Inventor · Jacksonville, FL, US

Douglas G. Vanderlaan

84Patents
31h-index
65Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 15, 1987 → Aug 24, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6367929B1 Hydrogel with internal wetting agent Physics 335 Expired
US6822016B2 Biomedical devices containing internal wetting agents Human Necessities 302 Expired
US5998498A Soft contact lenses Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 296 Expired
US5962548A Silicone hydrogel polymers Chemistry; Metallurgy 294 Expired
US6020445A Silicone hydrogel polymers Chemistry; Metallurgy 243 Expired
US7052131B2 Biomedical devices containing internal wetting agents Physics 216 Expired
US6087415A Biomedical devices with hydrophilic coatings Human Necessities 196 Expired
US6943203B2 Soft contact lenses Chemistry; Metallurgy 150 Expired
US7691916B2 Biomedical devices containing internal wetting agents Physics 103 Active
US6849671B2 Contact lenses Physics 102 Expired
US7666921B2 Biomedical devices containing internal wetting agents Human Necessities 92 Expired
US5311223A Ophthalmic lens polymer incorporating acyclic monomer Chemistry; Metallurgy 88 Expired
US7786185B2 Wettable hydrogels comprising acyclic polyamides Chemistry; Metallurgy 88 Active
US9125808B2 Ionic silicone hydrogels Chemistry; Metallurgy 87 Active
US8937110B2 Silicone hydrogels having a structure formed via controlled reaction kinetics Physics 85 Active
US9156934B2 Silicone hydrogels comprising n-vinyl amides and hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates or (meth)acrylamides Chemistry; Metallurgy 80 Active
US8450387B2 Biomedical devices containing internal wetting agents Human Necessities 77 Active
US9140825B2 Ionic silicone hydrogels Chemistry; Metallurgy 76 Active
US5256751A Ophthalmic lens polymer incorporating acyclic monomer Chemistry; Metallurgy 71 Expired
US5779943A Molded polymeric object with wettable surface made from latent-hydrophilic monomers Performing Operations; Transporting 71 Expired
US8399538B2 Contact lenses Physics 68 Active
US8022158B2 Wettable hydrogels comprising acyclic polyamides Chemistry; Metallurgy 65 Active
US9056878B2 Hydrolysis-resistant silicone compounds Physics 62 Active
US6500481B1 Biomedical devices with amid-containing coatings Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Expired
US7825170B2 Contact lenses Physics 52 Active

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