Marlin O. Thurston
26Patents
17h-index
13Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 25, 1979 → Oct 9, 2008
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5732704A | Radiation based method locating and differentiating sentinel nodes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 133 | Expired |
| US4782840A | Method for locating, differentiating, and removing neoplasms | Human Necessities | 119 | Expired |
| US5441050A | Radiation responsive surgical instrument | Human Necessities | 112 | Expired |
| US6179912A | Continuous flow process for production of semiconductor nanocrystals | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 109 | Expired |
| US4801803A | Detector and localizer for low energy radiation emissions | Electricity | 96 | Expired |
| US5857463A | Remotely controlled apparatus and system for tracking and locating a source of photoemissions | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 94 | Expired |
| US4893013A | Detector and localizer for low energy radiation emissions | Electricity | 85 | Expired |
| US5383456A | Radiation-based laparoscopic method for determining treatment modality | Physics | 80 | Expired |
| US5682888A | Apparatus and system for detecting and locating photon emissions with remote switch control | Human Necessities | 76 | Expired |
| US5987350A | Surgical probe apparatus and system | Human Necessities | 66 | Expired |
| US4889991A | Gamma radiation detector with enhanced signal treatment | Human Necessities | 50 | Expired |
| US5429133A | Radiation responsive laparoscopic instrument | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US6126835A | Device and method for magnetic separation of biological molecules | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 42 | Expired |
| US6222193A | Radiation responsive surgical probe apparatus | Human Necessities | 25 | Expired |
| US4799763A | Paraxial stereoscopic projection system | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US4276029A | Visual cue simulator | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US4523822A | Refractor with optically encoded cylinder axis position | Human Necessities | 17 | Expired |
| US6191422A | Radiation probe with compound semiconductor crystal performing in a trapping-dependent operational mode | Human Necessities | 16 | Expired |
| US5495111A | Crystal array based localizer for tissue sampling | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6749750B2 | Magnetic sheet assembly for magnetic separation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US4241519A | Flight simulator with spaced visuals | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US4684927A | Annunciator circuit for elevator systems | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US4687928A | Position detector | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7689269B2 | System, method and apparatus for the detection of patient-borne fluorescing nanocrystals | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7738946B2 | System, method and apparatus for the detection of patient-borne fluorescing materials | Human Necessities | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.