Inventor · Santa Clarita, CA, US

Charles W. Hull

84Patents
50h-index
77Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 13, 1975 → Apr 14, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4575330A Apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography Physics 1,429 Expired
US5130064A Method of making a three dimensional object by stereolithography Physics 469 Expired
US5236637A Method of and apparatus for production of three dimensional objects by stereolithography Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 388 Expired
US5902537A Rapid recoating of three-dimensional objects formed on a cross-sectional basis Performing Operations; Transporting 307 Expired
US6193923A Selective deposition modeling method and apparatus for forming three-dimensional objects and supports Performing Operations; Transporting 275 Expired
US5248456A Method and apparatus for cleaning stereolithographically produced objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 275 Expired
US5192559A Apparatus for building three-dimensional objects with sheets Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 243 Expired
US5447822A Apparatus and related method for forming a substantially flat stereolithographic working surface Performing Operations; Transporting 198 Expired
US4929402A Method for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography Physics 171 Expired
US5104592A Method of and apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography with reduced curl Physics 157 Expired
US5059359A Methods and apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography Physics 141 Expired
US5184307A Method and apparatus for production of high resolution three-dimensional objects by stereolithography Physics 131 Expired
US6270335A Selective deposition modeling method and apparatus for forming three-dimensional objects and supports Performing Operations; Transporting 123 Expired
US4999143A Methods and apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography Physics 122 Expired
US7077638B2 Selective deposition modeling method and apparatus for forming three-dimensional objects and supports Performing Operations; Transporting 121 Expired
US5569431A Method and apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 121 Expired
US5256340A Method of making a three-dimensional object by stereolithography Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 115 Expired
US5137662A Method and apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography Physics 115 Expired
US5345391A Method and apparatus for production of high resolution three-dimensional objects by stereolithography Physics 114 Expired
US6660209B2 Selective deposition modeling method and apparatus for forming three-dimensional objects and supports Performing Operations; Transporting 113 Expired
US5651934A Recoating of stereolithographic layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 112 Expired
US5182055A Method of making a three-dimensional object by stereolithography Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 110 Expired
US6508971B2 Selective deposition modeling method and apparatus for forming three-dimensional objects and supports Performing Operations; Transporting 110 Expired
US5630981A Method for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 109 Expired
US5234636A Methods of coating stereolithographic parts Electricity 97 Expired

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