Thomas Brown
19Patents
9h-index
28Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 3, 1978 → Aug 24, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.