Inventor · Boerne, TX, US

David B. Spencer

23Patents
16h-index
16Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 17, 1973 → Jan 21, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US3948650A Composition and methods for preparing liquid-solid alloys for casting and casting methods employing the liquid-solid alloys Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 84 Expired
US6266390A High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence Physics 74 Expired
US7763820B1 Sorting pieces of material based on photonic emissions resulting from multiple sources of stimuli Performing Operations; Transporting 71 Active
US7564943B2 Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition Physics 64 Active
US8855809B2 Material sorting technology Physics 56 Active
US6519315B2 High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence Physics 52 Expired
US7099433B2 Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition Physics 48 Expired
US6888917B2 High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence Physics 45 Expired
US3954455A Liquid-solid alloy composition Chemistry; Metallurgy 44 Expired
US7848484B2 Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition Physics 37 Active
US8144831B2 Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition Physics 35 Active
US8476545B2 Sorting pieces of material based on photonic emissions resulting from multiple sources of stimuli Performing Operations; Transporting 32 Active
US8553838B2 High speed materials sorting using X-ray fluorescence Physics 30 Active
US7616733B2 High speed materials sorting using x-ray fluorescence Physics 26 Active
US7978814B2 High speed materials sorting using X-ray fluorescence Physics 25 Active
US10368872B2 System and method for low profile occlusion balloon catheter Human Necessities 24 Active
US9956609B1 Metal sorting, melting and fabrication apparatus and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US11253264B2 System and method for low profile occlusion balloon catheter Human Necessities 9 Active
US10149962B2 System and method for low-profile occlusion balloon catheter Human Necessities 8 Active
US11672951B2 System and method for low-profile occlusion balloon catheter Human Necessities 4 Active
US11857737B2 System and method for low-profile occlusion balloon catheter Human Necessities 4 Active
US8861675B2 Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition Physics 3 Active
USD1066673S1 Vascular occlusion balloon General 0 Active

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