Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Christopher K. Thomas

27Patents
7h-index
61Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 25, 2000 → Jul 12, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
USD690704S1 Protective case for a tablet computing device General 161 Active
US7246090B1 Method for detecting aberrant behavior of a financial instrument Physics 66 Expired
US8185759B1 Methods and systems for interfacing bus powered devices with host devices providing limited power levels Physics 27 Active
US8935125B1 Internal cable calibration and compensation Electricity 19 Active
US7916908B1 Fingerprint sensor and method of transmitting a sensor image to reduce data size and data rate Physics 15 Active
US8351559B1 Sample time correction for multiphase clocks Electricity 11 Active
US8516290B1 Clocking scheme for bridge system Physics 9 Active
US8294501B1 Multiphase clock generation and calibration Electricity 7 Active
US8775856B1 System and method for generating clock signal for a plurality of communication ports by selectively dividing a reference clock signal with a plurality of ratios Physics 6 Active
US8631177B1 Multi-port device with controller for storage media device port Physics 4 Active
US10444976B2 Drag and drop for touchscreen devices Physics 2 Active
US8666006B1 Systems and methods for high speed data recovery with free running sampling clock Electricity 2 Active
US10642335B2 Attention detection service Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8386580B1 Shared buffer for data communications routed through hub Physics 1 Active
US11106265B2 Attention detection service Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10409477B2 Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for touch input processing Physics 1 Active
US7978884B1 Fingerprint sensor and interface Physics 1 Active
US10884604B2 Drag and drop for touchscreen devices Physics 0 Active
US8730991B1 Device identification using frequency modulated signal bursts Physics 0 Active
US12299620B2 Method and system for assessment of environmental and/or social risks Physics 0 Active
US10860200B2 Drag and drop for touchscreen devices Physics 0 Active
US10705713B2 Drag and drop for touchscreen devices Physics 0 Active
US11269508B2 Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for touch input processing Physics 0 Active
US11675412B2 Attention detection service Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11747975B2 Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for touch input processing Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.