Robert W. Boyd
50Patents
20h-index
61Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: May 16, 1979 → Jul 19, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5907436A | Multilayer dielectric diffraction gratings | Physics | 232 | Expired |
| US6127976A | Distributed network for multi-lateration with circularly polarized antenna for hemispherical coverage | Physics | 150 | Expired |
| US4291277A | Adaptive predistortion technique for linearizing a power amplifier for digital data systems | Electricity | 134 | Expired |
| US5995046A | Radio geo-location system with advanced first received wavefront arrival determination | Physics | 119 | Expired |
| US6380894B1 | Multi-lateration system with automatic calibration and error removal | Physics | 114 | Expired |
| US6121926A | Radio geo-location system with advanced first received wavefront arrival determination | Physics | 113 | Expired |
| US7899006B2 | Location system for wireless local area network (WLAN) using RSSI and time difference of arrival (TDOA) processing | Electricity | 112 | Active |
| US6892054B2 | Interference suppression for wireless local area network and location system | Electricity | 110 | Expired |
| US6366242B1 | Computer workstation tool for displaying performance estimate of tagged object geo-location system for proposed geometry layout of tag transmission readers | Physics | 97 | Expired |
| US7755541B2 | System and method for tracking vehicles and containers | Physics | 89 | Active |
| US6292665A | Geolocation of cellular phone using supervisory audio tone transmitted from single base station | Electricity | 71 | Expired |
| US6655582B2 | System and method for identifying objects using single connection line | Physics | 64 | Expired |
| US7190271B2 | Location system and method that achieves time synchronized network performance using unsynchronized receiver clocks | Physics | 59 | Expired |
| US6170748A | Object identification system employing pulsed magnetic field-stimulated, tag-embedded transponder | Physics | 45 | Expired |
| US6393045B1 | Spread spectrum baseband modulation of magnetic fields for communications and proximity sensing | Physics | 38 | Expired |
| US6987744B2 | Wireless local area network with geo-location capability | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US7245801B2 | Apparatus with a series of resonator structures situated near an optical waveguide for manipulating optical pulses | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US6268723A | Magnetic field emission and differential receiver coil configuration for discriminating response magnetic field from transponder tag | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US7624770B2 | Intelligent compressor strategy to support hydrogen fueling | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Active |
| US4938596A | Phase conjugate, common path interferometer | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US5253103A | Nonlinear optics utilizing composite optical material architectures for providing enhanced nonlinear susceptibility | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US7218229B2 | Location system and method that achieves time synchronized network performance with nodes divided into separate networks | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US4778261A | Method and apparatus for non-frequency-shifted, phase conjugation of optical waves by brillouin-enhanced four-wave mixing | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US4653053A | Performance monitoring of antijam satellite communication network | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US4669084A | Error correction processing scheme for sequential codec | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.