Wolfgang Plank
29Patents
12h-index
7Co-inventors
74Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 16, 1995 → Sep 21, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5655865A | Attachment arrangement | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 95 | Expired |
| US6695614B2 | Light beam hardening apparatus for curing material | Human Necessities | 35 | Expired |
| US7001057B2 | Lighting apparatus for guiding light onto a light polymerizable piece to effect hardening thereof | Electricity | 25 | Expired |
| US6991456B2 | Light hardening apparatus | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US6767109B2 | Light hardening device and a light source suitable for use in a light hardening device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US5577860A | Attachment device for securing structural components to shaped rails | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US7976307B2 | Light curing device | Human Necessities | 18 | Active |
| USD599018S1 | Hand-held dental tool | General | 18 | Expired |
| US7119515B2 | Light polymerization device | Human Necessities | 17 | Expired |
| US7595513B2 | Semiconductor radiation source and light curing device | Electricity | 15 | Active |
| US7104793B2 | Light polymerization device | Human Necessities | 14 | Expired |
| US7530707B2 | Semiconductor radiation source | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Active |
| USD618799S1 | Combined light hardening apparatus and base unit therefor | General | 12 | Expired |
| US8215800B2 | Semiconductor radiation source | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US7935972B2 | Light emission device | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US6741410B2 | Light resolution element for irradiating dental replacement pieces with light to effect the hardening thereof | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US9161828B2 | Apparatus for light-curing a dental object | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US7766654B2 | Device and method for determining and controlling the degree of polymerization of polymerizable dental material | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
| US9763760B2 | Apparatus for light-curing a dental object | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US8113831B2 | Hand-held light curing device | Human Necessities | 6 | Active |
| US6866506B2 | Light hardening apparatus particularly for a dental practice | Human Necessities | 5 | Expired |
| US6835064B2 | Light hardening device and method for hardening a polymerizable mass for dental applications | Human Necessities | 5 | Expired |
| US8072588B2 | Dental light curing device coupled to a light measuring device | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US8382472B2 | Light curing device | Human Necessities | 5 | Active |
| US8142188B2 | Light curing device/base station combination | Human Necessities | 4 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.