Steven A. Miller
107Patents
19h-index
76Co-inventors
89Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 29, 1984 → Dec 22, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5266781A | Modular card processing system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 227 | Expired |
| US4631013A | Apparatus for atomization of unstable melt streams | Performing Operations; Transporting | 51 | Expired |
| US5378884A | Personalization station for programming integrated circuit cards | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US5310165A | Atomization of electroslag refined metal | Performing Operations; Transporting | 46 | Expired |
| US4619597A | Apparatus for melt atomization with a concave melt nozzle for gas deflection | Performing Operations; Transporting | 42 | Expired |
| US4801412A | Method for melt atomization with reduced flow gas | Performing Operations; Transporting | 40 | Expired |
| US5480470A | Atomization with low atomizing gas pressure | Performing Operations; Transporting | 34 | Expired |
| US5332889A | Integrated circuit card programming device | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US8777090B2 | Methods of joining metallic protective layers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Active |
| US8002169B2 | Methods of joining protective metal-clad structures | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 24 | Active |
| US9095932B2 | Methods of joining metallic protective layers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Active |
| US4966201A | Transfer tube | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Expired |
| US7286774B1 | Universal printer chip | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US5366204A | Integral induction heating of close coupled nozzle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 22 | Expired |
| US7136608B2 | Removable toner cartridge universal adapter | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US5325727A | Apparatus and method for measuring the mass flow rate of liquid from a vessel | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US7177567B2 | Integrated toner cartridge with toner agitator and sensing device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Expired |
| US7177565B1 | Sealing structure for a toner cartridge | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US8197894B2 | Methods of forming sputtering targets | Electricity | 19 | Active |
| US8043655B2 | Low-energy method of manufacturing bulk metallic structures with submicron grain sizes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Active |
| US6106739A | Method and apparatus for fabricating near spherical semiconductor single crystal particulate and the spherical product produced | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US5520371A | Apparatus and method for viewing an industrial process such as a molten metal atomization process | Performing Operations; Transporting | 17 | Expired |
| US5855642A | System and method for producing fine metallic and ceramic powders | Performing Operations; Transporting | 17 | Expired |
| US7373096B1 | Toner hopper interconnection | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US6120602A | Method and apparatus for fabricating near spherical semiconductor single crystal particulate and the spherical product produced | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.