Inventor · Bethesda, MD, US

John Evans

26Patents
8h-index
28Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 4, 1974 → Feb 25, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6542358B1 Retractable platform with wireless electrical interface Physics 44 Expired
US7200680B2 Method, apparatus and system for providing multimedia messages to incompatible terminals Electricity 37 Expired
US4086513A Plural gun cathode ray tube having parallel plates adjacent grid apertures Electricity 35 Expired
US6307880A Method and system for externally incorporating automatic switching between voice and data communications Electricity 32 Expired
US3952224A In-line electron guns having consecutive grids with aligned vertical, substantially elliptical apertures Electricity 22 Expired
US9641681B2 Methods and systems for determining conversation quality Electricity 20 Active
US6219732A Apparatus and method for wireless communication between a host and a selectively removable module electrically connected to the host Electricity 17 Expired
US5394789A Manually operable device for metering air through a valve system for drawing into, retaining and evacuating material from a chamber Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US6573729B1 Systems and methods for impedance synthesis Electricity 5 Expired
US6567472B1 System and method for terminating a line by reflecting a scaled impedance Electricity 4 Expired
US6283773A Media jack with external fuse access Electricity 4 Expired
US6377667B1 Telephone line-assist powered apparatus with programmable hold current Electricity 4 Expired
US8444847B1 Low voltage electrolysis of water Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8517272B1 Method to differentiate aiming from active decoding Physics 3 Active
US6859051B1 Systems and methods for impedance synthesis Electricity 2 Expired
US5485779A Device for selectively pressurizing or evacuating a chamber with an oscillating air source by metering air through a valve system and a device for drawing into, retaining and evacuating material from a chamber Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US6654461B1 Synthesized telephone line ring signal impedance termination Electricity 1 Expired
US7660408B1 Attenuation and termination circuit using impedance synthesis Electricity 1 Expired
US8472614B2 Attenuation and termination circuit using impedance synthesis Electricity 0 Active
US6456665B1 Partial modification of a nominal impedance using digital impedance synthesis Electricity 0 Expired
US11210924B1 Systems and methods for alerting users to device low battery states Electricity 0 Active
US6338077B1 Transfer function implementation using digital impedance synthesis Electricity 0 Expired
US6697485B1 Data signal attenuator and systems and methods for using same Electricity 0 Expired
US8876005B2 Arrangement for and method of managing a soft keyboard on a mobile terminal connected with a handheld electro-optical reader via a bluetooth® paired connection Physics 0 Active
US6700387B1 Systems and methods for impedance synthesis Electricity 0 Expired

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