Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Steven Michael Colby

47Patents
14h-index
11Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 24, 1994 → Jan 25, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6006264A Method and system for directing a flow between a client and a server Electricity 1,119 Expired
US6449647B1 Content-aware switching of network packets Electricity 192 Expired
US7720432B1 Content customization in asymmetric communication systems Electricity 130 Active
US6862624B2 Method and apparatus for directing a flow of packets based on request and server attributes Electricity 73 Expired
US5510613A Spatial-velocity correlation focusing in time-of-flight mass spectrometry Electricity 72 Expired
US7257634B2 Method and apparatus for directing a flow of packets based on request and server attributes Electricity 59 Expired
US7196525B2 Sample imaging Electricity 48 Expired
US7516404B1 Text correction Physics 36 Expired
US5504326A Spatial-velocity correlation focusing in time-of-flight mass spectrometry Electricity 34 Expired
US7748877B1 Multi-mode bulb Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 33 Active
US7719425B2 Radio frequency shielding Electricity 25 Active
US7924156B2 Electronically switchable RFID tags Physics 25 Active
US5712479A Spatial-velocity correlation focusing in time-of-flight mass spectrometry Electricity 19 Expired
US7006011B1 Traffic signal Physics 18 Expired
US9569777B2 EPassport including shielding method Physics 13 Active
US9524458B2 Switchable epassport including shielding Physics 12 Active
US6958475B1 Electron source Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US9702514B1 Bulb including removable cover Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Active
US8816826B2 Passive radio frequency data logger Electricity 9 Active
US9874332B1 Bulb including removable cover Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 8 Active
US7808402B1 Multi-mode traffic signal bulb assembly Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Active
US6809655B1 Multi-mode signal Physics 3 Expired
US9495852B1 Electronically switchable RFID tags Physics 3 Active
US8911119B1 Bulb including cover Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US8346157B1 Content customization in asymmertic communication systems Electricity 1 Active

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