Inventor · Irvine, CA, US

James Coombs

14Patents
7h-index
22Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 3, 1992 → May 17, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5708638A Device for optically scanning a recording medium by focusing the best focus or the paraxial focus to the information layer Physics 45 Expired
US5604003A Optical information carrier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US5802032A Method and device for recording a mark having a substantially constant number of pulses per unit length independent of writing speed on an optical information carrier Physics 15 Expired
US5876822A Reversible optical information medium Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US5255263A Information reading system and record carrier and reading device for use in such a system Physics 12 Expired
US5935672A Reversible optical information medium Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6256285A Optical scanning device Physics 10 Expired
US5479392A Phase change record carries having crystalline nuclei and/or which produce crystallization structures when information is written thereon enabling that information to be more easily erased Physics 5 Expired
US7390464B2 Fluidic circuits for sample preparation including bio-discs and methods relating thereto Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7251210B2 Method for triggering through disc grooves and related optical analysis discs and system Physics 3 Expired
US5383172A Information storage system and device for improved erasing of information written on a record carrier Physics 2 Expired
US5419937A Optical record carrier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7428200B2 Method for triggering through disc grooves and related optical analysis discs and system Physics 1 Active
US9457431B2 Cutting head for a device for cutting hair Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active

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