Inventor · Mercer Island, WA, US

Eric Young

29Patents
14h-index
35Co-inventors
73Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 28, 2006 → Jan 7, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8718814B1 Robotic induction and stowage in materials handling facilities Physics 246 Active
US8798784B1 Robotic induction in materials handling facilities with batch singulation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 117 Active
US8639382B1 Robotic induction in materials handling facilities Physics 115 Active
US8594834B1 Robotic induction in materials handling facilities with multiple inventory areas Physics 110 Active
US8952284B1 Method and apparatus for managing the allocation of items to processing stations in an order fulfillment process Physics 85 Active
US8560461B1 Shipment splitting analyzer Physics 61 Active
US8086344B1 Predictive router for materials handling Physics 59 Active
US7941244B2 Stow and sortation system Physics 56 Active
US8527325B1 System and method for allocating labor to units processed in a materials handling facility Physics 46 Active
US7979359B1 System and method for selectively applying an item sortation process Physics 41 Active
US7984809B1 System and method for directing indicator-based sortation of shipments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US8571915B1 System and method for selectively advancing items in a picking schedule Physics 26 Active
US8489232B2 Systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels Physics 24 Active
US8195533B1 Self healing andon system and method Physics 19 Active
US9266236B2 Robotic induction in materials handling facilities with batch singulation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US8326452B2 Stow and sortation system Physics 11 Active
US8639591B1 System and method for generating a visual display indicating the status of multiple shipping loads Physics 10 Active
US8341040B1 System and method for stow management of similar items Physics 7 Active
US9754235B1 System and method for authoritative item identification based on facility operations Physics 7 Active
US9524485B1 System and method for pattern assignment for pattern-based item identification in a materials handling facility Physics 7 Active
US7974891B2 Method and apparatus for processing receptacles of items in a materials handling facility Physics 6 Active
US8639384B2 Systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels Physics 6 Active
US8957970B1 Receiving items into inventory Physics 5 Active
US9663294B2 Receiving items into inventory Physics 5 Active
US8744886B1 Systems and methods for recording defects Physics 4 Active

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