Inventor · Tonawanda, NY, US

Jack C. Kitchens

69Patents
14h-index
52Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 2, 1992 → Nov 21, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7739912B2 Ultrasonic fingerprint scanning utilizing a plane wave Physics 95 Active
US9945818B2 Ultrasonic authenticating button Physics 72 Active
US8139827B2 Biometrical object reader having an ultrasonic wave manipulation device Physics 72 Active
US7258279B2 Biometric security system and method Physics 68 Expired
US8201739B2 Biometric sensor with delay layer Physics 61 Active
US8601876B2 Ultrasonic fingerprint scanning using a plane wave Physics 39 Active
US9170668B2 Ultrasonic touch sensor with a display monitor Physics 32 Active
US9262003B2 Piezoelectric force sensing array Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US8781180B2 Biometric scanner with waveguide array Physics 24 Active
US7568391B2 Ultrasonic imaging scanner Physics 24 Active
US8724859B2 Fingerprint scanner and method having an acoustic detector Physics 23 Active
US7458268B2 Live-scan ultrasonic four-finger planar imaging scanner Physics 22 Expired
US7415138B2 Biometric authorization method and system Physics 15 Expired
US10036734B2 Ultrasonic sensor with bonded piezoelectric layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US9551783B2 Display with backside ultrasonic sensor array Physics 14 Active
US9453822B2 Systems and methods for acquiring biometric information Physics 14 Active
US5307684A Stop mechanism for a diaphragm pressure transducer Physics 11 Expired
US9726755B2 Spoof detection by ultrasonic subdermal probe Physics 11 Active
US9606606B2 Multifunctional pixel and display Electricity 9 Active
US7436736B2 Hydrophone array module Physics 8 Active
US10031602B2 Multifunctional pixel and display Electricity 8 Active
US9465429B2 In-cell multifunctional pixel and display Electricity 7 Active
US9063593B2 Device and method of controlling a computer using centroids Physics 7 Active
US7955641B2 Method of making a piezoelectric device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US9494995B2 Devices and methods of sensing Electricity 6 Active

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