Derek Foster
12Patents
6h-index
19Co-inventors
63Inventor score
Filing activity: May 23, 1986 → Mar 11, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5412526A | Surge arrester circuit and housing therefor | Electricity | 73 | Expired |
| US5949979A | Method and apparatus for dynamic addition of buses to a computer system | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US6121967A | Method and apparatus for controlling media bays in a computer system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US5556257A | Integrally bladed disks or drums | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US6554177B2 | Friction welding | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US7021519B2 | Friction welding | Performing Operations; Transporting | 6 | Expired |
| US6736305B2 | Method and apparatus for friction welding | Performing Operations; Transporting | 6 | Expired |
| US4768725A | Apparatus for winding a filament onto a former, having guide structure for reducing filament bending | Performing Operations; Transporting | 6 | Expired |
| US6703093B2 | Friction welding | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US7395082B2 | Method and system for handling events in an application framework for a wireless device | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US8595687B2 | Method and system for providing text information in an application framework for a wireless device | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8922567B2 | Regulation of screen composing in a device | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.