Robert C. Taft
76Patents
16h-index
53Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 4, 1988 → Aug 22, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5726944A | Voltage regulator for regulating an output voltage from a charge pump and method therefor | Physics | 188 | Expired |
| US9439763B2 | Prosthetic valve for replacing mitral valve | Human Necessities | 169 | Active |
| US9510946B2 | Heart valve sealing devices | Human Necessities | 161 | Active |
| US9414918B2 | Heart valve sealing devices | Human Necessities | 85 | Active |
| US5441914A | Method of forming conductive interconnect structure | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 62 | Expired |
| US9849011B2 | Device and method for increasing flow through the left atrial appendage | Human Necessities | 44 | Active |
| US9789294B2 | Expandable cardiac shunt | Human Necessities | 42 | Active |
| US5872385A | Conductive interconnect structure and method of formation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 39 | Expired |
| US7046179B1 | Apparatus and method for on-chip ADC calibration | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US9907652B2 | Heart valve sealing devices | Human Necessities | 24 | Active |
| US6046612A | Self-resetting comparator circuit and method | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US7015729B1 | Apparatus and method for sample-and-hold with boosted holding switch | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US6417705B1 | Output driver with DLL control of output driver strength | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US5300454A | Method for forming doped regions within a semiconductor substrate | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US9089414B2 | Device and method for increasing flow through the left atrial appendage | Human Necessities | 17 | Active |
| US6590518B1 | Apparatus and method for an improved subranging ADC architecture using ladder-flip bussing | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US7728753B2 | Continuous synchronization for multiple ADCs | Electricity | 14 | Active |
| US7525358B1 | Duty-cycle correction for clock receiver | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US9757232B2 | Crimping apparatus for crimping prosthetic valve with protruding anchors | Human Necessities | 12 | Active |
| US6392449B1 | High-speed low-power low-offset hybrid comparator | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US7332904B1 | On-chip resistor calibration apparatus and method | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US11717429B2 | Methods and technology for creating connections and shunts between vessels and chambers of biologic structures | Human Necessities | 10 | Active |
| US6822600B1 | Amplifier array termination | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US5721509A | Charge pump having reduced threshold voltage losses | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US7136000B1 | Selective offset adjustment of a track and hold circuit | Physics | 9 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.