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R. Bruce Madigan
Also filed as: MADIGAN R B · MADIGAN R BRUCE
31 granted patents·6 pending applications·374 citations·filing 1992–2024
96Inventor score
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37 records- 0198US9999924B2Method and system for monitoring additive manufacturing processesSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 19, 2018·37 cites·15 claims
- 0297US10479020B2Systems and methods for measuring radiated thermal energy during an additive manufacturing operationSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 19, 2019·17 cites·20 claims
- 0397US10207489B2Systems and methods for additive manufacturing operationsSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 19, 2019·29 cites·20 claims
- 0496US11607875B2Method and system for monitoring additive manufacturing processesSIGMA ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Mar 21, 2023·2 cites·9 claims
- 0595US12151316B2Methods and systems for quality inference and control for additive manufacturing processesDIVERGENT TECH INC·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 26, 2024·1 cites·13 claims
- 0695US10786948B2Multi-sensor quality inference and control for additive manufacturing processesSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 29, 2020·9 cites·15 claims
- 0795US10639745B2Systems and methods for measuring radiated thermal energy during an additive manufacturing operationSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2019·Granted May 5, 2020·7 cites·20 claims
- 0894US12019026B2Systems and methods for additive manufacturing operationsDIVERGENT TECH INC·Filed 2023·Granted Jun 25, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
- 0994US11938560B2Systems and methods for measuring radiated thermal energy during an additive manufacturing operationSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 26, 2024·1 cites·19 claims
- 1093US11478854B2Multi-sensor quality inference and control for additive manufacturing processesSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 25, 2022·2 cites·19 claims
- 1193US5349156ASensing of gas metal arc welding process characteristics for welding process controlUS ARMY·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 20, 1994·92 cites·16 claims
- 1292US11517984B2Methods and systems for quality inference and control for additive manufacturing processesSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 6, 2022·3 cites·13 claims
- 1392US10786850B2Photodetector array for additive manufacturing operationsSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 29, 2020·3 cites·20 claims
- 1492US5756967ASensing ARC welding process characteristics for welding process controlUS ARMY·Filed 1997·Granted May 26, 1998·101 cites·29 claims
- 1590US12172371B2Defect detection for additive manufacturing systemsDIVERGENT TECH INC·Filed 2023·Granted Dec 24, 2024·0 cites·9 claims
- 1690US2024326158A1Sequential Determination of Thermal Energy Density for an Additive Manufacturing OperationDIVERGENT TECH INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1790US2024207971A1Determination of Thermal Energy Density for an Area for an Additive Manufacturing OperationDIVERGENT TECH INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1889US2025041976A1Methods and systems for quality inference and control for additive manufacturing processesDIVERGENT TECH INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1988US12292384B2Systems and methods for additive manufacturing operationsDIVERGENT TECH INC·Filed 2024·Granted May 6, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2088US11260456B2Photodetector array for additive manufacturing operationsSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 1, 2022·1 cites·20 claims
- 2187US12296533B2Multi-sensor quality inference and control for additive manufacturing processesDIVERGENT TECH INC·Filed 2024·Granted May 13, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2287US11390035B2Systems and methods for measuring radiated thermal energy during an additive manufacturing operationSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 19, 2022·1 cites·20 claims
- 2387US10520372B2Optical manufacturing process sensing and status indication systemSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 31, 2019·1 cites·20 claims
- 2485US11858207B2Defect detection for additive manufacturing systemsSIGMA ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 2, 2024·0 cites·11 claims
- 2585US10717264B2Systems and methods for additive manufacturing operationsSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 21, 2020·2 cites·19 claims
- 2682US11931956B2Multi-sensor quality inference and control for additive manufacturing processesSIGMA ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 19, 2024·0 cites·17 claims
- 2781US12337523B2Sensor deconfliction in multilaser additive manufacturing systemsDIVERGENT TECH INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 24, 2025·0 cites·17 claims
- 2881US11692876B2Optical manufacturing process sensing and status indication systemSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jul 4, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 2980US5221825ASensing of gas metal arc welding process characteristics for welding process controlUS COMMERCE·Filed 1992·Granted Jun 22, 1993·52 cites·25 claims
- 3079US2022324056A1Systems and methods for measuring radiated thermal energy during an additive manufacturing operationSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 3172US11135654B2Method and system for monitoring additive manufacturing processesSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 5, 2021·0 cites·5 claims
- 3271US11674904B2Systems and methods for additive manufacturing operationsSIGMA ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 13, 2023·0 cites·19 claims
- 3368US11073431B2Optical manufacturing process sensing and status indication systemSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 27, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 3467US2020290154A1Systems and methods for measuring radiated thermal energy during an additive manufacturing operationSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 3559US10317294B2Optical manufacturing process sensing and status indication systemSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 11, 2019·0 cites·17 claims
- 3648US5514851APrevention of contact tube melting in arc weldingUS ARMY·Filed 1994·Granted May 7, 1996·12 cites·11 claims
- 3735US2016098825A1Feature extraction method and system for additive manufacturingSIGMA LABS INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
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