Inventor · Downers Grove, IL, US

Burton C. Meyer

77Patents
18h-index
49Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 15, 1973 → Nov 7, 1994

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4200197A Animated toy box Performing Operations; Transporting 101 Expired
US4296929A Electric eye actuated gun arcade Human Necessities 89 Expired
US4244138A Animated action toy bird Human Necessities 43 Expired
US4364104A Novelty light Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US5228880A Climbing vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 36 Expired
US4216612A Toy vehicle Human Necessities 34 Expired
US4397871A Amusement device for transmitting messages Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US4219198A Amusement device Human Necessities 28 Expired
US4171811A Light gun with photo detector and counter Human Necessities 27 Expired
US3977386A Football launching apparatus Human Necessities 25 Expired
US4263743A Novelty toy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US4282848A Batting practice apparatus Human Necessities 24 Expired
US4265047A Vehicle instrumentation and control apparatus Human Necessities 21 Expired
US5102381A Bubble producing jump rope Human Necessities 19 Expired
US4244568A Game apparatus Human Necessities 19 Expired
US4161081A Amusement set Human Necessities 19 Expired
US4244144A Toy motor vehicle Human Necessities 18 Expired
US3939602A Circular air glider Human Necessities 18 Expired
US4496510A Activity toy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US4191370A Pneumatic exercising device Human Necessities 17 Expired
US4192580A Toy microscope Physics 17 Expired
US4623319A Figure including extrusion means actuated by figure appendages Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4177991A Amusement apparatus Human Necessities 15 Expired
US4240224A Toy vehicle Human Necessities 14 Expired
US4157183A Game apparatus Human Necessities 14 Expired

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