Inventor · Cedar Rapids, IA, US

John Thommana

44Patents
5h-index
41Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 30, 2004 → Apr 4, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7532723B2 Tokens/keys for wireless communications Electricity 20 Expired
US9282500B1 Ad hoc high frequency with advanced automatic link establishment system and related method Electricity 12 Active
US7376411B2 Method and system for routing calls as determined by a call cost database of a wireless transmit/receive unit Electricity 5 Expired
US7574220B2 Method and apparatus for alerting a target that it is subject to sensing and restricting access to sensed content associated with the target Electricity 5 Active
US9887768B1 Tactical spectrum harvesting Electricity 5 Active
US7948375B2 Method and apparatus for detecting portable electronic device functionality Electricity 5 Active
US10116382B1 Ad hoc high frequency network Electricity 4 Active
US9967206B1 Distributed spectrum harvesting systems and methods Electricity 4 Active
US7962089B1 Method and system of supporting policy based operations for narrowband tactical radios Electricity 3 Active
US8086234B2 Broadcast handoff between communication networks Electricity 3 Active
US10951306B1 System for data link networking based on machine learning Electricity 2 Active
US8900703B1 Nanotechnology for protection of proprietary hardware and software Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8938202B1 System and method for reducing operational power and weight of an unmanned aerial device's payload Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7969374B1 Multipath manipulator Electricity 2 Active
US11050443B1 Beyond line of sight waveform and line of sight waveform software-defined radio Electricity 2 Active
US7940831B1 Direct sequence spread spectrum system and method thereof Electricity 1 Active
US11451291B2 Satellite networked high frequency terminal to terminal communications Electricity 1 Active
US9948383B1 Network synchronization system and method Electricity 1 Active
US11367499B2 Mitigating single-event upsets using containerization Physics 1 Active
US9942817B1 Mobile user system beam and satellite handoff Electricity 1 Active
US8099286B1 System and method for providing situational awareness enhancement for low bit rate vocoders Physics 1 Active
US9042359B1 Cognitive spectrum violation detection Electricity 1 Active
US11490452B2 Ad-hoc HF time frequency diversity Electricity 1 Active
US11677436B1 Antenna optimization for SATCOM waveforms Electricity 0 Active
US12120651B2 Infrastructureless 5G Electricity 0 Active

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