Inventor · Berkeley, CA, US

Thomas Brown

19Patents
9h-index
28Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 3, 1978 → Aug 24, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5014206A Tracking system Performing Operations; Transporting 566 Expired
US4688026A Method of collecting and using data associated with tagged objects Physics 495 Expired
US5625729A Optoelectronic device for coupling between an external optical wave and a local optical wave for optical modulators and detectors Physics 148 Expired
US5917195A Phonon resonator and method for its production Electricity 71 Expired
US8671577B2 Razor with independent suspension Performing Operations; Transporting 30 Active
US5345624A Adjustable shower curtain positioning arm Human Necessities 19 Expired
US7414786B2 System and method converting the polarization state of an optical beam into an inhomogeneously polarized state Physics 17 Expired
US7151632B2 Apparatus for production of an inhomogeneously polarized optical beam for use in illumination and a method thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US7526158B2 System and method for high resolution optical imaging, data storage, lithography, and inspection Physics 9 Expired
US5520584A Bicycle chain cover Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US7022392B2 In-situ polymerized matrix for isomerized optical recording article Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US5048443A Sail handling system Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US4177558A Internal cutter for trimming plastic pipe Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US4186894A Vehicle and process for retrieving flexible pipe Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US8014069B2 Polarization converter, optical system, method and applications Physics 4 Active
US9793178B2 Focused beam scatterometry apparatus and method Physics 3 Active
US8718411B2 Tunable optical supercontinuum enhancement Physics 2 Active
US4827318A Silicon based light emitting devices Electricity 2 Expired
US8455298B2 Method for forming self-aligned phase-change semiconductor diode memory Electricity 1 Active

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