Inventor · Chardon, OH, US

Charles M. Rischar

73Patents
16h-index
88Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 26, 1987 → Sep 1, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7797060B2 Prioritization associated with controller engine instances Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 195 Active
US7447931B1 Step time change compensation in an industrial automation network Electricity 85 Active
US4858101A Programmable controller with parallel processors Physics 82 Expired
US7656751B2 Step time change compensation in an industrial automation network Electricity 75 Active
US5636124A Multitasking industrial controller Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US5287548A Programmable controller having a stored program with both machine language instructions and source code data Physics 49 Expired
US7541920B2 Alarm/event encryption in an industrial environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Active
US7657333B2 Adjustment of data collection rate based on anomaly detection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Active
US5887029A Method of scheduling spatially separated control events with an industrial controller Electricity 43 Expired
US5844795A Diagnostic aid for industrial controller using multi-tasking architecture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US5781776A Industrial controller permitting program editing during program execution Physics 33 Expired
US5819097A Industrial controller compiler with expandable instruction set Physics 29 Expired
US5619409A Program analysis circuitry for multi-tasking industrial controller Physics 26 Expired
US5812133A Industrial controller with display of rung execution Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US9958860B2 Systems and methods for broadcasting data and data tags associated with an industrial automation system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US7487316B1 Archive and restore system and methodology for on-line edits utilizing non-volatile buffering Physics 18 Expired
US7675406B2 Generation of timestamps within field devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US7027880B2 Safety controller providing rapid recovery of safety program data Physics 14 Expired
US8200591B2 Self-organized distributed directory Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US8229575B2 Automatically adjustable industrial control configuration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US7996093B2 Automatic controller relationship resolution Physics 11 Active
US7870223B2 Services associated with an industrial environment employing controller engine instances Physics 11 Active
US8606928B2 Diverse network relative addressing resolution Electricity 10 Active
US7721273B1 Controller equipment model systems and methods Physics 9 Active
US7853336B2 Dynamic versioning utilizing multiple controller engine instances to limit complications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active

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