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Richard G. Stearns
Also filed as: STEARNS RICHARD · STEARNS RICHARD G · STEARNS RICHARD GREGORY
60 granted patents·7 pending applications·2,251 citations·filing 1984–2025
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67 records- 0198US10325768B1Focused acoustic radiation for rapid sequential ejection of subwavelength dropletsLABCYTE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 18, 2019·22 cites·18 claims
- 0298US6416164B1Acoustic ejection of fluids using large F-number focusing elementsPICOLITER INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 9, 2002·104 cites·59 claims
- 0397US5449895AExplicit synchronization for self-clocking glyph codesXEROX CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 12, 1995·309 cites·7 claims
- 0497US5128525AConvolution filtering for decoding self-clocking glyph shape codesXEROX CORP·Filed 1990·Granted Jul 7, 1992·311 cites·4 claims
- 0597US4896174ATransport of suspended charged particles using traveling electrostatic surface wavesXEROX CORP·Filed 1989·Granted Jan 23, 1990·68 cites·6 claims
- 0696US7354141B2Acoustic assessment of characteristics of a fluid relevant to acoustic ejectionLABCYTE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 8, 2008·35 cites·13 claims
- 0796US6208771B1Methods and apparatus for robust decoding of glyph address carpetsXEROX PARC·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 27, 2001·231 cites·48 claims
- 0896US5225959ACapacitive tactile sensor array and method for sensing pressure with the arrayXEROX CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Jul 6, 1993·130 cites·15 claims
- 0995US11688597B1Focused acoustic radiation for rapid sequential ejection of subwavelength dropletsLABCYTE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 27, 2023·2 cites·18 claims
- 1095US10156499B1Focused acoustic radiation for the ejection of subwavelength dropletsLABCYTE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 18, 2018·10 cites·39 claims
- 1195US9908133B2Acoustically ejecting a droplet of fluid from a reservoir by an acoustic fluid ejection apparatusLABCYTE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 6, 2018·6 cites·23 claims
- 1294US7784331B2Acoustic determination of properties of reservoirs and of fluids contained thereinLABCYTE INC·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 31, 2010·19 cites·3 claims
- 1393US10840075B1Focused acoustic radiation for rapid sequential ejection of subwavelength dropletsLABCYTE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 17, 2020·3 cites·22 claims
- 1493US5521372AFraming codes for robust synchronization and addressing of self-clocking glyph codesXEROX CORP·Filed 1995·Granted May 28, 1996·192 cites·6 claims
- 1592US2025018387A1Focused acoustic radiation for the ejection of subwavelength dropletsLABCYTE INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1691US12488975B2Focused acoustic radiation for rapid sequential ejection of subwavelength dropletsLABCYTE INC·Filed 2024·Granted Dec 2, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 1791US7899645B2Acoustic assessment of characteristics of a fluid relevant to acoustic ejectionLABCYTE INC·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 1, 2011·13 cites·13 claims
- 1890US6808934B2High-throughput biomolecular crystallization and biomolecular crystal screeningPICOLITER INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 26, 2004·38 cites·87 claims
- 1989US12128397B2Focused acoustic radiation for the ejection of subwavelength dropletsLABCYTE INC·Filed 2023·Granted Oct 29, 2024·0 cites·18 claims
- 2089US5808636AReduction of droplet misdirectionality in acoustic ink printingXEROX CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 15, 1998·62 cites·16 claims
- 2187US12040171B1Focused acoustic radiation for rapid sequential ejection of subwavelength dropletsLABCYTE INC·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 16, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2287US6327395B1Glyph address carpet methods and apparatus for providing location information in a multidimensional address spaceXEROX PARC·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 4, 2001·107 cites·20 claims
- 2386US11033895B1Focused acoustic radiation for the ejection of sub wavelength dropletsLABCYTE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 15, 2021·1 cites·37 claims
- 2485US8503266B1Acoustic fluid height monitoring using dynamic surface perturbationsSTEARNS RICHARD G·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 6, 2013·6 cites·25 claims
- 2585US5975683AElectric-field manipulation of ejected ink drops in printingXEROX CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 2, 1999·50 cites·7 claims
- 2684US7717544B2Method for acoustically ejecting a droplet of fluid from a reservoir by an acoustic fluid ejection apparatusLABCYTE INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 18, 2010·18 cites·27 claims
- 2782US10118186B2Avoidance of bouncing and splashing in droplet-based fluid transportLABCYTE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 6, 2018·1 cites·15 claims
- 2882US6714677B1Use of correlation histograms for improved glyph decodingXEROX CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 30, 2004·80 cites·15 claims
- 2982US2025334499A1Acoustic concentration, transfer and analysis of samples containing particlesLABCYTE INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3081US5917464ACombination of 2-D detector array with display for image processingXEROX CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 29, 1999·87 cites·28 claims
- 3181US5270729AIonographic beam positioning and crosstalk correction using grey levelsXEROX CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Dec 14, 1993·43 cites·9 claims
- 3280US11717818B2Focused acoustic radiation for the ejection of sub wavelength dropletsLABCYTE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 8, 2023·0 cites·23 claims
- 3379US9586215B2Avoidance of bouncing and splashing in droplet-based fluid transportLABCYTE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 7, 2017·3 cites·27 claims
- 3479US7454958B2Acoustic determination of properties of reservoirs and of fluids contained thereinLABCYTE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 25, 2008·15 cites·30 claims
- 3579US4683750AThermal acoustic probeUNIV LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR·Filed 1984·Granted Aug 4, 1987·28 cites·12 claims
- 3678US8770691B2Acoustically ejecting a droplet of fluid from a reservoir by an acoustic fluid ejection apparatusSTEARNS RICHARD·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 8, 2014·7 cites·49 claims
- 3777US8389295B2Avoidance of bouncing and splashing in droplet-based fluid transportSTEARNS RICHARD G·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 5, 2013·3 cites·7 claims
- 3875US6000613ASelf-clocking glyph code having composite glyphs for distributively encoding multi-bit digital valuesXEROX CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 14, 1999·68 cites·5 claims
- 3974US8107319B2Acoustic fluid height monitoring using dynamic surface perturbationsSTEARNS RICHARD G·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 31, 2012·7 cites·28 claims
- 4073US10112212B1Droplet ejection using focused acoustic radiation having a plurality of frequency rangesSTEARNS RICHARD G·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 30, 2018·6 cites·81 claims
- 4172US9939352B2Method and system for determining the concentration of an analyte in a fluid sampleLABCYTE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 10, 2018·1 cites·39 claims
- 4271US10864535B2Avoidance of bouncing and splashing in droplet-based fluid transportLABCYTE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 15, 2020·0 cites·17 claims
- 4369US2022025382A1High-efficiency transfection of biological cells using sonoporationLABCYTE INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 4468US12385820B2Acoustic concentration, transfer and analysis of samples containing particlesLABCYTE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 12, 2025·0 cites·13 claims
- 4568US11198878B2High-efficiency transfection of biological cells using sonoporationLABCYTE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Dec 14, 2021·0 cites·16 claims
- 4666US5864127AAnalog glyph detector and detector arraysXEROX CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jan 26, 1999·31 cites·24 claims
- 4765US6484975B1Method and apparatus to achieve uniform ink temperatures in printheadsXEROX CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 26, 2002·21 cites·22 claims
- 4864US10800170B1Droplet ejection using focused acoustic radiation having a plurality of frequency rangesLABCYTE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 13, 2020·0 cites·56 claims
- 4964US5842191ANeural network that incorporates direct optical imagingXEROX CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 24, 1998·34 cites·27 claims
- 5063US5467975AApparatus and method for moving a substrateXEROX CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 21, 1995·13 cites·19 claims
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