Inventor · Tomball, TX, US

Clive Lam

25Patents
16h-index
36Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 19, 1980 → Nov 30, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5672108A Electronic game with separate emitter Human Necessities 124 Expired
US7159654B2 Apparatus identification systems and methods Fixed Constructions 122 Expired
US6578422B2 Ultrasonic detection of flaws in tubular members Physics 106 Expired
US7484625B2 Shale shakers and screens with identification apparatuses Performing Operations; Transporting 66 Active
US6622561B2 Tubular member flaw detection Physics 65 Expired
US6745136B2 Pipe inspection systems and methods Physics 62 Expired
US6748808B2 Flaw detection in tubular members Physics 61 Expired
US6772636B2 Pipe flaw detector Physics 44 Expired
US5030911A Method and apparatus for displaying defects in tubular members on a two-dimensional map in a variety of display modes Physics 37 Expired
US8016037B2 Drilling rigs with apparatus identification systems and methods Physics 32 Active
US7958715B2 Chain with identification apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 32 Active
US4710712A Method and apparatus for measuring defects in ferromagnetic elements Fixed Constructions 30 Expired
US7946356B2 Systems and methods for monitored drilling Fixed Constructions 30 Active
US5855513A Electronic matching and position game Human Necessities 25 Expired
US4629985A Method and apparatus for measuring defects in tubular members Physics 22 Expired
US8166823B2 Membrane-coupled ultrasonic probe system for detecting flaws in a tubular Physics 16 Active
US4636727A Method and apparatus for detecting the location of defects in tubular sections moving past a well head Physics 15 Expired
US4792756A Method and apparatus for measuring axially extending defects in ferromagnetic elements Physics 13 Expired
US5534775A Method and apparatus for noncontact magnetic particle stray magnetic flux testing of cylindrical members Physics 11 Expired
US5043663A Method and apparatus for detecting angular defects in a tubular member Physics 10 Expired
US6931748B2 Riser and tubular inspection systems Physics 10 Expired
US6862099B2 Tubular ovality testing Physics 9 Expired
US9170089B2 System and method for measuring pipe Physics 5 Active
US9784041B2 Drilling rig riser identification apparatus Fixed Constructions 4 Active
US8196472B2 Ultrasonic probe apparatus, system, and method for detecting flaws in a tubular Physics 0 Active

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