Inventor · Winthrop, MA, US

Jon Van Tassell

10Patents
6h-index
43Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 18, 1991 → Oct 30, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6098887A Optical focusing device and method Physics 247 Expired
US6283374A Symbology imaging and reading apparatus and method Physics 97 Expired
US6066857A Variable focus optical system Physics 84 Expired
US5327291A Compact objective lens Physics 71 Expired
US6101333A Method and apparatus for acquiring electronic and/or photographic images Electricity 17 Expired
USD389165S Photographic apparatus General 6 Expired
US7673803B2 Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based engine Physics 6 Active
US6978935B2 PLANAR LIGHT ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING (PLIIM) BASED SYSTEM HAVING A LINEAR IMAGE DETECTION CHIP MOUNTING ASSEMBLY WITH MEANS FOR PREVENTING MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE FIELD OF VIEW (FOV) OF SAID LINEAR IMAGE DETECTION CHIP AND THE CO-PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION BEAM (PLIB) PRODUCED BY SAID PLIIM BASED SYSTEM, IN RESPONSE TO THERMAL EXPANSION AND/OR CONTRACTION WITHIN SAID PLIIM BASED SYSTEM Electricity 5 Expired
US7581681B2 Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets Physics 4 Active
US5189464A Supplemental lens positioning system for a fixed focus lens camera Physics 2 Expired

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