David Thompson
42Patents
18h-index
39Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 10, 1989 → Nov 11, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6488673B1 | Method of increasing gas exchange of a lung | Human Necessities | 438 | Expired |
| US6692494B1 | Methods and devices for creating collateral channels in the lungs | Human Necessities | 282 | Expired |
| US6749606B2 | Devices for creating collateral channels | Human Necessities | 276 | Expired |
| US7556624B2 | Method of increasing gas exchange of a lung | Human Necessities | 262 | Expired |
| US7022088B2 | Devices for applying energy to tissue | Human Necessities | 230 | Expired |
| US6156049A | Method and apparatus for transurethral resection of the prostate | Human Necessities | 220 | Expired |
| US6024751A | Method and apparatus for transurethral resection of the prostate | Human Necessities | 187 | Expired |
| US8213336B2 | Distributed data center access switch | Electricity | 120 | Active |
| US7422563B2 | Multifunctional tip catheter for applying energy to tissue and detecting the presence of blood flow | Human Necessities | 86 | Expired |
| US6895461B1 | Method and apparatus for accessing remote storage using SCSI and an IP network | Electricity | 74 | Expired |
| US7393330B2 | Electrosurgical device having hollow tissue cutting member and transducer assembly | Human Necessities | 64 | Expired |
| US8639783B1 | Policy based configuration of interfaces in a virtual machine environment | Electricity | 43 | Active |
| US7188194B1 | Session-based target/LUN mapping for a storage area network and associated method | Electricity | 42 | Expired |
| US7165258B1 | SCSI-based storage area network having a SCSI router that routes traffic between SCSI and IP networks | Electricity | 41 | Expired |
| US7281062B1 | Virtual SCSI bus for SCSI-based storage area network | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US8156230B2 | Offload stack for network, block and file input and output | Physics | 23 | Active |
| US7086983B2 | Differential with pinion bearings supported on input yoke | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US6540634B2 | Wheel differential shift mechanism | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 21 | Expired |
| US6719661B2 | Differential with pinion bearings supported on input yoke | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 18 | Expired |
| US8127412B2 | Network context triggers for activating virtualized computer applications | Electricity | 15 | Active |
| US7437477B2 | SCSI-based storage area network having a SCSI router that routes traffic between SCSI and IP networks | Electricity | 14 | Active |
| US10083062B2 | Data suppression for faster migration | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US7451208B1 | Systems and methods for network address failover | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US4932923A | Sealed bearing arrangement for universal joint | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Expired |
| US7831736B1 | System and method for supporting VLANs in an iSCSI | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.