Inventor · Thousand Oaks, CA, US

David J. Benard

20Patents
8h-index
18Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 13, 1979 → Sep 30, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6741237B1 Touch screen Electricity 52 Expired
US6208495A Method and apparatus for interrupting a current carrying path in a multiphase circuit Electricity 52 Expired
US7079118B2 Touch screen using echo-location Electricity 33 Expired
US4267526A Continuous wave chemically pumped atomic iodine laser Electricity 22 Expired
US4246252A Gas generating system for chemical lasers Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Expired
US4558451A Tubular singlet delta oxygen generator Electricity 17 Expired
US5587861A Method for interrupting electrical power between two conductors Electricity 13 Expired
US4434492A Method and apparatus for iodine vaporization Electricity 11 Expired
US5579198A Apparatus for interrupting electrical power between two conductors Electricity 7 Expired
US4622676A Upconversion of laser radiation frequency in an oxygen-iodine laser Electricity 6 Expired
US4759179A Method for generating electronically excited NF for use in a laser Electricity 4 Expired
US5864453A Apparatus for interrupting electrical power between two conductors Electricity 4 Expired
US5436532A Fluorescent lamp with improved efficiency Electricity 3 Expired
US6667863B1 Method and apparatus for interrupting current through deionization of arc plasma Electricity 3 Expired
US6665157B2 Apparatus for interrupting an electrical circuit Electricity 2 Expired
US6594126B1 Method and apparatus for extinguishing an arc through material surface ablation Electricity 2 Expired
US6631058B1 Method and apparatus for reducing arc retrogression in a circuit interrupter Electricity 2 Expired
US6028753A Method and apparatus for interrupting a current carrying path in a multiphase circuit Electricity 2 Expired
US6674619B2 Method for interrupting an electrical circuit Electricity 0 Expired
US7138892B2 Method and apparatus for soft-fault tolerant circuit interruption Electricity 0 Expired

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