David Taylor
38Patents
10h-index
35Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: May 2, 1977 → Aug 20, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7151528B2 | System for disposing a proximity sensitive touchpad behind a mobile phone keypad | Electricity | 271 | Expired |
| US4822331A | Centrifuge | Performing Operations; Transporting | 86 | Expired |
| US7423635B2 | Single-layer touchpad having touch zones | Physics | 69 | Active |
| US4747451A | Level sensor | Fixed Constructions | 66 | Expired |
| US5301310A | Parallel disk storage array system with independent drive operation mode | Physics | 58 | Expired |
| US7219073B1 | Method for extracting information utilizing a user-context-based search engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 48 | Expired |
| USRE33690E | Level sensor | General | 31 | Expired |
| US8027876B2 | Online advertising valuation apparatus and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Active |
| US7013300B1 | Locating, filtering, matching macro-context from indexed database for searching context where micro-context relevant to textual input by user | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US9213426B2 | Reenable delay of a touchpad or touch screen to prevent erroneous input when typing | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US7881981B2 | Methods and computer readable media for determining a macro-context based on a micro-context of a user search | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Active |
| US7808487B2 | System for disposing a proximity sensitive touchpad behind a mobile phone keymat | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US4142138A | Motor control | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US4141276A | Locking and firing mechanism for rotating-cam actuated weapons | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 7 | Expired |
| US8284166B2 | Method of detecting and tracking multiple objects on a touchpad using a data collection algorithm that only detects an outer edge of the objects and then assumes that the outer edges define a single large object | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US8429167B2 | User-context-based search engine | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US8976145B2 | Reduction of noise and de-ghosting in a mutual capacitance multi-touch touchpad | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US4799124A | Shock hazard protector for hair dryers | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US9449105B1 | User-context-based search engine | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US8515811B2 | Online advertising valuation apparatus and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US9507466B2 | Intrusion detection using a capacitance sensitive touchpad | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US5900046A | Froth separation apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Expired |
| US11983373B1 | Filter in a capacitance measuring circuit | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8502798B2 | Method of detecting and tracking multiple objects on a touchpad using a data collection algorithm that only detects an outer edge of the objects and then assumes that the outer edges define a single large object | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US11644926B2 | Changing a proximity value associated with a capacitance sensor | Physics | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.