Inventor · Fort Worth, TX, US

James S. Thomas

58Patents
21h-index
42Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: May 1, 1979 → Aug 24, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8257191B2 Golf clubs and golf club heads having digital lie and/or other angle measuring equipment Human Necessities 101 Active
US8690704B2 Golf club assembly and golf club with aerodynamic features Human Necessities 86 Active
US8845454B2 Golf club or other ball striking device having stiffened face portion Human Necessities 83 Active
US7722475B2 Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Active
US8475292B2 Wood-type golf clubs with tubing and weights Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Active
US7704156B2 Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Active
US8827836B2 Golf club head or other ball striking device having custom machinable portions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Active
US8834293B2 Golf clubs and golf club heads including structure to selectively control the sound of the club head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Active
US7883430B2 Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Active
US7722474B2 Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Active
US8083608B2 Orientation marker for golf club having releasable and interchangeable head and shaft connections Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Active
US8075417B2 Orientation marker for golf club having releasable and interchangeable head and shaft connections Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Active
US7963855B2 Releasable connections for golf club heads and shafts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Active
US7955182B2 Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Active
US8523702B2 Golf clubs and golf club heads including structure to selectively control the sound of the club head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Active
US9440126B2 Golf club and golf club head structures Human Necessities 35 Active
US7955185B2 Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Active
US7850540B2 Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Active
US4296338A Power on and low voltage reset circuit Electricity 23 Expired
US8079128B2 Method for assembling releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Active
US4334268A Microcomputer with branch on bit set/clear instructions Physics 21 Expired
US4301380A Voltage detector Physics 21 Expired
USD466575S1 Golf club shaft General 19 Expired
US8277333B2 Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US5390317A Technique to support progressively programmable nonvolatile memory Physics 19 Expired

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