James E. Layton
16Patents
7h-index
7Co-inventors
59Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 4, 1975 → Jul 29, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6798338B1 | RF communication with downhole equipment | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 19 | Expired |
| US7248178B2 | RF communication with downhole equipment | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Expired |
| US4799041A | Recirculating analog to digital converter with auto-calibrating feature | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US8138622B2 | System and method for an AC powered downhole gauge with capacitive coupling | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US3984665A | Process controller | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US4443713A | Waveform generator | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US7686074B2 | Apparatus and method for active circuit protection of downhole electrical submersible pump monitoring gauges | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 9 | Active |
| US8051912B2 | Armored flat cable signalling and instrument power acquisition | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US6586900B2 | Method for boosting the output voltage of a variable frequency drive | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US6566769B1 | Three phase flat cable inductance balancer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US4297745A | Gain ranging amplifier | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US8446292B2 | Systems and methods for downhole instrument communication via power cable | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US4550263A | Waveform generator | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US6781501B2 | Low external field inductor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Expired |
| US4532434A | Waveform generator | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US4305274A | Waveform generator | Physics | 1 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.