Mark J. Nixon
288Patents
44h-index
160Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 12, 1996 → Jan 4, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6633782B1 | Diagnostic expert in a process control system | Physics | 471 | Expired |
| US6098116A | Process control system including a method and apparatus for automatically sensing the connection of devices to a network | Physics | 362 | Expired |
| US5801942A | Process control system user interface including selection of multiple control languages | Physics | 281 | Expired |
| US7206646B2 | Method and apparatus for performing a function in a plant using process performance monitoring with process equipment monitoring and control | Physics | 266 | Expired |
| US5828851A | Process control system using standard protocol control of standard devices and nonstandard devices | Physics | 255 | Expired |
| US5995916A | Process control system for monitoring and displaying diagnostic information of multiple distributed devices | Physics | 244 | Expired |
| US6195591A | Process control system using a process control strategy distributed among multiple control elements | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 242 | Expired |
| US5862052A | Process control system using a control strategy implemented in a layered hierarchy of control modules | Physics | 233 | Expired |
| US7574509B2 | Interactive two-way collaboration in process control plants | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 216 | Expired |
| US5909368A | Process control system using a process control strategy distributed among multiple control elements | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 205 | Expired |
| US6266726A | Process control system using standard protocol control-of standard devices and non-standard devices | Physics | 172 | Expired |
| US6032208A | Process control system for versatile control of multiple process devices of various device types | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 168 | Expired |
| US7640007B2 | Wireless handheld communicator in a process control environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 162 | Expired |
| US6615090B1 | Diagnostics in a process control system which uses multi-variable control techniques | Physics | 143 | Expired |
| US9804588B2 | Determining associations and alignments of process elements and measurements in a process | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 136 | Active |
| US7110835B2 | Integration of graphic display elements, process modules and control modules in process plants | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 132 | Expired |
| US7050863B2 | Integrated model predictive control and optimization within a process control system | Physics | 131 | Expired |
| US7146231B2 | Smart process modules and objects in process plants | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 129 | Expired |
| US6868538B1 | Object-oriented programmable controller | Physics | 118 | Expired |
| US7376472B2 | Integrated model predictive control and optimization within a process control system | Physics | 114 | Expired |
| US7043311B2 | Module class objects in a process plant configuration system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 105 | Expired |
| US6704737B1 | Accessing and updating a configuration database from distributed physical locations within a process control system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 103 | Expired |
| US10678225B2 | Data analytic services for distributed industrial performance monitoring | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 97 | Active |
| US6618630B1 | User interface that integrates a process control configuration system and a field device management system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 92 | Expired |
| US7680546B2 | Graphic element with multiple visualizations in a process environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 88 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.