Inventor · Farmington Hills, MI, US

John E. Carlson

34Patents
14h-index
33Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 2, 1976 → Jun 1, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7981132B2 Self-conforming surgical seal Human Necessities 1,049 Active
US6494893B2 Trocar system having expandable port Human Necessities 340 Expired
US5836913A Device and method for accessing a body cavity Human Necessities 297 Expired
US5814058A Method and apparatus employing conformable sleeve for providing percutaneous access Human Necessities 244 Expired
US6692462B2 System and method for establishing vascular access Human Necessities 208 Expired
US5820600A Adjustable introducer valve Human Necessities 200 Expired
US5827319A Radially expandable access system having disposable and reusable components Human Necessities 182 Expired
US6325812A Trocar system having expandable port Human Necessities 149 Expired
US6292052A Output amplifier for a discrete filter-less optical reference receiver Electricity 39 Expired
US4420829A Holographic system for the storage of audio, video and computer data Electricity 33 Expired
US4755742A Dual channel time domain reflectometer Physics 30 Expired
US4550395A Holographic system for the storage of audio, video and computer data Electricity 28 Expired
US4620947A Solidification of aqueous radioactive waste using insoluble compounds of magnesium oxide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US7294136B2 Trocar system having expandable port Human Necessities 19 Expired
US6392219B1 Discrete filter-less optical reference receiver and output amplifier Electricity 14 Expired
US7522661B2 Method of producing a two-dimensional probability density function (PDF) eye diagram and Bit Error Rate eye arrays Electricity 12 Active
US6164344A Sealable recovery vessel system and method for accessing valved containers Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US5973228A Coniferin beta-glucosidase cDNA for modifying lignin content in plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US6308748A Sealable recovery vessel system and method for accessing valved containers Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US4137596A Collapsable brushes Human Necessities 9 Expired
US9093955B2 Asynchronous time-interleaved waveform generator using harmonic mixing Electricity 7 Active
US4758736A Fast transition, flat pulse generator Electricity 7 Expired
US4429075A Cross-linked urea-formaldehyde polymer matrix compositions containing cyclic intermediate structures Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US4499200A Compound catalyst system usable for the polymerization or curing of urea-formaldehyde polymeric condensation systems Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US9609236B2 Camera and image processing method Electricity 3 Active

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