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Stan’s Legacy

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.

64 of his filings
205 citations he made
825 citations of him
435 distinct later records

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.

US4389981 Hydrogen Gas Injector System For Internal Combustion Engine

Prior art he cited 5

What the offices put on the record as coming before.

Cited by 49

Later filings that named this as prior art.

US4421474 Hydrogen Gas Burner

Prior art he cited 2

What the offices put on the record as coming before.

Cited by 0

Later filings that named this as prior art.

None recorded.

US4465455 StartUp ShutDown For A Hydrogen Gas Burner

Prior art he cited 4

What the offices put on the record as coming before.

Cited by 11

Later filings that named this as prior art.

US4613304 Gas Electrical Hydrogen Generator

Prior art he cited 6

What the offices put on the record as coming before.

Cited by 29

Later filings that named this as prior art.

US4613779 Electrical Pulse Generator

Prior art he cited 4

What the offices put on the record as coming before.

Cited by 37

Later filings that named this as prior art.

US4798661 Gas Generator Voltage Control Circuit

Prior art he cited 8

What the offices put on the record as coming before.

Cited by 31

Later filings that named this as prior art.

US4826581 Controlled Process For The Production Of Thermal Energy From Gases And Apparatus Useful Therefore

Prior art he cited 4

What the offices put on the record as coming before.

Cited by 16

Later filings that named this as prior art.

US4936961 Method For The Production Of A Fuel Gas

Prior art he cited 3

What the offices put on the record as coming before.

Cited by 73

Later filings that named this as prior art.

US5293857A Hydrogen Gas Fuel And Management System For An Internal Combustion Engine Utilizing Hydrogen Gas Fuel

Prior art he cited 9

What the offices put on the record as coming before.

Cited by 92

Later filings that named this as prior art.

WO8901464A3 Controlled Process for the Production of Thermal Energy from Gases and Apparatus Useful Therefor

Prior art he cited 4

What the offices put on the record as coming before.

Cited by 0

Later filings that named this as prior art.

None recorded.

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.