Inventor · Farmington Hills, MI, US

Robert G. Pratt

20Patents
14h-index
28Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 11, 1974 → Nov 1, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4532418A Microprocessor electric vehicle charging and parking meter system structure and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 312 Expired
US7010363B2 Electrical appliance energy consumption control methods and electrical energy consumption systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 249 Expired
US5259445A Control for dual heating system including a heat pump and furnace Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 171 Expired
US7420293B2 Electrical appliance energy consumption control methods and electrical energy consumption systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 115 Expired
US9762060B2 Distributed hierarchical control architecture for integrating smart grid assets during normal and disrupted operations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 109 Active
US9425620B2 Nested, hierarchical resource allocation schema for management and control of an electric power grid Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 98 Active
US9589297B2 Preventing conflicts among bid curves used with transactive controllers in a market-based resource allocation system Physics 97 Active
US9240026B2 Forward-looking transactive pricing schemes for use in a market-based resource allocation system Physics 95 Active
US6778945B2 Rooftop package unit diagnostician Physics 70 Expired
US3961185A Fiber optic displacement transducer Physics 32 Expired
US9129337B2 Using bi-directional communications in a market-based resource allocation system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Active
US9310792B2 Scheduling and modeling the operation of controllable and non-controllable electronic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US9026473B2 Using bi-directional communications in a market-based resource allocation system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US8694409B2 Using bi-directional communications in a market-based resource allocation system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US8788415B2 Using one-way communications in a market-based resource allocation system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US9269108B2 Forward-looking transactive pricing schemes for use in a market-based resource allocation system Physics 8 Active
US9342850B2 Forward-looking transactive pricing schemes for use in a market-based resource allocation system Physics 7 Active
US9245297B2 Forward-looking transactive pricing schemes for use in a market-based resource allocation system Physics 7 Active
US10498141B2 Distributed hierarchical control architecture for integrating smart grid assets during normal and disrupted operations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US11361392B2 Flexible allocation of energy storage in power grids Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.