Inventor · Snohomish, WA, US

Brian P. Bunch

30Patents
12h-index
20Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 15, 1996 → Aug 22, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8184059B2 Systems and methods for powering a gimbal mounted device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 219 Active
US7982658B2 Systems and methods for assessing weather in proximity to an airborne aircraft Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Active
US8111186B2 Systems and methods for infering hail and lightning using an airborne weather radar volumetric buffer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Active
US8022859B2 Systems and methods for using nexrad information to verify weather radar information Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US8228227B2 Systems and methods for improving relevant weather determination Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US8054214B2 Systems and methods for preparing ground-based weather radar information for use in an installation vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Active
US5896103A Method and aparatus for dynamically calibrating a radar receiver Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US7817078B2 Systems and methods for supplemental weather information presentation on a display Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US8223062B2 Systems and methods for aircraft to aircraft exchange of radar information over low bandwidth communication channels Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US7724177B2 Systems and methods for location-based discrimination of turbulence Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US6683552B2 Dual analog-to-digital converter system for increased dynamic range Electricity 13 Expired
US9188700B2 System and method to identify regions of airspace having ice crystals using an onboard weather radar system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US8373580B2 Systems and methods for rapid updating of embedded text in radar picture data Physics 11 Active
US9710218B2 Vertical profile display including hazard band indication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US5905459A Methods and apparatus for stabilizing radar false alarm rate Physics 9 Expired
US10037124B2 Vertical profile display including weather icons Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8180187B2 Systems and methods for gimbal mounted optical communication device Electricity 5 Active
US8410977B2 Methods and systems for identifying hazardous flight zone areas on a display Physics 4 Active
US8144048B2 Systems and methods for gaussian decomposition of weather radar data for communication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7928895B2 Systems and methods for communication to a gimbal mounted device Electricity 3 Active
US10908278B2 System and method to identify regions of airspace having ice crystals using an onboard weather radar system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9268019B2 System and method of displaying convective weather on a weather radar display Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10495783B2 Vertical profile display including weather blocks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10684365B2 Determining a location of a runway based on radar signals Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10191152B2 Low-cost lightweight integrated antenna for airborne weather radar Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

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