What he built on, and who built on him
Every citation recorded on Meyer’s filings, in both directions. The left column is what the patent offices held his claims against. The right is the one worth reading: it is not who agreed with him, it is who had to say his work came first.
4 of the citing records are not patents — they are documents already in the archive, such as the Energy of the Future newsletters, that cite his filings. They carry no patent number, so there is no office record to link them to.
Who built on him
Assignees named on the most filings that cite Meyer, counted in filings rather than citations — a patent naming six of his is one company working the same ground, not six.
JP58207610A Electric Particle Generator
Prior art he cited 0
What the offices put on the record as coming before.
None recorded.
Cited by 0
Later filings that named this as prior art.
None recorded.
JP59038525A Water/Hydrogen Gas/Oxygen Gas Generator with Controlled Flame of Hydrogen Gas
Prior art he cited 0
What the offices put on the record as coming before.
None recorded.
Cited by 0
Later filings that named this as prior art.
None recorded.
JP59059889A Apparatus for generating hydrogen gas and related gases from water
Prior art he cited 0
What the offices put on the record as coming before.
None recorded.
Cited by 0
Later filings that named this as prior art.
None recorded.
JP59129791A Hydrogen generating device and method
Prior art he cited 0
What the offices put on the record as coming before.
None recorded.
Cited by 0
Later filings that named this as prior art.
None recorded.
JP59132784A Gas generation generator
Prior art he cited 0
What the offices put on the record as coming before.
None recorded.
Cited by 0
Later filings that named this as prior art.
None recorded.
JP59148584A Gas generating generator
Prior art he cited 0
What the offices put on the record as coming before.
None recorded.
Cited by 0
Later filings that named this as prior art.
None recorded.
JP59153922A Hydrogen aeration type injector
Prior art he cited 0
What the offices put on the record as coming before.
None recorded.
Cited by 0
Later filings that named this as prior art.
None recorded.
US3970070 Solar Heating System
Prior art he cited 6
What the offices put on the record as coming before.
Cited by 26
Later filings that named this as prior art.
- US4116223Solar energy unit
- US4265224MultiStage Solar Storage System
- US4018212ASolar heating and cooking apparatus
- US4124017ACollimating solar radiation collector
- US4134393ASolar energy collection
- US4258698ASolar heating apparatus
- US4312709ASolar energy collection still
- US4319560ASolar heating system
- US4323052ASolar energy system
- US4337759ARadiant energy concentration by optical total internal reflection
- US4459974ASolar bottle
- US4492424ASolar collector
- US5404869AFaceted totally internally reflecting lens with individually curved faces on facets
- US5577492ACollimating TIR lens with focusing filter lens
- US5577493AAuxiliary lens to modify the output flux distribution of a TIR lens
- US5655832AMultiple wavelength light processor
- US5676453ACollimating TIR lens devices employing fluorescent light sources
- US5677972AHigh efficiency direct coupling of radiant electromagnetic energy into dielectric wave guide structure
- US5721795AHigh efficiency ejection of light from optical wave guide, by holographically produced light scattering means
- US5806955ATIR lens for waveguide injection
- FR2468854A1Solar heating system using domed heat collector - includes double transparent dome and reflector mounted on insulating base, for rapid heating
- US6177761B1LED with light extractor
- US8141523B2Method and apparatus for controlling an electric motor
- US8720389B2Method and apparatus for controlling an electric motor and an internal combustion engine
- US20100051449A1Method and apparatus for controlling an electric motor
- US20120011851A1Solar Heat Collector
US4265224 MultiStage Solar Storage System
Prior art he cited 8
What the offices put on the record as coming before.
- 3970070Solar Heating System
- US3970070Solar Heating System
- US4063546Heat store and installation for the utilization of solar energy
- US4088266Method and apparatus for collecting, storing and transmitting solar heat
- US4108157Solar energy collector
- US4111189Combined solar radiation collector and thermal energy storage device
- US4116223Solar energy unit
- US4187831Self contained solar heating supplemental unit
Cited by 25
Later filings that named this as prior art.
- not a patentENERGY of the FUTURE - R&Z - Vol 2 No. 3, 1991
- US4340032ASolar heating system
- US6364002B1Heat storage apparatus
- US6371198B1Heat storage device
- US7891187B2Multi-chamber heat accumulator for storing heat energy and for generating electrical energy
- US8141523B2Method and apparatus for controlling an electric motor
- US8360052B2Half parabolic dish reflector with planar reflector solar smelter
- US8378280B2Integrated solar energy receiver-storage unit
- US8720389B2Method and apparatus for controlling an electric motor and an internal combustion engine
- US8739512B2Combined cycle power plant
- US8776785B2Solar half parabolic shell smelter with a heliostat on a turntable
- US8985096B2Heat exchanging structure including solar heat converter
- US9709337B2Arrangement for storing thermal energy
- CN103453673ASolar heat storage device and solar power generation device
- WO2006074637A3Multi-chamber heat accumulator which is used to store thermal energy and to produce electric energy
- US20080016866A1Multi-chamber heat accumulator for storing heat energy and for generating electrical energy
- US20090121495A1Combined cycle power plant
- US20090322089A1Integrated solar energy receiver-storage unit
- US20100051449A1Method and apparatus for controlling an electric motor
- US20100078012A1Half parabolic dish reflector with planar reflector solar smelter
- US20110005515A1Solar half parabolic shell smelter with a heliostat on a turntable
- US20110114082A1Heat exchanging structure of solar heat exchanger
- US20110253128A1Solar heat exchanger
- US20120067551A1Thermal energy storage using supercritical fluids
- US20120132393A1Arrangement and method for storing thermal energy
US4275950 Light Guide Lens
Prior art he cited 5
What the offices put on the record as coming before.
Cited by 34
Later filings that named this as prior art.
- US4379613ASolar energy collector
- US4815816AImage transportation device using incoherent fiber optics bundles and method of using same
- US4943125ASolar collector
- US5604607ALight concentrator system
- ES2094678A2Optical matrix device for the light redistribution and concentration
- US7558452B2Apparatus and method for collecting energy
- US7946286B2Tracking fiber optic wafer concentrator
- US8101855B2Optical concentrator, especially for solar photovoltaics
- US8119905B2Combination non-imaging concentrator
- US8141523B2Method and apparatus for controlling an electric motor
- US8230851B2Tracking fiber optic wafer concentrator
- US8720389B2Method and apparatus for controlling an electric motor and an internal combustion engine
- US11086013B2Micro-optics for imaging module with multiple converging lenses per channel
- US11092744B2Three-dimensional surface display device disposed on a vehicle and vehicle display device having a three-dimensional surface display device
- US11131773B2Lidar unit with an optical link between controller and photosensor layer
- US11150347B2Micro-optics for optical imager with non-uniform filter
- US11175405B2Spinning lidar unit with micro-optics aligned behind stationary window
- US11336224B2Solar receivers and methods for capturing solar energy
- US12613056B2Modular solar energy harvesting and storage systems for power generation
- JP2008541196AEnergy collecting apparatus and method
- WO1982001942A1Lightpipe network with optical devices for distributing electromagnetic radiation
- WO1994006046A1Optical reflector arrays and apparatus using such arrays
- WO2006035698A1Sheet-like concentrator and solar cell sheet employing it
- WO2006125028A3Apparatus and method for collecting energy
- WO2025006489A3Thermal energy storage systems and methods
- US20080223443A1Optical concentrator, especially for solar photovoltaics
- US20090250096A1Solar-To-Electricity Conversion Sub-Module
- US20090250097A1Solar-To-Electricity Conversion System
- US20090250098A1Method for Solar-To-Electricity Conversion
- US20090250099A1Solar-To-Electricity Conversion System Using Cascaded Architecture of Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Devices
- US20100051449A1Method and apparatus for controlling an electric motor
- US20110067687A1Tracking Fiber Optic Wafer Concentrator
- US20110214665A1Tracking Fiber Optic Wafer Concentrator
- US20150063749A1Lens unit and optical communication device
A citation is a claim made on a patent-office record, not an endorsement — most of the filings on the right cite Meyer because an examiner made them. Numbers link to the office’s own record; titles link to what this archive holds.