active
US10230167B2 Electromagnetic time reversal focusing of near field waves in metamaterials Electricity 0 Active

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