Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

John B. Roes

24Patents
15h-index
21Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 10, 1978 → Dec 10, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4449186A Touch panel passenger self-ticketing system Physics 295 Expired
US4587434A Currency note validator Physics 231 Expired
US7489865B2 Integrated optical communication and range finding system and applications thereof Electricity 95 Expired
US4185730A Magnetically encoded token and handling apparatus Physics 45 Expired
US7308202B2 Secure covert combat identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system for the dismounted soldier Electricity 43 Expired
US5360941A Magnetically permeable electrostatic shield Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US4381705A Modularized ticket handling system for use in automatic ticket preparation system Physics 32 Expired
US6292106A Acoustical system and method for simultaneously locating and tracking multiple personnel in rooms of a building Physics 29 Expired
US7831150B2 Secure covert combat identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system for the dismounted soldier Electricity 26 Active
US7983565B2 Integrated optical communication and range finding system and application thereof Electricity 25 Active
US6473980B2 Infrared laser transmitter alignment verifier and targeting system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US4357530A Modularized ticket handling system for use in automatic ticket processing system Physics 20 Expired
US4377828A Ticket transport Physics 19 Expired
US5574441A Mass transit inductive data communication system Physics 16 Expired
US6793494B2 Method of aligning a laser beam of a SAT Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 16 Expired
US4535892A Modularized ticket handling system for use in automatic ticket preparation system Physics 13 Expired
US6406298B1 Low cost laser small arms transmitter and method of aligning the same Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Expired
US7325318B2 Compact multifunction sight Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7720388B2 Integrated optical communication and range finding system and application thereof Electricity 9 Active
US7233606B2 Miniature pulsed fiber laser source Electricity 7 Expired
US7950812B2 Shutters for infra red communication at moderate bandwidths Physics 6 Active
US4144548A Validator for magnetic tickets Physics 2 Expired
US7631432B2 Compact multifunction sight Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US6844904B2 Fast PDLC device Physics 0 Expired

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