Inventor · Apex, NC, US

James Evans

61Patents
18h-index
34Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 30, 1981 → Nov 27, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5007917A Single blade cutter for arthroscopic surgery Human Necessities 303 Expired
US5584838A Distal targeting system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 123 Expired
US5263972A Surgical handpiece chuck and blade Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 112 Expired
US6549229B1 Small, portable, self-contained, video teleconferencing system Electricity 103 Expired
US7782866B1 Virtual peer in a peer-to-peer network Electricity 79 Active
US5439472A Surgical handpiece chuck and blade Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 74 Expired
US7818336B1 Methods, systems, and products for searching social networks Physics 54 Active
USD337160S Sagittal saw blade base General 52 Expired
US7707246B1 Creating a social network around recorded media Electricity 49 Active
US4873461A Electric motor sterilizable surgical power tool Electricity 43 Expired
US5644314A Portable geophysical system using an inverse collocation-type metehodology Physics 33 Expired
USD346318S Sagittal saw blade base General 24 Expired
US7092106B2 System for determining the configuration of obscured structure by employing phase profilometry and method of use therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US4431411A Segmented labial bow with lip pads for aid in the correction of Class III malocclusions and malocclusions with underdeveloped maxillas Human Necessities 20 Expired
US9778834B2 Multidimensional split view for a pivot table or other grid-based component Physics 19 Active
US8424075B1 Collaborative firewall for a distributed virtual environment Electricity 19 Active
US7777496B2 Remote sensor system for monitoring the condition of earthen structure and method of its use Physics 18 Active
US7996482B1 RDMA based real-time video client playback architecture Electricity 18 Active
US8150938B1 Profile aware mediating server Electricity 13 Active
US8433656B1 Group licenses for virtual objects in a distributed virtual world Physics 13 Active
US7953083B1 Multicast query propagation scheme for a peer-to-peer (P2P) network Electricity 13 Active
US8358579B1 Controlling quality of service and content quality based on user relationships Electricity 12 Active
US8615573B1 System and method for networked PVR storage and content capture Electricity 12 Active
US8260728B1 System and method for influencing behavior in a distributed virtual environment Physics 11 Active
US9280773B1 System and method for managing first party rights to content captured by third parties Physics 11 Active

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