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Robert Blake — 72 Patents

MIMetrologic Instruments: 70 patents #14 of 189Top 8%
HPHand Held Products: 1 patents #481 of 724Top 70%
Woodbury, NJ: #1 of 85 inventorsTop 2%
New Jersey: #439 of 69,400 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #27,714 of 4,157,543Top 1%
72 Patents All Time
Robert Blake has been granted 72 US patents while listed as an inventor at Metrologic Instruments. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in February 2015. Robert Blake ranks #27,714 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.67%). Patent records list Robert Blake in Woodbury, NJ, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 11 patents in 2006.peak 111994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents1996: 2 patents1997: 2 patents19971998: 4 patents1999: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 3 patents2002: 3 patents2003: 7 patents20032004: 5 patents2005: 5 patents2006: 11 patents20062007: 7 patents2008: 3 patents2009: 7 patents20092010: 4 patents2011: 2 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 72 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8950678 Barcode reader with edge detection enhancement Gennady Germaine, Tao Xian, Chen Feng, Ynjiun P. Wang, Xiaoxun Zhu +1 more 2015-02-10
8459557 Dual laser scanning code symbol reading system employing automatic object presence detector for automatic laser source selection William H. Havens, Stephen J. Colavito, Christopher Allen 2013-06-11
8274390 Radio frequency identification antenna switching in a conveyor system Robert Perry, Charles A. Naylor, Steven Essinger 2012-09-25
8002183 Scanner flipper integrity indicator Donald T. Hudrick 2011-08-23
7905410 Automated tunnel-type scanning system enabling automated tracking and identification of packages transported therethrough Timothy Good, Andrew DeHennis, Xiaoxun Zhu, David M. Wilz, Sr., George B. Rockstein +9 more 2011-03-15
7832641 Scanner switched to active state by sensed movement in quiescent scanning mechanism Donald T. Hudrick, David M. Wilz, Sr., Stephen J. Colavito 2010-11-16
7832643 Hand-supported planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based systems with laser despeckling mechanisms integrated therein Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +21 more 2010-11-16
7686225 Wireless code symbol reading system with automatic communication range dependent control Mark Schmidt, Garrett Russell, David M. Wilz, Sr., Donald T. Hudrick, Stephen J. Colavito +14 more 2010-03-30
7673803 Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based engine Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +21 more 2010-03-09
7614561 Scanner flipper oscillation frequency detection and adjustment thereof Donald T. Hudrick 2009-11-10
7611063 Automatically-activated code symbol reading system David M. Wilz, Sr., George B. Rockstein, Mark Schmidt, Garrett Russell, Donald T. Hudrick +2 more 2009-11-03
7584893 Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +21 more 2009-09-08
7581681 Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +21 more 2009-09-01
7549583 Method for waking up in-counter fixed scanners Donald T. Hudrick, David M. Wilz, Sr., Stephen J. Colavito 2009-06-23
7527200 Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems with integrated despeckling mechanisms provided therein Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +21 more 2009-05-05
7527205 Automated package dimensioning system Xiaoxun Zhu, Ka Man Au, Gennady Germaine, George Kolis, Timothy Good +9 more 2009-05-05
7464878 Automatically-activated wireless hand-supportable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system with automatic communication range dependent control Mark Schmidt, Garrett Russell, David M. Wilz, Sr., Donald T. Hudrick, Stephen J. Colavito +14 more 2008-12-16
7344082 Automated method of and system for dimensioning objects over a conveyor belt structure by applying contouring tracing, vertice detection, corner point detection, and corner point reduction methods to two-dimensional range data maps of the space above the conveyor belt captured by an amplitude modulated laser scanning beam Xiaoxun Zhu, Ka Man Au, Gennady Germaine, Timothy Good, Michael Schnee +6 more 2008-03-18
7325740 Automatically-activated laser scanning 2D bar code symbol reading system employing a visible linear-type laser scanning pattern and an audible feedback signal during scan data capturing and buffering operations Mark Schmidt, Garrett Russell, David M. Wilz, Sr., Donald T. Hudrick, Stephen J. Colavito +14 more 2008-02-05
7281663 Wireless bar code symbol reading system having hand-supportable unit and remote base station Mark Schmidt, Garrett Russell, David M. Wilz, Sr., Donald T. Hudrick, Stephen J. Colavito +14 more 2007-10-16
7278578 Automatically-activated wireless laser scanning 2D bar code symbol reading system capable of automatically transmitting stored symbol character data when the hand-supportable unit is operated within its RF data communication range and automatically collecting and storing symbol character data when the hand-supportable unit is operated outside of its RF data communication range Mark Schmidt, Garrett Russell, David M. Wilz, Sr., Donald T. Hudrick, Stephen J. Colavito +14 more 2007-10-09
7275693 Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel Timothy Good, Xiaoxun Zhu, David M. Wilz, Sr., George B. Rockstein, Stephen J. Colavito +9 more 2007-10-02
7255280 Electronically-controlled mechanically-damped off-resonant light beam scanning mechanism and code symbol readers employing the same Charles A. Naylor, Stephen J. Colavito, Thomas Amundsen, Thomas Carullo, C. Harry Knowles 2007-08-14
7252238 Automatically-activated hand-supportable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system with data transmission activation switch David M. Wilz, Sr., George B. Rockstein, Mark Schmidt, Garrett Russell, Donald T. Hudrick +2 more 2007-08-07
7172126 Wireless automatic laser scanning bar code symbol reading system, wherein the RF-based transceiver chipsets within the wireless hand-supportable unit and base station thereof are automatically deactivated and said RF data communication link therebetween terminated when said system enters its power-saving sleep mode, and reactivated and re-established when re-entering its operational mode Mark Schmidt, Garrett Russell, David M. Wilz, Sr., Donald T. Hudrick, Stephen J. Colavito +14 more 2007-02-06