Robert B. Smith
58Patents
17h-index
28Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 12, 1981 → May 17, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9099863B2 | Surgical generator and related method for mitigating overcurrent conditions | Human Necessities | 1,521 | Active |
| US9113887B2 | Electrosurgical generator | Human Necessities | 992 | Active |
| US10695119B2 | Power and bi directional data interface assembly and surgical system including the same | Electricity | 299 | Active |
| US9033973B2 | System and method for DC tissue impedance sensing | Human Necessities | 244 | Active |
| US4471354A | Apparatus and method for remotely measuring temperature | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 162 | Expired |
| US6269432A | Distributed transactional processing system having redundant data | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 69 | Expired |
| US4437608A | Variable air volume building ventilation system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 57 | Expired |
| US4652769A | Module power supply | Electricity | 56 | Expired |
| US5285953A | Beverage cup holder | Human Necessities | 54 | Expired |
| US6543146B2 | Electronic compass and compensation of large magnetic errors for operation over all orientations | Physics | 47 | Expired |
| US6539639B2 | Monitoring accuracy of an electronic compass | Physics | 42 | Expired |
| US6381406B1 | Adaptive synchronous DC fan speed controller | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US7213458B2 | Quadrature reduction in MEMS gyro devices using quad steering voltages | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US6600239B2 | Active circuit protection for switched power supply system | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US4751405A | Externally programmable, process and temperature insensitive threshold receiver circuit | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US6892173B1 | Analyzing effectiveness of a computer cache by estimating a hit rate based on applying a subset of real-time addresses to a model of the cache | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US6462434B1 | Power supply isolation circuit and method | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US6854065B2 | Loadshedding uninterruptible power supply | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US4509243A | Blind side sealer apparatus and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US4415390A | Internal wrapping method and apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 15 | Expired |
| US9124013B2 | Electrical contact pins for electrically coupling electronic devices, batteries, and/or battery chargers | Electricity | 14 | Active |
| US6987333B2 | Active circuit protection for switched power supply system | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US8454590B2 | Enhanced lossless current sense circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Active |
| US4678296A | Night driving dazzle protection system | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US5914870A | Low power high efficiency power supply | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.