David G. Wright
194Patents
26h-index
92Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 27, 2000 → Jul 25, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8310201B1 | Battery with electronic compartment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 374 | Active |
| US8169421B2 | Apparatus and method for detecting a touch-sensor pad gesture | Physics | 216 | Active |
| US8373664B2 | Two circuit board touch-sensor device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 96 | Active |
| US8144126B2 | Reducing sleep current in a capacitance sensing system | Physics | 87 | Active |
| US6541879B1 | USB hub power management | Electricity | 63 | Expired |
| US7502878B1 | Method and apparatus for switching USB devices between multiple USB hosts | Physics | 62 | Expired |
| US6754725B1 | USB peripheral containing its own device driver | Physics | 54 | Expired |
| US8487655B1 | Combined analog architecture and functionality in a mixed-signal array | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 52 | Active |
| US8493359B2 | Capacitive stylus for a touch screen | Physics | 51 | Active |
| US7388350B1 | Battery with electronic compartment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 49 | Expired |
| US7024501B1 | Method and apparatus for attaching USB peripherals to host ports | Human Necessities | 47 | Expired |
| US8773405B1 | Stylus and related human interface devices with dynamic power control circuits | Electricity | 42 | Active |
| US8093864B2 | Battery with electronic compartment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 40 | Active |
| US8723825B2 | Predictive touch surface scanning | Physics | 37 | Active |
| US7158056B2 | Method and apparatus for scanning a key or button matrix | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US8179161B1 | Programmable input/output circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 34 | Active |
| US6467042B1 | Method and/or apparatus for lowering power consumption in a peripheral device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 34 | Expired |
| US6819539B1 | Method for circuit recovery from overstress conditions | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US7024569B1 | Method and apparatus for supplying auxiliary power to a bus coupled peripheral | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US7334072B1 | System, method and apparatus for extending distances between wired or wireless USB devices and a USB host | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US8970230B2 | Capacitive sensing button on chip | Electricity | 29 | Active |
| US8058910B1 | Intelligent power supervisor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Active |
| US7835697B2 | Frequency agile radio system and method | Electricity | 28 | Active |
| US8031270B1 | Remote control system | Physics | 27 | Active |
| US9774210B1 | Battery with electronic compartment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.