Nils I. Thomas
25Patents
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32Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 18, 1988 → Mar 3, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5137598A | Thin film phosphor screen structure | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US5097175A | Thin film phosphor screen structure | Electricity | 23 | Expired |
| US4989960A | Reducing stray light in lensed optical systems | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US7199345B1 | Low profile wire bond for an electron sensing device in an image intensifier tube | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US5994824A | Light weight/small image intensifier tube | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US6040657A | Thin faceplate image intensifier tube having an improved vacuum housing | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US7015452B2 | Intensified hybrid solid-state sensor | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US5360630A | Thin film intagliated phosphor screen structure | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US5349177A | Image intensifier tube having a solid state electron amplifier | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US6374525B1 | Firearm having an electrically switched ignition system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 9 | Expired |
| US5078773A | Reducing stray light in lensed optical systems | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US5852291A | Low profile night vision goggle having a fiber optic element | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US4961025A | Cathode for image intensifier tube having reduced veiling glare | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US7482571B2 | Low cost planar image intensifier tube structure | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US6667472B2 | Night vision device with antireflection coating on cathode window | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US5234484A | Method for annealing phosphors applied to surfaces having melting points below the annealing temperature of the phosphor | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 3 | Expired |
| US8120845B2 | Collimated intensified vision system and method of collimating | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US10582133B1 | Optical assembly for superimposing images from two or more sources | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US7429724B1 | Low profile wire bond for an electron sensing device in an image intensifier tube | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US8735817B2 | Clip-on target designation sensor to night vision goggles | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US12105274B2 | Night vision eyepiece | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US8071932B2 | Apparatus and method for sealing an image intensifier device | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US6751384B2 | Method and apparatus for laser protection of photosensitive material | Physics | 0 | Expired |
| US11668923B2 | Systems and method for improved night vision | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US11032485B2 | Optical assembly for superimposing images from two or more sources | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.