Inventor · West Lake Hills, TX, US

John S. Wang

26Patents
19h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 31, 1984 → Jan 31, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4698625A Graphic highlight adjacent a pointing cursor Physics 326 Expired
US4686522A Method of editing graphic objects in an interactive draw graphic system using implicit editing actions Physics 290 Expired
US5530796A Menu bar editor Physics 178 Expired
US5263167A User interface for a relational database using a task object for defining search queries in response to a profile object which describes user proficiency Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 126 Expired
US6462762B1 Apparatus, method, and program product for facilitating navigation among tree nodes in a tree structure Physics 83 Expired
US4829470A Text flow around irregular shaped graphic objects Physics 72 Expired
US5555370A Method and system for creating complex objects for use in application development Physics 71 Expired
US5511157A Connection of sliders to 3D objects to allow easy user manipulation and viewing of objects Physics 65 Expired
US5634095A Method of connecting objects on different notebook pages Physics 57 Expired
US6292825A Service application with pull notification Electricity 55 Expired
US6421072B1 Displaying a complex tree structure among multiple windows Physics 47 Expired
US4683468A Method for manipulation of graphic sub-objects in an interactive draw graphic system Physics 39 Expired
US6427232B1 Functional debugger for debugging software programs Physics 28 Expired
US5124693A Three dimensional graphic display with user defined vanishing point Physics 25 Expired
US4661810A Method for interactive rotation of displayed graphic objects Physics 25 Expired
US6240453A Managing unused resources in a service application Physics 21 Expired
US4739314A Specifying measurements on a page by pointing Physics 21 Expired
US4745405A Object movement feedback Physics 20 Expired
US4701752A Mirror inverse function in an interactive graphics system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US4757549A Freehand drawing containing invisible lines Physics 18 Expired
US6912718B1 EVENT NOTIFICATION CHANNEL BETWEEN SUPPLIER AND CONSUMER OBJECTS IN OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEM WITH PROXY CONSUMER OBJECTS TO MAINTAIN UNINTERRUPTED EVENT TRANSMISSION DURING CONSUMER OBJECT OFF LINE MAINTENANCE Physics 16 Expired
US5557731A Method and system for detecting undefined objects in an application Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US5546524A Method and apparatus for interlocking graphical objects Physics 13 Expired
US6397383B1 Constraint language parser which rejects invalid filter constraint during run time Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7013455B1 System for automatically altering environment variable to run proper executable file by removing references to all except one duplicate file in the path sequence Physics 3 Expired

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