Inventor · Portsmouth, RI, US

Robert Michael Payton

16Patents
7h-index
7Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 9, 1996 → May 1, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7030971B1 Natural fiber span reflectometer providing a virtual signal sensing array capability Physics 41 Expired
US7274441B2 Natural fiber span reflectometer providing a virtual differential signal sensing array capability Physics 31 Expired
US7271884B2 Natural fiber span reflectometer providing a virtual phase signal sensing array capability Physics 18 Expired
US5903684A Independent control of one of normally interdependent light transmission characteristics of optical fiber Physics 15 Expired
US6625084B1 System for acoustically passing electrical signals through a hull Electricity 15 Expired
US7268863B2 Natural fiber span reflectometer providing a spread spectrum virtual sensing array capability Physics 12 Expired
US6043921A Fading-free optical phase rate receiver Electricity 10 Expired
US5913976A Fiber optic handling and coating fixture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US9638826B2 Method using near and far field ULF and ELF interferometry synthetic aperture radar for subsurface imaging Physics 4 Active
US8485027B2 Borehole force measurement Physics 3 Active
US6020830A Telemetry system using broadband correlation techniques Electricity 3 Expired
US9983325B2 Reflectivity and fracing Physics 2 Active
US10254428B2 Using near and far field ULF and ELF interferometry synthetic aperture radar for subsurface imaging Physics 1 Active
US10401524B2 Reflectivity and fracing Physics 0 Active
US10254426B2 Fiber optic sensor array for electromagnetic data collection Physics 0 Active
US11221429B2 Coherent transmit and receiver bi-static electromagnetic geophysical tomography Physics 0 Active

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