Inventor · Vancouver, WA, US

Tod Heiles

29Patents
11h-index
52Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: May 29, 1987 → Jan 23, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6984013B2 Calibrating system for a compact optical sensor Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Expired
US6367918B1 Unitary latching device for secure positioning of print cartridge during printing, priming and replenishment Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Expired
US6004050A Carriage scanning system with carriage isolated from high frequency vibrations in drive belt Electricity 22 Expired
US6655778B2 Calibrating system for a compact optical sensor Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Expired
US6863361B2 Method to correct for malfunctioning ink ejection elements in a single pass print mode Physics 20 Expired
US6905187B2 Compact optical sensing system Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US6764158B2 Compact optical sensing system Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Expired
US6582052B2 Pen alignment using a color sensor Performing Operations; Transporting 17 Expired
US5135321A Unified paper path printer with automatic parking feature Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US6578943B2 Printing techniques to hide swath boundary banding Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US6659578B2 Tuning system for a compact optical sensor Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US6938971B2 Method of servicing a pen when mounted in a printing device Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US6932528B2 Cutter position control in a web fed imaging system Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US6722751B2 Method to correct for color error caused by malfunctioning ink ejection elements Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US6310638A Carriage bearing preloader and antirotation restoring force for reducing carriage vibration Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US7673958B2 Defective imaging element compensation Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Active
US4808019A Unified paper path printer Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US7708362B2 Printhead error compensation Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Active
US11059229B2 Rules for printing three-dimensional parts Physics 3 Active
US7034942B2 Color measurement device and color measurement method Physics 2 Expired
US11409261B2 Predicting distributions of values of layers for three-dimensional printing Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US6819448B2 Printer with print mode masking periodic carriage vibration Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US7753371B2 Media jam and bent corner detector Physics 1 Active
US11511486B2 Detecting three-dimensional (3D) part drag Physics 1 Active
US12145319B2 Temperature prediction in three-dimensional (3D) parts Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active

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