Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
HT

Hans Torp — 23 Patents

GE: 14 patents #2,231 of 36,430Top 7%
GAG.E. Vingmed Ultrasound As: 6 patents #1 of 6Top 20%
VAVingmed Sound A/S: 3 patents #2 of 16Top 15%
Trondheim, NO: #11 of 1,229 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Hans Torp has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in July 2014. Hans Torp ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Hans Torp in Trondheim, NO.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8764660 Methods and apparatus for combined audible and ultrasound inspection of objects, including patients Sigmund Frigstad, Jean-Francois Gelly 2014-07-01 $15,771,000
8475380 Reduction of multiline artifacts in doppler imaging Kjell Kristoffersen, Tore Bjåstad, Lasse Lovstakken, Torbjorn Hergum, Johan Kirkhorn 2013-07-02 $14,581,000
8265363 Method and apparatus for automatically identifying image views in a 3D dataset Fredrik Orderud, Stein Inge Rabben, Vidar Lundberg 2012-09-11 $22,482,000
8002704 Method and system for determining contact along a surface of an ultrasound probe Fredrik Orderud, Lasse Lovstakken 2011-08-23 $22,110,000
7798965 Method and apparatus for providing real-time calculation and display of tissue deformation in ultrasound imaging Bjorn Olstad, Andreas Heimdal, Steinar Bjaerum 2010-09-21
7678050 Method and apparatus for detecting cardiac events Svein Arne Aase, Sigmund Frigstad 2010-03-16 $50,360,000
7261694 Method and apparatus for providing real-time calculation and display of tissue deformation in ultrasound imaging Bjorn Olstad, Andreas Heimdal, Steinar Bjaerum 2007-08-28
7261695 Trigger extraction from ultrasound doppler signals Svein Brekke 2007-08-28 $41,519,000
7077807 Method and apparatus for providing real-time calculation and display of tissue deformation in ultrasound imaging Bjorn Olstad, Andreas Heimdal, Steinar Bjaerum 2006-07-18
7022074 Method and apparatus for generating a multi-level ultrasound pulse Kjell Kristoffersen 2006-04-04 $32,265,000
7022078 Method and apparatus for spectral strain rate visualization Andreas Heimdal 2006-04-04 $32,265,000
6776759 Method and apparatus for high strain rate rejection filtering Andreas Heimdal 2004-08-17 $53,274,000
6676599 Method and apparatus for providing real-time calculation and display of tissue deformation in ultrasound imaging Bjorn Olstad, Andreas Heimdal, Steinar Bjaerum 2004-01-13
6618493 Method and apparatus for visualization of motion in ultrasound flow imaging using packet data acquisition Steinar Bjaerum 2003-09-09 $52,507,000
6537217 Method and apparatus for improved spatial and temporal resolution in ultrasound imaging Steinar Bjærum, Johan Kirkhorn, Kjetil Viggen, Bjorn Olstad, Kjell Kristoffersen +2 more 2003-03-25 $43,381,000
6517485 Method and apparatus for providing real-time calculation and display of tissue deformation in ultrasound imaging Bjorn Olstad, Andreas Heimdal, Steinar Bjaerum 2003-02-11
6352507 Method and apparatus for providing real-time calculation and display of tissue deformation in ultrasound imaging Bjorn Olstad, Andreas Heimdal, Steinar Bjaerum 2002-03-05
6350238 Real-time display of ultrasound in slow motion Bjorn Olstad 2002-02-26 $92,364,000
6277075 Method and apparatus for visualization of motion in ultrasound flow imaging using continuous data acquisition Steinar Bjaerum 2001-08-21 $192,066,000
6099471 Method and apparatus for real-time calculation and display of strain in ultrasound imaging Andreas Heimdal, Bjorn Olstad, Kjell Kristofferson 2000-08-08 $249,610,000
5662115 Method for determining the velocity-time spectrum of blood flow Kjell Kristoffersen 1997-09-02
5560363 Method for calculation of blood velocity and blood velocity spread from multi gated doppler signals Kjell Kristoffersen 1996-10-01
4932415 Method of color coding two dimensional ulltrasonic doppler velocity images of blood flow on a display Bjorn Angelsen, Kjell Kristoffersen 1990-06-12