Dietmar Spanke
35Patents
8h-index
48Co-inventors
71Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 17, 2000 → Aug 28, 2017
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7255006B2 | Measuring instrument | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US6415660B1 | Method and apparatus for the highly accurate determination of the filling level of a product in a container | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US7046189B2 | Fill level measuring device and method for fill level measurement using the travel time principle | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US6954717B2 | Device for determining and/or monitoring a process variable | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US8159386B2 | Method for ascertaining and monitoring fill level of a medium in a container by a travel time measuring method | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US8276444B2 | Method for ascertaining and monitoring fill level of a medium in a container using a travel time, measuring method | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US7826309B2 | Filling level measurement device and filling level measurement and monitoring method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
| US6634228B2 | Method of measuring level in a vessel | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US8639457B2 | Method for ascertaining and monitoring fill level of a medium in a container using a travel time measuring method | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US8567243B2 | Method for fill level measurement | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US6734819B2 | Level measuring device operating with microwaves | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US7966141B2 | Method for evaluating and correcting total measurement signals | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US7819002B2 | Filling level measurement method according to the running time principle | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7010974B2 | Method for measuring a fill level | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7209073B2 | Method and device for determining the filling level of a medium in a container | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US11192276B2 | Method for manufacturing a sensor element or an active component of a sensor element | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US8065912B2 | Filling level sensor and method for measuring filling level | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US9903909B2 | Process measuring device for a measuring and control technology | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US9442000B2 | Method for ascertaining and monitoring fill level of a medium in a container by means of a fill-level measuring device using a travel time measuring method | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US6877372B2 | Method and device for determining the filling level of a medium in a container | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US10295394B2 | Method and measuring device for fill level measurement | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US9081087B2 | Method for ascertaining and/or evaluating fill-state of a container containing at least one medium | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8683366B2 | Field device with means for performing diagnostic methods | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8311651B2 | Process automation system for determining, monitoring and/or influencing different process variables and/or state variables | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8223035B2 | Method for commissioning and/or operating a communication system | Electricity | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.