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Richard N. Ellson
Also filed as: ELLSON RICHARD · ELLSON RICHARD N
90 granted patents·22 pending applications·3,410 citations·filing 1990–2025
99Inventor score
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112 records- 0198US6416164B1Acoustic ejection of fluids using large F-number focusing elementsPICOLITER INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 9, 2002·104 cites·59 claims
- 0297US6536889B1Systems and methods for ejecting or depositing substances containing multiple photointiatorsXEROX CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 25, 2003·91 cites·46 claims
- 0396US7354141B2Acoustic assessment of characteristics of a fluid relevant to acoustic ejectionLABCYTE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 8, 2008·35 cites·13 claims
- 0496US6849423B2Focused acoustics for detection and sorting of fluid volumesPICOLITER INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 1, 2005·76 cites·37 claims
- 0596US6666541B2Acoustic ejection of fluids from a plurality of reservoirsPICOLITER INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 23, 2003·80 cites·62 claims
- 0696US5381526AMethod and apparatus for storing and retrieving generalized image dataEASTMAN KODAK CO·Filed 1992·Granted Jan 10, 1995·231 cites·22 claims
- 0795US7405395B2Acoustic ejection into small openingsPICOLITER INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 29, 2008·28 cites·84 claims
- 0895US6938995B2Acoustic assessment of fluids in a plurality of reservoirsPICOLITER INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 6, 2005·62 cites·91 claims
- 0995US6710335B2Acoustic sample introduction for analysis and/or processingPICOLITER INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 23, 2004·70 cites·108 claims
- 1094US8453507B2Acoustic assessment of characteristics of a fluid relevant to acoustic ejectionELLSON RICHARD N·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 4, 2013·14 cites·19 claims
- 1194US7900505B2Acoustic assessment of fluids in a plurality of reservoirsLABCYTE INC·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 8, 2011·25 cites·52 claims
- 1294US7784331B2Acoustic determination of properties of reservoirs and of fluids contained thereinLABCYTE INC·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 31, 2010·19 cites·3 claims
- 1394US6802593B2Acoustic ejection of fluids from a plurality of reservoirsPICOLITER INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 12, 2004·53 cites·62 claims
- 1494US6603118B2Acoustic sample introduction for mass spectrometric analysisPICOLITER INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 5, 2003·49 cites·70 claims
- 1594US6548308B2Focused acoustic energy method and device for generating droplets of immiscible fluidsPICOLITER INC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 15, 2003·63 cites·70 claims
- 1693US9861987B2Roughly cylindrical sample containers having multiple reservoirs therein and being adapted for acoustic ejectionsLABCYTE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 9, 2018·5 cites·33 claims
- 1793US8544976B2Focus-activated acoustic ejectionELLSON RICHARD N·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 1, 2013·7 cites·26 claims
- 1893US6855925B2Methods, devices, and systems using acoustic ejection for depositing fluid droplets on a sample surface for analysisPICOLITER INC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 15, 2005·39 cites·69 claims
- 1993US6809315B2Method and system using acoustic ejection for preparing and analyzing a cellular sample surfacePICOLITER INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 26, 2004·49 cites·70 claims
- 2093US5673320AMethod and apparatus for image-based validations of printed documentsEASTMAN KODAK CO·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 30, 1997·224 cites·18 claims
- 2193US5583666AMethod for cross-device color calibration and enhancement using explicit constraintsEASTMAN KODAK CO·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 10, 1996·200 cites·37 claims
- 2293US5321751AMethod and apparatus for credit card verificationEASTMAN KODAK CO·Filed 1993·Granted Jun 14, 1994·323 cites·21 claims
- 2392US6707038B2Method and system using acoustic ejection for selective fluid deposition on a nonuniform sample surfacePICOLITER INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 16, 2004·41 cites·55 claims
- 2492US5539540AMethod and associated apparatus for transforming input color values in an input color space to output color values in an output color spaceEASTMAN KODAK CO·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 23, 1996·150 cites·26 claims
- 2591US8882226B2Focus-activated acoustic ejectionLABCYTE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 11, 2014·5 cites·24 claims
- 2690US7270986B2Ejection of localized volumes from fluidsPICOLITER INC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 18, 2007·13 cites·15 claims
- 2790US7090333B2Focused acoustic energy in the preparation of peptide arraysPICOLITER INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 15, 2006·33 cites·35 claims
- 2890US6893836B2Spatially directed ejection of cells from a carrier fluidPICOLITER INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 17, 2005·28 cites·6 claims
- 2990US6808934B2High-throughput biomolecular crystallization and biomolecular crystal screeningPICOLITER INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 26, 2004·38 cites·87 claims
- 3089US7854343B2Fluid containers with reservoirs in their closures and methods of useLABCYTE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 21, 2010·28 cites·15 claims
- 3188US6612686B2Focused acoustic energy in the preparation and screening of combinatorial librariesPICOLITER INC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 2, 2003·40 cites·41 claims
- 3288US5595389AMethod and apparatus for producing "personalized" video games using CD discsEASTMAN KODAK CO·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 21, 1997·119 cites·9 claims
- 3387US10871430B2System and method for extracting a target moiety from a sample using acoustic droplet ejectionLABCYTE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 22, 2020·2 cites·52 claims
- 3487US6991917B2Spatially directed ejection of cells from a carrier fluidPICOLITER INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 31, 2006·23 cites·30 claims
- 3587US6806051B2Arrays of partially nonhybridizing oligonucleotides and preparation thereof using focused acoustic energyPICOLITER INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 19, 2004·31 cites·38 claims
- 3687US6428160B2Method for achieving high quality aqueous ink-jet printing on plain paper at high print speedsXEROX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 6, 2002·29 cites·21 claims
- 3786US6932097B2Acoustic control of the composition and/or volume of fluid in a reservoirPICOLITER INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 23, 2005·61 cites·61 claims
- 3886US6642061B2Use of immiscible fluids in droplet ejection through application of focused acoustic energyPICOLITER INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 4, 2003·29 cites·25 claims
- 3986US5805783AMethod and apparatus for creating storing and producing three-dimensional font characters and performing three-dimensional typesettingEASTMAN KODAK CO·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 8, 1998·90 cites·18 claims
- 4084US11731133B2Roughly cylindrical sample containers having multiple reservoirs therein and being adapted for acoustic ejectionsLABCYTE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 22, 2023·0 cites·12 claims
- 4183US11237086B2System and method for extracting a target moiety from a sample using acoustic droplet ejectionLABCYTE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 1, 2022·1 cites·25 claims
- 4283US6869551B2Precipitation of solid particles from droplets formed using focused acoustic energyPICOLITER INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 22, 2005·14 cites·83 claims
- 4382US6746104B2Method for generating molecular arrays on porous surfacesPICOLITER INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 8, 2004·19 cites·13 claims
- 4482US2025334499A1Acoustic concentration, transfer and analysis of samples containing particlesLABCYTE INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4581US8252603B2Fluid containers with reservoirs in their closures and methods of useELLSON RICHARD N·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 28, 2012·7 cites·9 claims
- 4681US7439048B2Apparatus for acoustic ejection of circumscribed volumes from a fluidPICOLITER INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 21, 2008·5 cites·11 claims
- 4781US5436970AMethod and apparatus for transaction card verificationEASTMAN KODAK CO·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 25, 1995·160 cites·13 claims
- 4879US7454958B2Acoustic determination of properties of reservoirs and of fluids contained thereinLABCYTE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 25, 2008·15 cites·30 claims
- 4979US6357847B1Method and apparatus for stitching print swaths in an image-rendering deviceXEROX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 19, 2002·27 cites·22 claims
- 5079US6269184B1Method and apparatus for interactive color transformation of color values between color spacesEASTMAN KODAK CO·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 31, 2001·64 cites·19 claims
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