Inventor · Racine, WI, US

Donald A. Gottschalk

26Patents
15h-index
39Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 30, 1993 → Apr 24, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6141595A Common object architecture supporting application-centric building automation systems Physics 366 Expired
US6115713A Networked facilities management system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 245 Expired
US6119125A Software components for a building automation system based on a standard object superclass Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 229 Expired
US6167316A Distributed object-oriented building automation system with reliable asynchronous communication Physics 186 Expired
US6104963A Communication system for distributed-object building automation system Physics 186 Expired
US5598566A Networked facilities management system having a node configured with distributed load management software to manipulate loads controlled by other nodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 182 Expired
US5463735A Method of downloading information stored in an arching device to destination network controller through intermediate network controllers in accordance with routing information Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 181 Expired
US5522044A Networked facilities management system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 170 Expired
US5511188A Networked facilities management system with time stamp comparison for data base updates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 168 Expired
US6154681A Asynchronous distributed-object building automation system with support for synchronous object execution Physics 132 Expired
US5550980A Networked facilities management system with optical coupling of local network devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 129 Expired
US6240326A Language independent building automation architecture for worldwide system deployment Physics 87 Expired
US6028998A Application framework for constructing building automation systems Physics 81 Expired
US10156833B2 Building management system with space profiles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US9571986B2 Systems and methods for detecting and using equipment location in a building management system Electricity 16 Active
US10691081B2 Building management system with space and place utilization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US10419243B2 Smart gateway devices, systems and methods for providing communication between HVAC system networks Electricity 6 Active
US10317101B2 HVAC device controller with network integration capabilities Physics 3 Active
US11057244B2 Smart gateway devices, systems and methods for providing communication between HVAC system networks Electricity 2 Active
US11637720B2 Smart gateway devices, systems and methods for providing communication between HVAC system networks Electricity 1 Active
US10295964B2 Building management system with mode-based control of spaces and places Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11681262B2 Building management system with space and place utilization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11616367B2 Energy storage system with virtual device manager Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US12003349B2 Smart gateway devices, systems and methods for providing communication between HVAC system networks Electricity 0 Active
US12061447B2 Systems and methods for automatic interaction with a flexible number of devices Physics 0 Active

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