Inventor · Cary, NC, US

Robert W. Kruppa

16Patents
8h-index
12Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 19, 1975 → Jan 9, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6247645A Optical reader with combined housing and light pipe Physics 127 Expired
US5613783A Point of sale printer with magnetic reader Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Expired
US6243504A Integrated magnetic ink character recognition system and method therefor Physics 27 Expired
US5973419A Circuit and method of operation to control in-rush current and maintain power supply voltage to peripheral devices in an information system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US5893667A Point of sale printer with magnetic reader Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US5887075A Method, and apparatus and article of manufacture for filtering periodic noise from a magnetic read head Physics 12 Expired
US5634729A Magnetic reader with a flexible pressure film pressure pad Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US5805439A DC-to-DC auto switch circuit Electricity 8 Expired
US6234695A Variable power thermal printer Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US5087867A Motor driving apparatus and printer Electricity 6 Expired
US6503006B1 Variable power thermal printer Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US4034243A Logic array structure for depletion mode-FET load circuit technologies Electricity 5 Expired
US7480403B2 Apparatus, system, and method for fraud detection using multiple scan technologies Physics 2 Active
US7492974B2 Gray scale image cleaning system and method Physics 2 Active
US6648225B2 Optical reader with combined housing and light pipe Physics 2 Expired
US7952775B2 Gray scale image cleaning system and method Physics 0 Active

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