Inventor · Blacksburg, VA, US

Mark E. Davis

83Patents
22h-index
59Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: May 23, 1989 → Mar 13, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5485373A Language-sensitive text searching system with modified Boyer-Moore process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 457 Expired
US5440482A Forward and reverse Boyer-Moore string searching of multilingual text having a defined collation order Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 439 Expired
US5377225A Multiple-access noise rejection filter for a DS-CDMA system Electricity 94 Expired
US5551055A System for providing locale dependent user interface for presenting control graphic which has different contents or same contents displayed in a predetermined order Physics 90 Expired
US5432948A Object-oriented rule-based text input transliteration system Physics 88 Expired
US6615434B1 Bowling lane cleaning machine and method Human Necessities 63 Expired
US5657259A Number formatting framework Physics 54 Expired
US5377226A Fractionally-spaced equalizer for a DS-CDMA system Electricity 50 Expired
US5632480A Basketball goal support having removable ballast and continuously adjustable pole Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US5640587A Object-oriented rule-based text transliteration system Physics 39 Expired
US5902197A Foldable portable basketball goal assembly Human Necessities 33 Expired
US6737994B2 Binary-ordered compression for unicode Electricity 33 Expired
US5495577A System for displaying insertion text based on preexisting text display characteristics Physics 32 Expired
US6412747B2 Rollable sports base Human Necessities 31 Expired
US6004231A Molded frame backboard assembly and method of making same Human Necessities 30 Expired
USD409135S Cupholder General 27 Expired
US6554243B2 Rollable sports base Human Necessities 27 Expired
US6405990B2 Rollable sports base Human Necessities 27 Expired
US6053825A Portable basketball system having dual ballast tanks movable between compact and expanded positions Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 27 Expired
US6412746B1 Rollable sports base Human Necessities 26 Expired
US6438516B1 Method and apparatus for optimizing unicode composition and decomposition Physics 26 Expired
US5181290A Bowling lane maintenance machine Human Necessities 22 Expired
US5916047A Portable basketball goal support system with separate ballast tank Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Expired
US6117027A Sports assembly ballast system Human Necessities 17 Expired
US5983602A Method of packing a portable basketball system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 17 Expired

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