Gary D. Friends
17Patents
14h-index
18Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 13, 1979 → Jun 21, 2006
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4327203A | Polysiloxane with cycloalkyl modifier composition and biomedical devices | Physics | 187 | Expired |
| US4355147A | Polysiloxane with polycyclic modifier composition and biomedical devices | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 180 | Expired |
| US4254248A | Contact lens made from polymers of polysiloxane and polycyclic esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid | Physics | 176 | Expired |
| US4341889A | Polysiloxane composition and biomedical devices | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 171 | Expired |
| US5352714A | Wettable silicone hydrogel compositions and methods for their manufacture | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 148 | Expired |
| US5006622A | Polymer compositions for contact lenses | Physics | 130 | Expired |
| US4810764A | Polymeric materials with high oxygen permeability and low protein substantivity | Physics | 87 | Expired |
| US5270418A | Polymer compositions for contact lenses | Physics | 78 | Expired |
| US4436887A | N-Vinyl lactam based biomedical devices | Physics | 74 | Expired |
| US5236969A | Polymer compositions for contact lenses | Physics | 65 | Expired |
| US4663409A | Alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl modified amino acid monomer and polymers for biomedical uses | Physics | 51 | Expired |
| US4652622A | Polysiloxane composition with improved surface wetting characteristics and biomedical devices made thereof | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US4495361A | Polysiloxane composition with improved surface wetting characteristics and biomedical devices made thereof | Human Necessities | 19 | Expired |
| US7021761B2 | Lens with colored portion and coated surface | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US4440919A | Low N-vinyl lactam content based biomedical devices | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 9 | Expired |
| US7147326B2 | Lens with colored portion and coated surface | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7745564B2 | System for synthesis of device forming monomers | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.