Inventor · Corvallis, OR, US

David R. Thomas

39Patents
16h-index
50Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 29, 1981 → Sep 24, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6003977A Bubble valving for ink-jet printheads Performing Operations; Transporting 116 Expired
US6697642B1 Wireless communications apparatus Electricity 105 Expired
US6498939B1 Wireless network Electricity 100 Expired
US7027659B1 Method and apparatus for generating video images Electricity 96 Expired
US6781623B1 Vertical compensation in a moving camera Electricity 67 Expired
US7065498B1 Supply of digital audio and video products Physics 64 Expired
US6126276A Fluid jet printhead with integrated heat-sink Performing Operations; Transporting 63 Expired
US5883650A Thin-film printhead device for an ink-jet printer Performing Operations; Transporting 60 Expired
US6305790A Fully integrated thermal inkjet printhead having multiple ink feed holes per nozzle Performing Operations; Transporting 31 Expired
US6309054A Pillars in a printhead Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6403995B2 Semiconductor digital loudspeaker array Electricity 23 Expired
US4902957A DC/DC converter Electricity 20 Expired
US6543884B1 Fully integrated thermal inkjet printhead having etched back PSG layer Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US6153114A Thin-film printhead device for an ink-jet printer Performing Operations; Transporting 19 Expired
US6336714B1 Fully integrated thermal inkjet printhead having thin film layer shelf Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Expired
US6614466B2 Telescopic reconstruction of facial features from a speech pattern Physics 16 Expired
US6660175B2 Method of forming pillars in a fully integrated thermal inkjet printhead Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US4603399A Data processing apparatus for address substitution Physics 12 Expired
US6641744B1 Method of forming pillars in a fully integrated thermal inkjet printhead Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6905619B2 Method of forming pillars in a fully integrated thermal inkjet printhead Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US5376830A High frequency slope compensation circuit for current programmed converter Electricity 9 Expired
US6239820A Thin-film printhead device for an ink-jet printer Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US6918657B2 Fully integrated thermal inkjet printhead having etched back PSG layer Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US8175375B2 Method of compression of video telephony images Electricity 7 Active
US6517735B2 Ink feed trench etch technique for a fully integrated thermal inkjet printhead Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired

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