Inventor · Plymouth, WI, US

Michael J. Potts

22Patents
14h-index
8Co-inventors
70Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 11, 2002 → Jun 22, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
USD621410S1 Graphical user interface for a display screen General 114 Expired
USD621411S1 Graphical user interface for a display screen General 109 Expired
US8344665B2 System and method for controlling lighting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 107 Active
USD479826S1 Electric connector cord having male plug ends General 93 Expired
US8450670B2 Lighting fixture control systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 75 Active
US7401942B1 Female electric connector plug apparatus for and method of attachment to flourescent tube luminaire fixture assembly Electricity 71 Expired
US8406937B2 System and method for reducing peak and off-peak electricity demand by monitoring, controlling and metering high intensity fluorescent lighting in a facility Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Active
US6724180B1 Apparatus for and method of metering separate lighting circuits for comparative electric power usage to provide a virtual power plant in electric power savings Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US6710588B1 Apparatus and method for comparison of electric power efficiency of lighting sources to in effect be a virtual power plant Electricity 46 Expired
US8884203B2 Lighting systems and methods for displacing energy consumption using natural lighting fixtures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Active
US6774619B1 Apparatus and method for comparison of electric power efficiency of lighting sources Electricity 41 Expired
US8779340B2 Lighting fixture control systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US9351381B2 System and method for controlling lighting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Active
US9504133B2 System and method for controlling lighting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Active
US8666559B2 System and method for reducing peak and off-peak electricity demand by monitoring, controlling and metering high intensity fluorescent lighting in a facility Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US10694594B2 Lighting fixture control systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11080162B2 System and method for visualizing and measuring software assets Physics 1 Active
US10098213B2 Lighting fixture control systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10334704B2 System and method for reducing peak and off-peak electricity demand by monitoring, controlling and metering lighting in a facility Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9215780B2 System and method for reducing peak and off-peak electricity demand by monitoring, controlling and metering lighting in a facility Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9521726B2 Lighting systems and methods for displacing energy consumption using natural lighting fixtures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11026302B2 Outdoor lighting fixtures control systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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