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Inventor

Ralph Thomas Hoctor

Inventor
Saratoga Springs, NY, US

Overview

55→
Patents
1994–2017
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 55 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

A61Bprimary
A61BDiagnosis15%
H04BTransmission15%
G01SRadio direction-finding13%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication6%
G01RMeasuring electric variables4%
H04QSelecting4%
Y02BClimate change mitigation technologies related to buildings, e.g. housing, house appliances or related end-user applications4%
G01DMeasuring not specially adapted for a specific variable3%
G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them3%
G08BSignalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems3%
PatentTitleYear
9,759,690'Method and system for nondestructive ultrasound testing'20179,622,324'Geolocation aid and system'20179,538,987'System and method for ultrasound imaging'20179,366,753'Systems and methods for ultrasound retrospective transmit focus beamforming'20169,100,307'Systems and methods for communicating ultrasound data by adjusting compression rate and/or frame rate of region of interest mask'20158,622,913'Method and system for non-invasive monitoring of patient parameters'20148,582,865'Ultrasound imaging with ray casting and software-based image reconstruction'20138,574,157'Method and apparatus for generating an ultrasound image of moving objects using deformable models'20138,388,544'System and method for measuring blood viscosity'20138,379,967'Swarm control systems and methods'20138,315,224'Methods and systems for reuse of radio resources in medical telemetry networks'20128,080,800'Method and apparatus for image reconstruction for a synthetic aperture gamma ray imager'20118,013,310'Apparatus and method for image reconstruction for a synthetic aperture gamma ray imager'20117,925,068'Method and apparatus for forming a guide image for an ultrasound image scanner'20117,751,785'Antenna selection system and method'20107,663,105'Apparatus and method for image reconstruction for a synthetic aperture gamma ray imager'20107,621,876'Continuous, non-invasive technique for determining blood pressure using a transmission line model and transcutaneous ultrasound measurements'20097,573,398'System and method of communicating signals'20097,548,223'Reduced cost automatic meter reading system and method using locally communicating utility meters'20097,499,711'Transmitter location for ultra-wideband, transmitted-reference CDMA communication system'20097,470,232'Method and apparatus for non-invasive ultrasonic fetal heart rate monitoring'20087,466,261'Method and system for radio detection and ranging intrusion detection system'20087,425,199'Method and apparatus for ultrasonic continuous, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring'20087,385,705'Imaging spectroscopy based on multiple pan-chromatic images obtained from an imaging system with an adjustable point spread function'20087,313,127'Method and apparatus for synchronizing a radio telemetry system by way of transmitted-reference, delay-hopped ultra-wideband pilot signal'20077,269,427'Transmitter location for ultra-wideband, transmitted-reference CDMA communication system'20077,262,729'Radio detection and ranging intrusion detection system'20077,248,843'Antenna selection system and method'20077,154,934'Robust, low complexity communications system with interference mitigation'20067,125,383'Method and apparatus for ultrasonic continuous, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring'20067,109,920'Moving platform position determination system and method'20067,099,422'Synchronization of ultra-wideband communications using a transmitted-reference preamble'20067,098,774'Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling warning systems'20067,068,715'Ultra-wideband communications system and method using a delay hopped, continuous noise transmitted reference'20066,970,097'Location system using retransmission of identifying information'20056,919,835'Infinite electronic integrator'20056,914,539'System and method for a low rate, in-band broadcast communication for medical telemetry'20056,898,460'Method and apparatus for uterine contraction monitoring using linear predictive modeling of abdominal surface EMG signals'20056,895,362'Active broken rail detection system and method'20056,891,909'Pro-active antenna switching based on relative power'20056,831,551'Method and system for modulating a carrier frequency to support nondestructive bitwise arbitration of a communication medium'20046,816,360'Reduced cost automatic meter reading system and method using locally communicating utility meters'20046,810,087'Ultra-wideband communications system'20046,792,058'Digital receiving system for dense environment of aircraft'20046,674,997'AM band transmission using multi-tone modulation'20046,607,489'Focus correction for ultrasound imaging through mammography compression plate'20036,583,392'Apparatus and method for determining properties of a cooktop using ultrasound techniques'20036,522,243'Geometric harmonic modulation signaling and detection'20036,506,160'Frequency division multiplexed wireline communication for ultrasound probe'20036,497,656'Integrated wireless broadband communications network'20026,480,139'Jammer counting using cholesky factor diagonal elements'20026,288,632'Apparatus and method for power line communication (PLC)'20016,262,672'Reduced cost automatic meter reading system and method using locally communicating utility meters'20015,903,594'Power line communications spread spectrum protocol'19995,278,757'Synthetic aperture ultrasonic imaging system using a minimum or reduced redundancy phased array'1994

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1994Based in Wilmington, DE, US· patent location history
1999–2017Patents assigned to GEN ELECTRIC (42)· patent assignee history
1999–2017Based in Saratoga Springs, NY, US· patent location history
2002–2013Patents assigned to LOCKHEED CORP (4)· patent assignee history
2004Based in Saratoga, NY, US· patent location history
2005–2010Patents assigned to GE MED SYS INFORMATION TECH (4)· patent assignee history
2010–2011Patents assigned to MORPHO DETECTION INC (3)· patent assignee history
2011–2017Patents assigned to HOCTOR RALPH THOMAS (9)· patent assignee history
2013Based in Niskayuna, NY, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
GEN ELECTRIC421999–2017
HOCTOR RALPH THOMASself92011–2017
GE MED SYS INFORMATION TECH42005–2010
LOCKHEED CORP42002–2013
MORPHO DETECTION INC32010–2011
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Saratoga Springs, New York, US521999–2017
Niskayuna, New York, US12013
Saratoga, New York, US12004
Wilmington, Delaware, US11994