Gary W. Scott
36Patents
20h-index
49Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 8, 1982 → Feb 12, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.