Inventor · Rockport, MA, US

Eric L. Mears

22Patents
17h-index
21Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 12, 1983 → Apr 18, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.