James W. Thomas
35Patents
12h-index
24Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 6, 1978 → Jun 18, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7633033B2 | Color sensing for laser decoating | Performing Operations; Transporting | 89 | Active |
| US6351908B1 | Automated deer scarecrow | Human Necessities | 69 | Expired |
| US6288362A | Method and apparatus for treating surfaces and ablating surface material | Performing Operations; Transporting | 52 | Expired |
| US7009141B1 | Rotary scanning laser head with coaxial refractive optics | Performing Operations; Transporting | 29 | Expired |
| US6437285B1 | Method and apparatus for treating interior cylindrical surfaces and ablating surface material thereon | Performing Operations; Transporting | 29 | Expired |
| US8536483B2 | Methods for stripping and modifying surfaces with laser-induced ablation | Physics | 18 | Active |
| US6665618B1 | Seismic survey design technique | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5700401A | Liquid auto-level apparatus and method | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 16 | Expired |
| US7800014B2 | Color sensing for laser decoating | Performing Operations; Transporting | 15 | Active |
| US8030594B2 | Color sensing for laser decoating | Performing Operations; Transporting | 15 | Active |
| US6330512A | Hybrid gather ground-roll suppression | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US4175635A | Anti-theft device for internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| USD365848S | Electronic calendar | General | 12 | Expired |
| US10112257B1 | Coating ablating apparatus with coating removal detection | Performing Operations; Transporting | 11 | Active |
| US6430510B1 | Application of hybrid gathers for rapid determination of seismic acquisition parameters | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US6595357B2 | Golf club organizing assembly having compartment-forming dividers of different colors | Human Necessities | 9 | Expired |
| US6026058A | Method for sorting seismic data | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US9481052B2 | Methods for stripping and modifying surfaces with laser-induced ablation | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US4260952A | Circuit for decoding a diphase signal | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US9895771B2 | Laser ablation for the environmentally beneficial removal of surface coatings | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Active |
| US9370842B2 | Methods for stripping and modifying surfaces with laser-induced ablation | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US8610025B2 | Color sensing for laser decoating | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Active |
| US8269135B2 | Color sensing for laser decoating | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Active |
| US9375807B2 | Color sensing for laser decoating | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Active |
| US6835867B1 | Allelic series of genomic modifications in cells | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.