Inventor · Charlottesville, VA, US

Mark Kocher

25Patents
13h-index
34Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: May 20, 1981 → Mar 23, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6648816B2 Device for intracorporal, minimal-invasive treatment of a patient Human Necessities 1,640 Expired
US7680561B2 Method of facilitating communications across open circuit breaker contacts Electricity 233 Active
US7183667B2 Method and apparatus for power inverter synchronization Electricity 185 Expired
US8294420B2 Kiosk vehicle charging and selecting systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 157 Active
US7773122B2 Image pick-up module and method for assembling such an image pick-up module Electricity 81 Active
US8189062B2 Image pick-up module and method for assembling such an image pick-up module Electricity 70 Active
US6676598B2 Laryngoscope Human Necessities 58 Expired
US4386394A Single phase and three phase AC to DC converters Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Expired
US7117044B2 Alternative energy system control method and apparatus Physics 42 Expired
US4628397A Protected input/output circuitry for a programmable controller Physics 34 Expired
US4593380A Dual function input/output for a programmable controller Physics 28 Expired
US7015597B2 Power regulator for power inverter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US4933869A Programmable threshold data detection system Physics 15 Expired
US4951250A Combined input/output circuit for a programmable controller Physics 13 Expired
US4514677A Two stage electrical braking for a variable speed AC induction motor Electricity 12 Expired
US7180759B2 Push-pull inverter with snubber energy recovery Electricity 10 Expired
US7680234B2 Method and apparatus for signal phase locking Electricity 8 Active
US5093804A Programmable controller input/output communications system Physics 7 Expired
US4872136A Programmable controller input/output communications system Physics 6 Expired
US5914971A Data error detector for bit, byte or word oriented networks Electricity 5 Expired
US6908234B2 Optical connecting device for coupling connectors to an apparatus with multiple ports Physics 3 Expired
US7112898B2 Real-time digital voltage sag compensator Electricity 2 Expired
US8744630B2 System and method for measuring atmospheric parameters in enclosed spaces Physics 1 Active
US9829599B2 Sensor and method for foreign object detection in induction electric charger Electricity 1 Active
US9893557B2 Method and device for foreign object detection in induction electric charger Electricity 1 Active

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