William Michael Lafferty
19Patents
11h-index
15Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 24, 1989 → Apr 2, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD480814S1 | Gigamatrix holding tray | General | 117 | Expired |
| US5743532A | Method of making a side bet during blackjack | Human Necessities | 71 | Expired |
| US5049855A | Security screen system | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US5910765A | Sensor module | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US6794127B1 | Capillary array-based sample screening | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 28 | Expired |
| US6972183B1 | Capillary array-based enzyme screening | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 27 | Expired |
| US5400641A | Transformer oil gas extractor | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US6866824B2 | Capillary array-based sample screening | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 20 | Expired |
| US5680104A | Fiber optic security system | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US5051578A | Self calibrating fiber optic sensor system with optimized throughput | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US7019827B2 | GigaMatrix holding tray having through-hole wells | Performing Operations; Transporting | 13 | Expired |
| US6764818B2 | Device for effecting heat transfer with a solution held in a through-hole well of a holding tray | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Expired |
| US6918738B2 | Stackable sample holding plate with robot removable lid | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5191208A | Fiber optic sensor system with a redundancy means and optimized throughout | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US10605734B2 | Systems and methods for genetic sequencing | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US8758683B2 | System for sampling and tracking plant material | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8437874B2 | Transfer station for plant material sampling and tracking system | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US6798520B2 | Method for intensifying the optical detection of samples that are held in solution in the through-hole wells of a holding tray | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US7980148B2 | Device for sampling plant material | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.