Eric L. Mears
22Patents
17h-index
21Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 12, 1983 → Apr 18, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7717846B2 | External endoscopic accessory control system | Human Necessities | 1,468 | Active |
| US4836733A | Wafer transfer system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 179 | Expired |
| US6059797A | Self-disposing ligating band dispenser | Human Necessities | 115 | Expired |
| US6113614A | Medical device for dissolution of tissue within the human body | Human Necessities | 91 | Expired |
| US4832781A | Methods and apparatus for thermal transfer with a semiconductor wafer in vacuum | Electricity | 64 | Expired |
| US6136009A | Ligating band dispenser | Human Necessities | 57 | Expired |
| US4927438A | Horizontal laminar air flow work station | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 53 | Expired |
| US6436108B1 | Movable ligating band dispenser | Human Necessities | 48 | Expired |
| US5040484A | Apparatus for retaining wafers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 46 | Expired |
| US6280452A | Balloon actuated ligating band dispenser | Human Necessities | 41 | Expired |
| US4899059A | Disk scanning apparatus for batch ion implanters | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US7223230B2 | External endoscopic accessory control system | Human Necessities | 32 | Expired |
| US4817556A | Apparatus for retaining wafers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 31 | Expired |
| US7204804B2 | Endoscopic accessory mounting adaptor | Human Necessities | 27 | Expired |
| US7189247B1 | Endoscopic band ligator | Human Necessities | 25 | Expired |
| US6042591A | Movable ligating band dispenser and method | Human Necessities | 21 | Expired |
| US4938992A | Methods for thermal transfer with a semiconductor | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| USD480807S1 | Control handle for a medical device used with an endoscope | General | 13 | Expired |
| US4997606A | Methods and apparatus for fabricating a high purity thermally-conductive polymer layer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US4580058A | Scanning treatment apparatus | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6066147A | Ligating structure having greater stretchability, greater shelf life, and greater ligating characteristics and method of manufacture | Human Necessities | 7 | Expired |
| US4531821A | Item transporting | Physics | 3 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.