William J. Ward
28Patents
13h-index
33Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 18, 1976 → Nov 26, 2013
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4941882A | Adhesive dressing for retaining a cannula on the skin | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,231 | Expired |
| US5384174A | Adhesive sheet | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 164 | Expired |
| US4753232A | Adhesive wound dressings | Human Necessities | 142 | Expired |
| US5000172A | Dressing system with reference marks | Human Necessities | 120 | Expired |
| US5099832A | Packaged sterile adhesive dressing | Human Necessities | 46 | Expired |
| US5709651A | Adhesive dressing | Human Necessities | 39 | Expired |
| US6926832B2 | Method of using water soluble polymers in a membrane biological reactor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| US6403726B1 | Water soluble polymer containing dithiocarbamate functionalities | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 24 | Expired |
| US6258277A | Composition and method for simultaneously precipitating metal ions from semiconductor wastewater and enhancing microfilter operation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US4064436A | Reducing noise in uranium exploration | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US6444091B1 | Structurally rigid nonionic and anionic polymers as retention and drainage aids in papermaking | Textiles; Paper | 17 | Expired |
| US7455751B2 | Use of alkenyl succinic anhydride compounds derived from symmetrical olefins in internal sizing for paper production | Textiles; Paper | 16 | Active |
| US5958788A | Luminol tagged polymers for treatment of industrial systems | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US7683121B2 | Stable wet strength resin | Textiles; Paper | 13 | Active |
| US5032669A | Liquid crystalline polyesters formed by reaction of bis(hydroxyalkoxy) biphenyls with terephthaloyl chloride | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 8 | Expired |
| US8258208B2 | Multifunctional azo initiators for free radical polymerizations: methods of preparation | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Active |
| US5772894A | Derivatized rhodamine dye and its copolymers | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Expired |
| US6784267B1 | Polymers containing hyperbranched monomers | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 5 | Expired |
| US6451169B1 | Structurally rigid polymer coagulants as retention and drainage aids in papermaking | Textiles; Paper | 5 | Expired |
| US5808103A | Derivatized rhodamine dye and its copolymers | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 3 | Expired |
| US6177017A | Polymers for chemical treatment and precipitation of soluble metal cyanide and oxoanion compounds from waste water | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| US5157103A | Copolymer of liquid crystal triad aromatic ester mesogenic unit with flexible spacer and polyester | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 3 | Expired |
| US6114484A | Polymers for chemical treatment and precipitation of soluble metal cyanide and oxoanion compounds from waste water | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| USD313653S | IV dressing | General | 2 | Expired |
| US5998632A | Derivatized Rhodamine dye and its copolymers | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 1 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.