David S. Ross
39Patents
14h-index
46Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 29, 1976 → Aug 9, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5916358A | Ink compositions containing surfactant sols comprising mixtures of solid surfactants | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 109 | Expired |
| US6598960B1 | Multi-layer thermal actuator with optimized heater length and method of operating same | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 95 | Expired |
| US6631979B2 | Thermal actuator with optimized heater length | Performing Operations; Transporting | 39 | Expired |
| US4093544A | Method and apparatus for ammonia-nitrogen removal by vacuum desorption | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 32 | Expired |
| US4570286A | Portable vacuum cleaning device | Human Necessities | 26 | Expired |
| US4627923A | Apparatus and method of filtering solids from a liquid effluent | Performing Operations; Transporting | 23 | Expired |
| US4032443A | Removal of grease and oil from particulate bed granules by backwashing with a detergent | Performing Operations; Transporting | 20 | Expired |
| US4476607A | Portable vacuum cleaning device | Human Necessities | 19 | Expired |
| US5198204A | Method of forming dinitramide salts | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 18 | Expired |
| US4976873A | Pulsing portions of a filter cell to extend a filter run | Performing Operations; Transporting | 18 | Expired |
| US5254324A | Dinitramide salts and method of making same | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 16 | Expired |
| US5746926A | Method for hydrothermal oxidation of halogenated organic compounds with addition of specific reactants | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US6394585B1 | Ink jet printing using drop-on-demand techniques for continuous tone printing | Performing Operations; Transporting | 16 | Expired |
| US5837149A | Method for hot and supercritical water oxidation of material with addition of specific reactants | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US4298450A | Alcohols as hydrogen-donor solvents for treatment of coal | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 13 | Expired |
| US5409617A | Environmentally acceptable waste disposal by conversion of hydrothermally labile compounds | Human Necessities | 13 | Expired |
| US5089147A | Underdrain for granular medium filter | Performing Operations; Transporting | 13 | Expired |
| US6869169B2 | Snap-through thermal actuator | Performing Operations; Transporting | 10 | Expired |
| US4818414A | Slime control for primary filtration systems | Performing Operations; Transporting | 10 | Expired |
| US5709800A | Environmentally acceptable waste disposal by hydrothermal decomposition of labile compounds with nitrite | Human Necessities | 9 | Expired |
| US5301249A | Catoptric coupling to an optical fiber | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US6010632A | Hydrothermal oxidation of organic compounds with heterogenous neutralizing reagent | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US4642396A | Process for separating nitroaromatic compounds from spent nitric acid | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Expired |
| US4745232A | Process for preparing 4,6-dinitroresorcinol | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 6 | Expired |
| US6817702B2 | Tapered multi-layer thermal actuator and method of operating same | Performing Operations; Transporting | 5 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.