Douglas G. Vanderlaan
84Patents
31h-index
65Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 15, 1987 → Aug 24, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.