Inventor · Strafford, VT, US

David Small

35Patents
11h-index
26Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 26, 1982 → May 25, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5808689A Method and apparatus for nesting secondary signals within a television signal Electricity 188 Expired
US6259381A Method of triggering an event Physics 133 Expired
US6163008A Plasma arc torch Electricity 87 Expired
US6449558B1 Method and device for creating a network positioning system (NPS) Physics 75 Expired
US6337460B2 Plasma arc torch and method for cutting a workpiece Electricity 51 Expired
US6703581B2 Contact start plasma torch Electricity 46 Expired
US4431544A High pressure liquid affinity chromatography Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US7616682B2 Method and device for chronologically synchronizing a location network Physics 28 Expired
US6987238B2 Plasma arc torch and method for improved life of plasma arc torch consumable parts Electricity 18 Expired
US7495614B2 System and method for multipath mitigation using clustered positioning signals Physics 11 Expired
US7848397B2 Frequency coherence within a location network Physics 11 Active
US8934844B2 Method and apparatus for forming a beam Electricity 11 Active
US7859462B2 Locating a roving position receiver in a location network Physics 10 Active
US7652625B2 System and method for the mitigation of multipath and the improvement of signal-to-noise ratios in time division multiple access(TDMA) location networks Electricity 9 Expired
US6040870A Method and apparatus for nesting secondary signals within a television signal Electricity 9 Expired
US7936305B2 System and method for determining attitude using spatial shift key (SSK) modulation signatures Physics 7 Expired
US7463617B2 Mitigation of CDMA cross-correlation artifacts and improvement in signal-to-noise ratio in TDMA location networks Electricity 4 Expired
US9640865B2 Method and apparatus for forming a remote beam Electricity 3 Active
US7466264B2 System and method for providing assistance data within a location network Physics 3 Expired
US7474265B1 Inter-network operation of multiple location networks Physics 2 Active
US7883615B2 Controlled electrochemical deposition of polysaccharide films and hydrogels, and materials formed therefrom Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US6933461B2 Tips and contact members having ridges for use in a contact start plasma arc torch Electricity 2 Expired
US11375468B2 Method and apparatus for synchronising a location network Electricity 1 Active
US10608337B2 Method and apparatus for forming a remote beam Electricity 1 Active
US11250663B1 Radio mesh network gaming system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

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