Karl F. Mueller
66Patents
28h-index
47Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 18, 1974 → Oct 4, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4136250A | Polysiloxane hydrogels | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 742 | Expired |
| US5010141A | Reactive silicone and/or fluorine containing hydrophilic prepolymers and polymers thereof | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 324 | Expired |
| US4605712A | Unsaturated polysiloxanes and polymers thereof | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 281 | Expired |
| US4954587A | Dimethylacrylamide-copolymer hydrogels with high oxygen permeability | Physics | 277 | Expired |
| US5079319A | Reactive silicone and/or fluorine containing hydrophilic prepolymers and polymers thereof | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 234 | Expired |
| US4486577A | Strong, silicone containing polymers with high oxygen permeability | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 233 | Expired |
| US4548990A | Crosslinked, porous polymers for controlled drug delivery | Human Necessities | 221 | Expired |
| US4837289A | UV- and heat curable terminal polyvinyl functional macromers and polymers thereof | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 216 | Expired |
| US5070169A | Wettable, flexible, oxygen permeable contact lens containing block copolymer polysiloxane-polyoxyalkylene backbone units and use thereof | Physics | 154 | Expired |
| US4423099A | Membrane modified hydrogels | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 146 | Expired |
| US4192827A | Water-insoluble hydrophilic copolymers | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 121 | Expired |
| US5115056A | Fluorine and/or silicone containing poly(alkylene-oxide)-block copolymers and contact lenses thereof | Physics | 121 | Expired |
| US5334681A | Fluorine and/or silicone containing poly(alkylene-oxide)-block copolymer hydrogels and contact lenses thereof | Physics | 104 | Expired |
| US5426158A | Crosslinked siloxane-urethane polymer contact lens | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 97 | Expired |
| US4304591A | Water-insoluble hydrophilic copolymers used as carriers for medicaments and pesticides | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 68 | Expired |
| US4224427A | Process for preparing hydrogels as spherical beads of large size | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 62 | Expired |
| US4277582A | Water-insoluble hydrophilic copolymers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 57 | Expired |
| US4069244A | Fluorinated amphoteric and cationic surfactants | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 50 | Expired |
| US5459222A | UV-absorbing polyurethanes and polyesters | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 46 | Expired |
| US4983702A | Crosslinked siloxane-urethane polymer contact lens | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 46 | Expired |
| US4734475A | Wettable surface modified contact lens fabricated from an oxirane containing hydrophobic polymer | Physics | 45 | Expired |
| US5057560A | Thermotropic copolymer hydrogels from N,N-dimethylacrylamide and methoxy-ethyl (meth) acrylate | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 45 | Expired |
| US4161590A | Fluorinated amphoteric and cationic surfactants | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 43 | Expired |
| US4161602A | Fluorinated amphoteric and cationic surfactants containing a pyridinium moiety | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 42 | Expired |
| US5496475A | Low viscosity polar-solvent fire-fighting foam compositions | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 42 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.