Inventor · Fort Collins, CO, US

Robert Michael Johnson

74Patents
18h-index
80Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 4, 1988 → Oct 25, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5164652A Method and apparatus for determining battery type and modifying operating characteristics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 660 Expired
US5237257A Method and apparatus for determining battery type and modifying operating characteristics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 124 Expired
US4868576A Extendable antenna for portable cellular telephones with ground radiator Electricity 112 Expired
US5014346A Rotatable contactless antenna coupler and antenna Electricity 106 Expired
US5028859A Multiple battery, multiple rate battery charger Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 89 Expired
US5428836A Radio receiver for forming a baseband signal of time-varying frequencies Electricity 45 Expired
US6492792B1 Battery trickle charging circuit Electricity 41 Expired
US7154468B2 Method and apparatus for image optimization in backlit displays Physics 40 Expired
US5321847A Apparatus and method for detecting intermodulation distortion in a radio frequency receiver Electricity 33 Expired
US5511235A Apparatus for detecting a signaling channel during scanning including a controlled frequency converter circuit and a controlled filter bandwidth, and a method therefor Electricity 32 Expired
US7282891B2 Method for charging a battery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US6927555B2 Sleep mode batteries in electronics devices and methods therefor Electricity 27 Expired
US9378049B1 Servicing I/O requests in an I/O adapter device Physics 24 Active
US5900829A Method of and apparatus for detecting key actuations Electricity 24 Expired
US6381477B1 Method and apparatus for protecting a circuit module in a communication device Electricity 22 Expired
US5017856A Battery charging system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US10223317B2 Configurable logic platform Physics 21 Active
US11316733B1 Client configurable hardware logic and corresponding signature Physics 20 Active
US6298224A Multiple frequency band receiver Electricity 17 Expired
US9864538B1 Data size reduction Physics 17 Active
US8667303B2 Peripheral authentication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US10203967B1 Client configurable hardware logic and corresponding data Physics 14 Active
US5747970A Battery charger charging time control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US9940284B1 Streaming interconnect architecture Physics 12 Active
US6667606B2 Power regulation and thermal management circuit Electricity 11 Expired

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