John V. Zaruba
38Patents
14h-index
30Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 10, 1977 → Feb 15, 2001
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5299969A | Loop feature for propelled toy vehicles | Human Necessities | 50 | Expired |
| US5102367A | Toy vehicle wheel and axle assembly | Human Necessities | 46 | Expired |
| US5224699A | Basketball game | Human Necessities | 37 | Expired |
| US4863172A | Front and back grids comprising puzzle with movable squares | Human Necessities | 36 | Expired |
| US4799678A | Electronic game with animated host | Human Necessities | 24 | Expired |
| US4569527A | Treasure game with separable, changeable surfaces | Human Necessities | 22 | Expired |
| US4435915A | Hanging doll house structure | Human Necessities | 20 | Expired |
| US4476649A | Toy doll stroller and ferris wheel | Human Necessities | 20 | Expired |
| US4941859A | Town playset | Human Necessities | 18 | Expired |
| US4282680A | Manually operated frequency changer on wheeled toy with LED's | Human Necessities | 16 | Expired |
| US4514175A | Children's stuffed-art craft set | Performing Operations; Transporting | 16 | Expired |
| US4623319A | Figure including extrusion means actuated by figure appendages | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US4552363A | Board game having stackable tiles and moveable playing pieces | Human Necessities | 14 | Expired |
| US4852886A | Board game with stackable tokens and random moving disrupter | Human Necessities | 14 | Expired |
| US4595099A | Sandwich preparation and storage container set | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| USD251235S | Platform weighing scale | General | 13 | Expired |
| US5129655A | Token moving game with spinning disrupter | Human Necessities | 13 | Expired |
| US4594071A | Composite toy vehicle assembly | Human Necessities | 13 | Expired |
| US4518367A | Figure including means for extruding plastic substance | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US4927156A | Property dealing game | Human Necessities | 12 | Expired |
| USD384110S | Electronic game housing | General | 11 | Expired |
| US4783080A | Method of playing a military board game | Human Necessities | 10 | Expired |
| USD352322S | Ball | General | 9 | Expired |
| US6533275B2 | Collectible dice | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US5219433A | Sequential response determining question game | Human Necessities | 8 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.