Inventor · Mount Vernon, IA, US

Gary W. Scott

36Patents
20h-index
49Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 8, 1982 → Feb 12, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7680561B2 Method of facilitating communications across open circuit breaker contacts Electricity 233 Active
US8111148B2 Method and apparatus for bi-directional communication with a miniature circuit breaker Electricity 226 Active
US5986860A Zone arc fault detection Electricity 79 Expired
US4969063A Circuit breaker with status indicating lights Electricity 78 Expired
US6259996A Arc fault detection system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 77 Expired
US6095735A Locking nut assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US6246556A Electrical fault detection system Electricity 63 Expired
US6625550B1 Arc fault detection for aircraft Electricity 61 Expired
US6456471B1 Test, reset and communications operations in an ARC fault circuit interrupter with optional memory and/or backup power Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US6477021B1 Blocking/inhibiting operation in an arc fault detection system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US5999384A Circuit interrupter with arcing fault protection and PTC (positive temperature coefficient resistivity) elements for short circuit and overload protection Electricity 51 Expired
US6782329B2 Detection of arcing faults using bifurcated wiring system Physics 50 Expired
US6414829B1 Arc fault circuit interrupter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US5886860A Circuit breakers with PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient resistivity Electricity 38 Expired
US8319136B2 Arcing fault and arc flash protection system having a high-speed switch Electricity 34 Active
US5302787A Automatic miniature circuit breaker with Z-axis assemblable contact assembly Electricity 34 Expired
US6275044A Arcing fault detection system Electricity 32 Expired
US4556979A Piezoelectrically tuned short cavity dye laser Electricity 28 Expired
US7136265B2 Load recognition and series arc detection using bandpass filter signatures Electricity 26 Expired
US7068480B2 Arc detection using load recognition, harmonic content and broadband noise Electricity 20 Expired
US5923514A Electronic trip circuit breaker with CMR current sensor Electricity 20 Expired
US6094043A ARC detection sensor utilizing discrete inductors Physics 18 Expired
US6563420B2 Power line communications apparatus and method Electricity 16 Expired
US6072673A Medium to high voltage load circuit interrupters including metal resistors having a positive temperature coefficient of resistivity (PTC elements) Electricity 16 Expired
US7944654B2 Multiple-pole circuit breaker with shared current sensor for arcing fault detection Electricity 15 Active

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