David Cotter
45Patents
19h-index
36Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 2, 1983 → May 27, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4560246A | Optical transmission | Electricity | 89 | Expired |
| US6714552B1 | Communications network | Electricity | 79 | Expired |
| US5127510A | Modular diverter shoe and slat construction | Performing Operations; Transporting | 77 | Expired |
| US6272548A | Dead reckoning routing of packet data within a network of nodes having generally regular topology | Electricity | 65 | Expired |
| US5912753A | Optical telecommunications network | Electricity | 52 | Expired |
| US6959151B1 | Communication network | Electricity | 50 | Expired |
| US6561360B1 | Automatic tray handling system for sorter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 44 | Expired |
| US7562761B2 | Slat driven positive displacement sorter | Performing Operations; Transporting | 44 | Active |
| US4684067A | Two-stage, hydraulic-assisted fuel injection nozzle | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 40 | Expired |
| US5038912A | Vertically actuated transfer switch | Performing Operations; Transporting | 39 | Expired |
| US4665524A | Mode locked laser light sources | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US4973122A | Optical nonlinear cross-coupled interferometer and method utilizing same | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5531311A | Conveyor article propelling roller drive system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 24 | Expired |
| US5831752A | Optical packet processing | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US5358097A | Accumulation conveyor with retractable sensor | Performing Operations; Transporting | 23 | Expired |
| US6811018B2 | Belt conveyor | Performing Operations; Transporting | 22 | Expired |
| US6065588A | Contact assembly for accumulation conveyors | Performing Operations; Transporting | 21 | Expired |
| US7806254B2 | Belt conveyor and method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 20 | Active |
| US5429225A | Modular pneumatic accumulation conveyor and method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Expired |
| US5540323A | Modular pneumatic accumulation conveyor | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Expired |
| US5101958A | Flowspitting conveyor | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Expired |
| US6731648B1 | Method and apparatus for transmitting a return signal in a loop network | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US7467708B2 | Belt conveyor and method of converting a roller conveyor to a belt conveyor, and retrofit kit | Performing Operations; Transporting | 15 | Active |
| US7383935B2 | Motorized roller transverse drive | Performing Operations; Transporting | 15 | Expired |
| US6069720A | Optical telecommunications network | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.