Inventor · Loveland, CO, US

Robert B. Smith

58Patents
17h-index
28Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 12, 1981 → May 17, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.