Inventor · Rochester Hills, MI, US

Ivan G. Sears

10Patents
7h-index
12Co-inventors
55Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 3, 2005 → Jan 11, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7252313B2 On demand morphable automotive body moldings and surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US7370894B2 On demand morphable automotive body moldings and surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US8510924B2 Reconfigurable fixture device and methods of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US7587805B2 Reconfigurable fixture device and methods of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7891075B2 Reconfigurable fixture device and method for controlling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7726637B2 Reconfigurable clamp and method of use thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Active
US7997632B2 On demand morphable automotive body moldings and surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7204481B2 Magnetorheological reconfigurable clamp for a flexible manufacturing system Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US7761974B2 Reconfigurable fixture device and methods of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8176616B2 Method for error-proofing a reconfigurable clamp Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active

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