Inventor · Livingston, TX, US

Michael Schiller

30Patents
18h-index
34Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 12, 1975 → May 12, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7330717B2 Rule-based system and method for managing the provisioning of user applications on limited-resource and/or wireless devices Electricity 233 Expired
US4322163A Finger identification Physics 202 Expired
US4544267A Finger identification Human Necessities 190 Expired
US4581760A Fingerprint verification method Physics 85 Expired
US4053228A Finger identification Physics 65 Expired
US4752966A Fingerprint identification system Physics 65 Expired
US4696046A Matcher Physics 56 Expired
US4618988A Matcher Physics 52 Expired
US4783167A Finger imaging apparatus using curved platen Human Necessities 39 Expired
US4787742A Direct finger reading Physics 35 Expired
US4227805A Finger identification apparatus and method Human Necessities 35 Expired
US4685145A Conversion of an image represented by a field of pixels in a gray scale to a field of pixels in binary scale Physics 34 Expired
US4569080A Fingerprint image refinement Physics 33 Expired
US4723298A Image compression technique Electricity 26 Expired
US5177353A Finger surface image enhancement having liquid layer on finger touching surface of the plate Physics 23 Expired
US7587067B1 Method and system for monitoring individuals Physics 21 Expired
US9980137B2 Secure beacon-based location systems and methods Electricity 20 Active
US6143814A Fusible stabilizer combination Chemistry; Metallurgy 20 Expired
US6195448A Finger imaging apparatus Physics 13 Expired
US5051576A Finger surface image enhancement having a liquid layer on the finger touching surface of the platen Human Necessities 12 Expired
US5238330A Displaceable mine roof support assemblies Fixed Constructions 5 Expired
US5972245A Basic layered lattice compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US5226448A Freeze safety box organization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US8270951B2 Rule-based system and method for managing the provisioning of user applications on limited-resource and/or wireless devices Electricity 1 Active
US8772382B2 Heavy metal-free stabilizer composition for halogenated polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

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