Inventor · Waukee, IA, US

Frederick W. Nelson

38Patents
17h-index
47Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 16, 1978 → Sep 18, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6671698B2 Method and system for automated tracing of an agricultural product Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 179 Expired
US6691135B2 Method and system for automated tracing of an agricultural product Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 110 Expired
US8626406B2 Method and system for transferring material between vehicles Physics 90 Active
US6789014B1 Direct modification of DGPS information with inertial measurement data Physics 80 Expired
US6963881B2 Method and system for automated tracing of an agricultural product Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US7085777B2 Method and system for tracing the identity of an agricultural product Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US4967544A Automatic speed control system for a harvesting assembly Human Necessities 51 Expired
US7716905B2 Sensing assembly for detection of one or more plants Human Necessities 48 Active
US7761334B2 Method and system for automated tracing of an agricultural product Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Expired
US5764184A Method and system for post-processing differential global positioning system satellite positional data Physics 43 Expired
US7117417B2 Method for generating clock corrections for a wide-area or global differential GPS system Physics 36 Expired
US5686671A Grain mass flow sensor for an agricultural combine Human Necessities 30 Expired
US4200169A Stethoscope Human Necessities 28 Expired
US5717403A Method and appartus for accurate frequency synthesis using global positioning system timing information Electricity 28 Expired
US7119741B2 Method for combined use of a local RTK system and a regional, wide-area, or global carrier-phase positioning system Physics 23 Expired
US6285198A Grain moisture sensor Physics 22 Expired
US7349779B2 Automatic steering system Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Active
US6901319B1 System and method for controlling a ground vehicle Physics 16 Expired
US4239089A Stethoscope chestpiece Human Necessities 14 Expired
US7062513B2 Method and system for tracing the identity of an agricultural product using data handoff Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US7071870B2 Method for combined use of local positioning system and a global positioning system Physics 11 Expired
US7369924B2 System and method for providing guidance towards a far-point position for a vehicle implementing a satellite-based guidance system Physics 11 Active
US7427950B2 Method for increasing the reliability of position information when transitioning from a regional, wide-area, or global carrier-phase differential navigation (WADGPS) to a local real-time kinematic (RTK) navigation system Physics 11 Active
US9374939B2 System and method for steering of an implement on sloped ground Physics 10 Active
US7231295B2 System and method for creating accurate topographical maps using low-drift DGPS Physics 7 Expired

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