Inventor · Homer, NY, US

Melvin D. McCall

41Patents
26h-index
43Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 4, 1985 → Feb 25, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6832725B2 Optical reader comprising multiple color illumination Electricity 861 Expired
US8544737B2 Terminal including imaging assembly Physics 562 Active
US8723804B2 Transaction terminal and adaptor therefor Physics 546 Active
US8561895B2 Terminal including imaging assembly Physics 546 Active
US8720783B2 Device and system for processing image data representing bar codes Physics 544 Active
US8967468B2 Terminal including imaging assembly Physics 482 Active
US6164544A Adjustable illumination system for a barcode scanner Physics 235 Expired
US6371374B1 Adjustable illumination system for a barcode scanner Physics 231 Expired
US6550679B2 Image sensor mounting system Electricity 201 Expired
US6601768B2 Imaging module for optical reader comprising refractive diffuser Physics 198 Expired
US6607128B1 Optical assembly for barcode scanner Physics 188 Expired
US6659350B2 Adjustable illumination system for a barcode scanner Physics 171 Expired
US6275388A Image sensor mounting system Electricity 164 Expired
US7270274B2 Imaging module comprising support post for optical reader Electricity 141 Expired
US9734493B2 Terminal including imaging assembly Physics 110 Active
USD459728S1 Optical reader device General 109 Expired
US7748620B2 Transaction terminal including imaging module Physics 107 Active
US7296751B2 Imaging module for optical reader Physics 104 Expired
US7121470B2 Transaction terminal having elongated finger recess Physics 101 Expired
US7219841B2 Device and system for verifying quality of bar codes Physics 88 Expired
US6119939A Optical assembly for barcode scanner Physics 62 Expired
US7878403B2 Image sensor based optical reader Electricity 59 Active
US7451917B2 Transaction terminal comprising imaging module Physics 53 Expired
US7533824B2 Image sensor based optical reader Electricity 51 Active
US7500614B2 Imaging module for optical reader Physics 39 Active

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