William D. Rice
15Patents
4h-index
16Co-inventors
57Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 15, 1986 → Oct 12, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4813663A | Stair slide | Human Necessities | 19 | Expired |
| US9949021B1 | Intelligent conversation control in wearable audio systems | Electricity | 14 | Active |
| US8957551B1 | Apparatuses and methods for configuring a building automation system | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US9110450B2 | Systems, devices, and methods for dynamically assigning functions to an actuator | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US5435556A | Electrically operated random number selector | Human Necessities | 4 | Expired |
| US10547937B2 | User-controlled beam steering in microphone array | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| USD306880S | Lottery number selector | General | 3 | Expired |
| US10250973B1 | Intelligent conversation control in wearable audio systems | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| USD306881S | Lottery number selector | General | 1 | Expired |
| USD307038S | Lottery number selector | General | 1 | Expired |
| US11573125B2 | Optical detector | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US11749083B2 | Method and apparatus for optical ice detection | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US11820662B2 | Process and apparatus for carbon nanotube formation | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 0 | Active |
| US10869122B2 | Intelligent conversation control in wearable audio systems | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US10574708B2 | Method and system for remote communication | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.