Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Stephen W. Bauer

39Patents
12h-index
53Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: May 1, 1992 → Jun 21, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5428384A Heater blower system in a color ink-jet printer Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US6997979B2 Pigment-based inks for ink-jet printing Chemistry; Metallurgy 38 Expired
US5479199A Print area radiant heater for ink-jet printer Performing Operations; Transporting 38 Expired
US6592657B2 Additives for ink-jet inks Chemistry; Metallurgy 32 Expired
US5614929A Manual pen selection for clearing nozzles without removal from pen carriage Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Expired
US6491364B2 Inkjet printing with air movement system to improve dot shape Performing Operations; Transporting 24 Expired
US6059406A Heater blower system in a color ink-jet printer Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US6286941A Particle tolerant printhead Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Expired
US5255009A Automatic maintenance system for drop aperture plate (optics protection) Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US7217315B2 Pigment-based inks for ink-jet printing Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US7204873B2 Pigment-based inks for ink-jet printing Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US6585343B2 System and method for using pulse or trickle warming to control neutral color balance on a print media Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US5420619A On-line/off-line primer for ink jet cartridge Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US6860588B1 Inkjet nozzle structure to reduce drop placement error Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US6688726B2 System and method for producing print masks to eliminate step advance and swath height error banding Physics 9 Expired
US6481823B1 Method for using highly energetic droplet firing events to improve droplet ejection reliability Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US6491374B1 Methods and apparatuses for printing with uniform and non-uniform print mask functions Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US7922800B2 Ink set, ink system and method for printing an image Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Active
US6619784B2 System and method for reducing service station fluid waste and to improve print throughout with spit strips Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US6682589B2 Lightfast ink-jet dye set having color gamut of silver halide prints Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US6513895B2 Increased startup pulse warming temperature to improve pen startup reliability Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US8343268B2 Inks with improved performance Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Active
US8662656B2 Inkjet web printer and duplex web printing path Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US7294186B2 Pigment-based inks for ink-jet printing Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Active
US7533980B2 Ink set and media for ink-jet printing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired

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