Wayne S. Mefferd
19Patents
10h-index
10Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 16, 1975 → May 6, 2005
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4063064A | Apparatus for tracking moving workpiece by a laser beam | Performing Operations; Transporting | 493 | Expired |
| US3995166A | Optical scan pattern generator for code reading systems | Physics | 41 | Expired |
| US4939739A | Laser alignment servo method and apparatus | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US5426662A | Laser system selectively operable at two competing wavelengths | Electricity | 33 | Expired |
| US5216689A | Slab laser with enhanced lifetime | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US5023886A | High power laser with focusing mirror sets | Electricity | 28 | Expired |
| US5052017A | High power laser with focusing mirror sets | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US5033061A | Laser alignment servo method and apparatus | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US5131003A | RF excited CO.sub.2 slab waveguide laser | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| USRE31279E | Laser optical resonator | General | 17 | Expired |
| US4734915A | Conduction cooled laser bore structures formed from graphite and other materials | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US5155739A | RF excited CO.sub.2 slab waveguide laser | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US5283797A | RF excited CO.sub.2 slab waveguide laser | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US5237580A | RF excited CO.sub.2 slab waveguide laser | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US4376328A | Method of constructing a gaseous laser | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US4818089A | Kinematic resonator support | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US4901966A | Kinematic resonator support | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US7408970B2 | Optically pumped external-cavity semiconductor laser with multiple gain structures | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US5000557A | Kinematic resonator support | Electricity | 1 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.