Daniel E. Ford
23Patents
7h-index
26Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 19, 1979 → Nov 9, 2012
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4233748A | Hole alignment probe | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 42 | Expired |
| US7516212B2 | Device status identification | Electricity | 32 | Active |
| US5431543A | Turbine blade locking assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US7634682B2 | Method and system for monitoring network health | Electricity | 16 | Active |
| US7898986B2 | Port configuration | Electricity | 16 | Active |
| US5419391A | Steam generator with axial flow preheater | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 13 | Expired |
| US8176503B2 | Device driver selection | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US8321538B2 | Autonomous network device configuration method | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US9255522B2 | Modular drop-in transition assembly for industrial gas turbine and method for installation | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Active |
| US8787176B2 | Switch that monitors for fingerprinted packets | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US5035852A | Tapered leaf support pin for operating plant guide tubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US7243368B2 | Access control system and method for a networked computer system | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US7706267B2 | Network service monitoring | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US8137452B2 | Easy-to-clean, mechanically stable coating composition for metallic surfaces and process for coating a substrate using said composition | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 3 | Active |
| US5213065A | Steam generator feedwater distribution system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Expired |
| US9127593B2 | Modular drop-in combustor assembly for industrial gas turbine and method for installation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US9313221B2 | Determination of spoofing of a unique machine identifier | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US8549239B2 | Network message logging and archival | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US5272739A | Method of eliminating heat exchanger tube vibration and self-preloading heat exchanger tube support for implementing same | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Expired |
| US8121030B2 | Network service monitoring | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US8612524B2 | Cessation of sending network status messages to a server | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US7860026B2 | Network switch deployment | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US6730362B2 | Coated article with polymeric basecoat cured at low temperatures | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.