Inventor · Village of La Jolla, CA, US

Mark S. Olsson

348Patents
31h-index
82Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 4, 1979 → Jun 19, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7443154B1 Multi-sensor mapping omnidirectional sonde and line locator Physics 201 Active
US7336078B1 Multi-sensor mapping omnidirectional sonde and line locators Physics 173 Expired
US7009399B2 Omnidirectional sonde and line locator Physics 158 Expired
US7733077B1 Multi-sensor mapping omnidirectional sonde and line locators and transmitter used therewith Physics 95 Active
US9465129B1 Image-based mapping locating system Physics 91 Active
US8264226B1 System and method for locating buried pipes and cables with a man portable locator and a transmitter in a mesh network Physics 89 Active
US8106660B1 Sonde array for use with buried line locators Physics 84 Active
US8547428B1 Pipe mapping system Electricity 83 Active
US6831679B1 Video camera head with thermal feedback lighting control Electricity 70 Expired
US7741848B1 Adaptive multichannel locator system for multiple proximity detection Physics 69 Active
US8013610B1 High-Q self tuning locating transmitter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Active
US7990151B2 Tri-pod buried locator system Physics 63 Active
US9041794B1 Pipe mapping system and methods Electricity 59 Active
US8395661B1 Pipe inspection system with selective image capture Electricity 53 Active
US7136765B2 Buried object locating and tracing method and system employing principal components analysis for blind signal detection Physics 51 Expired
US5457288A Dual push-cable for pipe inspection Electricity 50 Expired
US8176593B2 Drain cleaning apparatus with electronic cable monitoring system Performing Operations; Transporting 47 Active
US6545704B1 Video pipe inspection distance measuring system Electricity 42 Expired
US8248056B1 Buried object locator system employing automated virtual depth event detection and signaling Physics 42 Active
US7518374B1 Reconfigurable portable locator employing multiple sensor array having flexible nested orthogonal antennas Physics 41 Active
US9134255B1 Pipe inspection system with selective image capture Electricity 39 Active
US8413347B2 Drain cleaning apparatus with electronic cable monitoring system Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Active
US8289385B2 Push-cable for pipe inspection system Electricity 37 Active
US9703002B1 Utility locator systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Active
US9634878B1 Systems and methods for data transfer using self-synchronizing quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) Electricity 34 Active

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