Inventor · Gilroy, CA, US

Derek A. Rush

10Patents
6h-index
2Co-inventors
56Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 18, 1977 → Jun 27, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4183618A Couplings and terminals for optical waveguides Physics 31 Expired
US4621880A Electrical contact elements, connectors and assemblies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US4596437A Electrical contact elements, connectors and methods of manufacture Electricity 12 Expired
US7669742B2 Systems for safe carriage and deployment of hand-held non-lethal/lethal deployable devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US4183615A Couplings and terminals for optical waveguides Physics 8 Expired
US4644444A Clamping means, and modules and units including clamping means Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Expired
US7832136B2 Safety devices for firearms Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Active
US4388613A Optical displacement transducers Physics 5 Expired
US4634198A Electrical contact assemblies and components Electricity 5 Expired
US4723922A Electrical connectors and connector elements Electricity 3 Expired

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