Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Thomas Dowdy

41Patents
13h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 8, 1994 → May 20, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5955039A Coal gasification and hydrogen production system and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 298 Expired
US7581186B2 Media manager with integrated browsers Physics 214 Active
US5413879A Integrated gas turbine solid oxide fuel cell system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US7478323B2 Automated creation of media asset illustration collage Physics 55 Active
US7433546B2 Image scaling arrangement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Active
US8296656B2 Media manager with integrated browsers Physics 33 Active
US7797242B2 Method and system for network-based purchase and distribution of media Physics 29 Active
US5761896A High efficiency method to burn oxygen and hydrogen in a combined cycle power plant Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US5636510A Gas turbine topping combustor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US7686215B2 Techniques and systems for supporting podcasting Electricity 19 Active
US8306918B2 Use of media storage structure with multiple pieces of content in a content-distribution system Physics 16 Expired
US5790137A System and method for using a frame buffer in cached mode to increase bus utilization during graphics operations Physics 14 Expired
US8020762B2 Techniques and systems for supporting podcasting Electricity 13 Active
US7895661B2 Method and system for secure network-based distribution of content Physics 12 Active
US8245924B2 Techniques and systems for supporting podcasting Electricity 11 Active
US5909223A Text face scaler Physics 8 Expired
US7565036B2 Image scaling arrangement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8646687B2 Techniques and systems for supporting podcasting Electricity 6 Active
US5920880A Method and system for a dynamic rendering protocol Physics 6 Expired
US5706645A Removal of oxides of nitrogen from gases in multi-stage coal combustion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US5555723A Ducting for an external gas turbine topping combustor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7487346B2 Techniques and graphical user interfaces for categorical shuffle Physics 3 Active
US5727190A Method and system for the acceleration of graphics images in a multiprocessor or preemptive processing computer system Physics 3 Expired
US9104289B2 Techniques and systems for supporting podcasting Electricity 3 Active
US8099591B2 Techniques and graphical user interfaces for categorical shuffle Physics 2 Active

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