Richard E. Wagner
42Patents
19h-index
41Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 14, 1977 → Sep 10, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8138925B2 | RFID systems and methods for automatically detecting and/or directing the physical configuration of a complex system | Electricity | 232 | Active |
| US7965186B2 | Passive RFID elements having visual indicators | Physics | 92 | Active |
| US7782202B2 | Radio frequency identification of component connections | Physics | 89 | Active |
| US4208094A | Optical switch | Physics | 73 | Expired |
| US4176908A | Devices for monitoring, switching, attenuating or distributing light | Electricity | 72 | Expired |
| US7772975B2 | System for mapping connections using RFID function | Physics | 60 | Active |
| US4474424A | Optical multi/demultiplexer using interference filters | Physics | 50 | Expired |
| US8264366B2 | Components, systems, and methods for associating sensor data with component location | Electricity | 49 | Active |
| US7760094B1 | RFID systems and methods for optical fiber network deployment and maintenance | Electricity | 39 | Active |
| US7855697B2 | Antenna systems for passive RFID tags | Electricity | 37 | Active |
| US4261638A | Optical switch with rotating, reflective, concave surface | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US4225250A | Segmented-ring magnet print head | Performing Operations; Transporting | 31 | Expired |
| US8421626B2 | Radio frequency identification transponder for communicating condition of a component | Electricity | 31 | Active |
| US6414765B1 | Protection switch in a two-fiber optical channel shared protection ring | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US7547150B2 | Optically addressed RFID elements | Electricity | 29 | Active |
| US6616349B1 | Two-fiber interconnected ring architecture | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US7410637B2 | Transgenic algae for delivering antigens to an animal | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 27 | Expired |
| US8264355B2 | RFID systems and methods for optical fiber network deployment and maintenance | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 24 | Active |
| US5881786A | Method of producing wood strips for conversion into composite lumber products | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Expired |
| USD313736S | Trigger-actuated glue gun | General | 17 | Expired |
| US9159012B2 | RFID condition latching | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US7667574B2 | Signal-processing systems and methods for RFID-tag signals | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US6224704A | Method for manufacture of structural wood products | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US8731405B2 | RFID-based systems and methods for collecting telecommunications network information | Electricity | 10 | Active |
| US6001452A | Engineered structural wood products | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.