Inventor · Mount Clemens, MI, US

William A. Goodwin

18Patents
12h-index
26Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: May 7, 1987 → May 13, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6417638B1 Force reflecting haptic interface Physics 129 Expired
US6671651B2 3-D selection and manipulation with a multiple dimension haptic interface Physics 94 Expired
US6985133B1 Force reflecting haptic interface Physics 86 Expired
US9043025B2 Systems and methods for safe robot operation Physics 48 Active
US7103499B2 3-D selection and manipulation with a multiple dimension haptic interface Physics 39 Expired
US7714836B2 Force reflecting haptic interface Physics 31 Active
US6879315B2 Force reflecting haptic interface Physics 29 Expired
US8994643B2 Force reflecting haptic interface Physics 27 Active
US7411576B2 Force reflecting haptic interface Physics 24 Expired
US8965576B2 User interfaces for robot training Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US5670238A Laminate sheet material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US7990374B2 Apparatus and methods for haptic rendering using data in a graphics pipeline Physics 12 Active
US5361974A Box construction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US5370197A Air cushion vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US9030411B2 Apparatus and methods for haptic rendering using a haptic camera view Physics 7 Active
US5052578A Closure for a shipping container Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US4848501A Air cushion vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
USD341106S Hovercraft General 4 Expired

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