Stephen W. Bauer
39Patents
12h-index
53Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: May 1, 1992 → Jun 21, 2012
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.