Inventor · Placerville, CA, US

Robert W. Cribbs

17Patents
10h-index
11Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 7, 1977 → Nov 13, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6071239A Method and apparatus for lipolytic therapy using ultrasound energy Human Necessities 416 Expired
US7258674B2 Ultrasonic treatment and imaging of adipose tissue Human Necessities 332 Expired
US7841984B2 Ultrasonic treatment and imaging of adipose tissue Human Necessities 70 Active
US4268828A Swept frequency radar system employing phaseless averaging Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US4272991A Scanning method and apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US8347723B2 Sonic resonator system for testing the adhesive bond strength of composite materials Physics 19 Active
US4817155A Method and apparatus for speech analysis Physics 14 Expired
US4265121A High resolution ultrasound diagnostic apparatus Physics 13 Expired
US4754279A Scan converter for radar Physics 12 Expired
US4236221A Scan converter Physics 10 Expired
US6679120B1 System and method for guided boring obstacle detection Physics 10 Expired
US4172386A Video A-trace display system for ultrasonic diagnostic system Physics 8 Expired
US4204433A Computerized ultrasonic scanner with technique-select Physics 7 Expired
US4612809A Curved-array ultrasonic probe using low-velocity fluid Physics 7 Expired
US8756997B2 Sonic resonator system which applies a rarefaction wave to a composite structure at a specific location to test bond strength Physics 4 Active
US6690617B2 Application of sonic signals to detect buried, underground utilities Physics 3 Expired
US4359904A Method and means for eliminating fountain effect in an ultrasound system display Physics 2 Expired

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