Inventor · Thetford Center, VT, US

Robert Lee Wells

49Patents
23h-index
67Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 1, 1982 → Sep 20, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5042499A Noninvasive electrocardiographic method of real time signal processing for obtaining and displaying instantaneous fetal heart rate and fetal heart rate beat-to-beat variability Human Necessities 89 Expired
US5120532A Hair styling shampoos Human Necessities 83 Expired
US5736221A Welded plastic panels and method of making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 79 Expired
US7531497B2 Personal care composition containing a cleansing phase and a benefit phase Human Necessities 73 Expired
US5672576A High lather styling shampoos Human Necessities 67 Expired
US5573709A Shampoo compositions with silicone and cationic organic polymeric conditioning agents Human Necessities 55 Expired
US7598213B2 Conditioning shampoo compositions containing select cationic conditioning polymers Human Necessities 45 Active
US7303744B2 Shampoo containing a gel network Human Necessities 44 Expired
US5120531A Hair styling conditioners Human Necessities 43 Expired
US5970619A Device for guiding alignment in trailer hitching Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US5853707A Conditioning shampoos containing polyvalent metal cations Human Necessities 37 Expired
US5785979A Personal cleansing compositions Human Necessities 37 Expired
US8349300B2 Personal care compositions containing at least two cationic polymers and an anionic surfactant Human Necessities 36 Active
US5104642A Hair styling compositions containing particular hair styling polymers and non-aqueous solvents Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US8349301B2 Shampoo containing a gel network Human Necessities 33 Active
US6930078B2 Shampoo containing a cationic guar derivative Human Necessities 33 Expired
US4940995A Removal of dissolved gas from ink in an ink jet system Physics 32 Expired
US4618344A Depilatory compositions Human Necessities 30 Expired
US6203075A Front opening container latch Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US8367048B2 Shampoo containing a gel network Human Necessities 26 Active
US8361449B2 Shampoo containing a gel network Human Necessities 26 Active
US6096697A Personal cleansing compositions providing improved hair and skin conditioning Human Necessities 25 Expired
US4995940A Method for forming a gas removing device for an ink jet system Physics 24 Expired
US6230925A Lightweight handle Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US6221817A Conditioning shampoo composition Human Necessities 20 Expired

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