Steve Thomas
31Patents
10h-index
69Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 3, 1994 → May 5, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7051273B1 | Customizing forms in an electronic mail system utilizing custom field behaviors and user defined operations | Physics | 152 | Expired |
| US7418596B1 | Secure, efficient, and mutually authenticated cryptographic key distribution | Electricity | 99 | Expired |
| US5557723A | Method and system for customizing forms in an electronic mail system | Physics | 89 | Expired |
| USD901003S1 | Direct nasal mask assembly | General | 36 | Active |
| US7451362B2 | Method and system for onboard bit error rate (BER) estimation in a port bypass controller | Electricity | 36 | Expired |
| USD851749S1 | Seal for a direct nasal mask assembly | General | 31 | Active |
| US7533131B2 | System and method for pestware detection and removal | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US7480683B2 | System and method for heuristic analysis to identify pestware | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US7480655B2 | System and method for protecting files on a computer from access by unauthorized applications | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US6889934B1 | Systems and methods for guiding munitions | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| USD989288S1 | Frame and yoke assembly for a direct nasal mask assembly | General | 10 | Active |
| USD955558S1 | Headgear assembly for a direct nasal mask assembly | General | 8 | Active |
| USD875241S1 | Combined rear and upper strap for a headgear | General | 7 | Active |
| US7391788B2 | Method and system for a three conductor transceiver bus | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US11253668B2 | Strap assembly, strap connector, headgear, headgear assembly, method of forming headgear, tubular connector, patient interface and method of joining straps | Human Necessities | 5 | Active |
| USD989289S1 | Direct nasal mask assembly | General | 5 | Active |
| US9495065B2 | Cursor assist mode | Physics | 5 | Active |
| USD990661S1 | Nasal mask | General | 5 | Active |
| US11850365B2 | Strap assembly, strap connector, headgear, headgear assembly, method of forming headgear, tubular connector, patient interface and method of joining straps | Human Necessities | 4 | Active |
| US7765343B2 | Method and system for robust elastic FIFO (EFIFO) in a port bypass controller | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| USD955553S1 | Headgear and yoke assembly | General | 3 | Active |
| US6844764B2 | System and method for generating two effective frequencies using a single clock | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| USD1024313S1 | Frame for a direct nasal mask assembly | General | 3 | Active |
| US9298079B2 | Sonar preview mode | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7827666B2 | Assembly, method and system for aligning a driver to a pump | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.