Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

John D. Goss

35Patents
15h-index
28Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 14, 1985 → Jun 15, 2000

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5654799A Method and apparatus for measuring and controlling the surface characteristics of sheet materials such as paper Physics 46 Expired
US6080278A Fast CD and MD control in a sheetmaking machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US4970895A System and method for the determination of certain physical characteristics of sheet materials. Physics 27 Expired
US6341522B1 Water weight sensor array imbedded in a sheetmaking machine roll Physics 25 Expired
US4991432A Sensor and system for continuous determination of sheet characteristics Physics 25 Expired
US4678915A System and process for measuring and correcting the values of a parameter of a sheet material Physics 23 Expired
US6086716A Wet end control for papermaking machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5297062A Sensor, system and method for determining Z-directional properties of a sheet Physics 22 Expired
US5891306A Electromagnetic field perturbation sensor and methods for measuring water content in sheetmaking systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6466839B1 Fast CD and MD control in a sheetmaking machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US5928475A High resolution system and method for measurement of traveling web Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US5138878A Fiber orientation sensor Physics 19 Expired
US5714763A Method and apparatus for optical alignment of a measuring head in an X-Y plane Physics 18 Expired
US5029469A Sheet tension sensor Physics 17 Expired
US5101661A Fiber orientation sensor Physics 15 Expired
US6059931A System and method for sheet measurement and control in papermaking machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US5111688A Device and method for calibrating a non-destructive sheet strength measuring system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US5315124A Nuclear gauge Physics 13 Expired
US5854821A System and process for measuring ash in paper Physics 12 Expired
US6099690A System and method for sheet measurement and control in papermaking machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5171403A Method for determining the bending stiffness of a moving sheet Textiles; Paper 11 Expired
US6149770A Underwire water weight turbulence sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US5014288A X-ray coating weight controller and sensor Physics 10 Expired
US5778041A System and process for measuring ash in paper Physics 10 Expired
US6168687A System and method for sheet measurement and control in papermaking machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired

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