Inventor · Winston-Salem, NC, US

David Rankin

13Patents
7h-index
7Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 30, 1992 → May 3, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5489099A Apparatus and method for tracking the flight of a golf ball Human Necessities 120 Expired
US5342051A Apparatus and method for tracking the flight of a golf ball Human Necessities 118 Expired
US8070620B2 Method and apparatus for measuring golf green speeds Physics 55 Active
US6179720A Correlation method and apparatus for target-oriented sports activities Human Necessities 51 Expired
US6966843B2 Golf club fitting system and method Human Necessities 39 Expired
US7209576B2 Methods, apparatus and computer program products for processing images of a golf ball Physics 13 Expired
USD542875S1 Golf ball marking guide General 10 Expired
US6176789A Scoring method and apparatus Human Necessities 2 Expired
US10312731B2 Powered shelf system for inductively powering electrical components of consumer product packages Electricity 2 Active
US8192295B2 Method and apparatus for evaluating a putt Physics 1 Active
US8282499B2 Method and apparatus for measuring golf green speeds Physics 0 Active
US11769424B2 Method, apparatus, and computer program product for measuring and interpreting metrics of an athletic action and an object associated therewith Human Necessities 0 Active
US11344769B2 Method, apparatus, and computer program product for measuring and interpreting metrics of an athletic action and an object associated therewith Human Necessities 0 Active

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