Thomas E. Jones
20Patents
10h-index
19Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 17, 1974 → Jan 30, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5879387A | Prosthetic bearing element and method of manufacture | Human Necessities | 79 | Expired |
| US4374186A | Polymer packaged cell in a sack | Electricity | 58 | Expired |
| US4073302A | Cleaning apparatus for sewer pipes and the like | Performing Operations; Transporting | 43 | Expired |
| US5778855A | Combustion stability control for lean burn engines | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 23 | Expired |
| US5483818A | Method and apparatus for detecting ionic current in the ignition system of an internal combustion engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 22 | Expired |
| US5426408A | Ceramic superconducting magnet using stacked modules | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US4643268A | Air lifted and propelled vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 14 | Expired |
| US4518632A | Metallized synthetic cable | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US5223798A | Method for measuring the resistive transition and critical current in superconductors using pulsed current | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| USD431330S | Bird feeder | General | 11 | Expired |
| US5339025A | Method for determining the granular nature of superconductors using pulsed current | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| USD422122S | Bird feeder | General | 9 | Expired |
| USD420177S | Bird feeder stand | General | 8 | Expired |
| US4365649A | Sewer pipe plug | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 8 | Expired |
| US5329097A | Compact substrate heater for use in an oxidizing atmosphere | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US3942543A | Change mechanism for a gasoline dispense or the like | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US10725926B2 | Managing a list of items stored in a cache | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US10789048B2 | Namespace and class utilities for managed packages | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US11085643B2 | Air swirler arrangement for a fuel injector of a combustion chamber | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 3 | Active |
| US11232166B2 | Networked page access and addressing based on partial categorization indexing | Physics | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.