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James W. Howard
Also filed as: HOWARD JAMES · HOWARD JAMES W · HOWARD JAMES WILLIAM
36 granted patents·7 pending applications·402 citations·filing 1983–2022
97Inventor score
Files with3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO213M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY5Attenti Electronic Monitoring Ltd5DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP5HONEYWELL INC5
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43 records- 0194US5153870ARotary head actuator for optical diskDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1989·Granted Oct 6, 1992·76 cites·28 claims
- 0294US5105408AOptical head with flying lensDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1988·Granted Apr 14, 1992·121 cites·24 claims
- 0389US4507551AOptical detection system having a detector lens comprising a rear landscape lensHONEYWELL INC·Filed 1983·Granted Mar 26, 1985·52 cites·10 claims
- 0487US10867224B2Occlusion-resilient optical codes for machine-read articles3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 15, 2020·6 cites·20 claims
- 0586US4965780AMagneto-optical data recording device using a wavelength and polarization-sensitive splitterDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1987·Granted Oct 23, 1990·34 cites·7 claims
- 0685US11314971B2Personal protective equipment management system using optical patterns for equipment and safety monitoring3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 26, 2022·5 cites·19 claims
- 0783US10691908B2Hierarchichal optical element sets for machine-read articles3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 23, 2020·4 cites·20 claims
- 0880US4987292AMethod and apparatus for detecting focus and tracking errorsDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1989·Granted Jan 22, 1991·23 cites·37 claims
- 0979US11631186B2Neural style transfer for image varietization and recognition3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 18, 2023·4 cites·14 claims
- 1078US11250303B2Multi-dimensional optical code with static data and dynamic lookup data optical element sets3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 15, 2022·3 cites·19 claims
- 1175US11087607B2Compliance metrics for offender monitoring devicesAttenti Electronic Monitoring Ltd·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 10, 2021·3 cites·18 claims
- 1274US11132554B2Counterfeit detection of an optically active article using security elements3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 28, 2021·3 cites·18 claims
- 1373US11816971B2System and method for risk classification and warning of flashover events3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 14, 2023·2 cites·12 claims
- 1473US11087608B2Characterizing monitoring attributes for offender monitoringAttenti Electronic Monitoring Ltd·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 10, 2021·2 cites·19 claims
- 1572US11138880B2Vehicle-sourced infrastructure quality metrics3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 5, 2021·2 cites·19 claims
- 1672US5182444ASplit lens displaced long from each other along plane of cutDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1990·Granted Jan 26, 1993·19 cites·4 claims
- 1771US11448584B2Quick release coupon holder systemNCH CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 20, 2022·0 cites·32 claims
- 1870US11682185B2Personal protective equipment management system using optical patterns for equipment and safety monitoring3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 20, 2023·0 cites·10 claims
- 1970US11282360B2Geographic boundary compliance detection using body-worn offender monitoring electronic devicesAttenti Electronic Monitoring Ltd·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 22, 2022·2 cites·19 claims
- 2069US10896340B2Encoding data in symbols disposed on an optically active article3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 19, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 2160US11495107B2Compliance metrics for offender monitoring devicesAttenti Electronic Monitoring Ltd·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 8, 2022·0 cites·14 claims
- 2260US10706311B2Increasing dissimilarity of characters disposed on an optically active article3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 7, 2020·1 cites·17 claims
- 2360US2021085221A1Activity Recognition Using Accelerometer Data3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 2454US10881327B2Activity recognition using accelerometer data3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 5, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 2554US10586446B2Sign to vehicle identification system3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 10, 2020·0 cites·19 claims
- 2654US4697866AApparatus and method for fabricating a sandwich lensHONEYWELL INC·Filed 1984·Granted Oct 6, 1987·13 cites·13 claims
- 2752US4554447AMulti-element spectral filter with curved interior surfacesHONEYWELL INC·Filed 1983·Granted Nov 19, 1985·12 cites·16 claims
- 2850US12314078B2Infrastructure article system for synchronizing blinks of infrastructure articles connected in mesh network3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY·Filed 2021·Granted May 27, 2025·0 cites·9 claims
- 2950US11429803B2Identifier allocation for optical element sets in machine-read articles3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 30, 2022·0 cites·18 claims
- 3049US11802795B2Sensor array spectrometer3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 31, 2023·0 cites·10 claims
- 3149US2020160354A1Article Attestation System Using Blockchain3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 3248US11361562B2Pathway article authentication3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 14, 2022·0 cites·9 claims
- 3348US4914299AGlass cold shieldHONEYWELL INC·Filed 1988·Granted Apr 3, 1990·10 cites·8 claims
- 3446US10339804B2Sign to vehicle identification system3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 2, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 3543US11324421B2Impairment detection with environmental considerations3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2015·Granted May 10, 2022·0 cites·21 claims
- 3640US2021229834A1Guidance of unmanned aerial inspection vehicles in work environments using optical tags3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 3739US12089925B2Impairment detectionAttenti Electronic Monitoring Ltd·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 17, 2024·0 cites·15 claims
- 3839US2021020039A1Event detection in temporary traffic control zones3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 3939US2021247199A1Autonomous navigation systems for temporary zones3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 4038US2021221389A1System and method for autonomous vehicle sensor measurement and policy determination3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 4135US2021295059A1Structured texture embeddings in pathway articles for machine recognition3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 4233US4812655APrism cold shieldHONEYWELL INC·Filed 1987·Granted Mar 14, 1989·3 cites·4 claims
- 4332US12390126B2Impairment detection with biological considerationsATTENTI ELECTRONIC MONTTORING LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 19, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
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