Inventor · Manchester, GB

Peter D. Smith

14Patents
9h-index
17Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: May 1, 1974 → Feb 29, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4048853A Method and apparatus for monitoring the flow of liquid and the like Physics 68 Expired
US4179612A Radiation tracking control Physics 41 Expired
US6577769B1 Data compression through adaptive data size reduction Human Necessities 40 Expired
US5071981A Alkylated oxo-piperanzinyl-triazine Chemistry; Metallurgy 29 Expired
US5945672A Gaseous backscattered electron detector for an environmental scanning electron microscope Electricity 25 Expired
US3996460A Solar tracking control system using shadow detection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US4039612A Process for extracting cobalt, copper or zinc values using a 1-alkyl substituted benzimidazole Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US4211696A Disperse monoazo dyestuffs derived from 3,5-dinitro-2-amino thiophene as disazo component and an arylamine coupling component Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US4108867A 2-Aminothiophenes Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US6512515B1 Data compression through motion and geometric relation estimation functions Physics 8 Expired
US4079050A Disperse monoazo dyestuffs containing a thiophene residue Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US4081435A Disperse azo dyestuffs derived from a 3-amino-7-azabenz-2,1-isothiazole diazo component Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US6697530B2 Data compression through adaptive data size reduction Human Necessities 2 Expired
US7812314B1 Flat panel X-ray detector with reduced internal scattering for improved attenuation accuracy and dynamic range Physics 2 Active

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