Inventor · Houston, TX, US

Thomas G. Miller

35Patents
16h-index
45Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 7, 1976 → Apr 4, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5344436A Localized heat transfer device Human Necessities 208 Expired
US5411065A Liquid specimen transfer apparatus and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Expired
US5606167A Contraband detection apparatus and method Physics 103 Expired
US5410156A High energy x-y neutron detector and radiographic/tomographic device Physics 86 Expired
US5594247A Apparatus and method for depositing charge on a semiconductor wafer Electricity 82 Expired
US5549141A Liquid container sample transfer method and apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US5880469A Method and apparatus for a directional neutron detector which discriminates neutrons from gamma rays Physics 54 Expired
US5785044A Fluid sample receptacle Human Necessities 48 Expired
US6734696B2 Non-contact hysteresis measurements of insulating films Physics 48 Expired
US7012438B1 Methods and systems for determining a property of an insulating film Electricity 41 Expired
US8823928B2 Light output calibration in an optoacoustic system Physics 23 Active
US9163980B2 Light output calibration in an optoacoustic system Human Necessities 20 Active
US7248062B1 Contactless charge measurement of product wafers and control of corona generation and deposition Electricity 20 Expired
USRE36201E High energy x-y neutron detector and radiographic/tomographic device General 19 Expired
US5155366A Method and apparatus for detecting and discriminating between particles and rays Physics 18 Expired
US6759255B2 Method and system for detecting metal contamination on a semiconductor wafer Electricity 16 Expired
US4325252A Power measuring device for pulsed lasers Physics 13 Expired
US7075318B1 Methods for imperfect insulating film electrical thickness/capacitance measurement Physics 10 Expired
US7064565B1 Methods and systems for determining an electrical property of an insulating film Physics 9 Expired
US4145994A Directional and limiting gate Human Necessities 7 Expired
US7358748B1 Methods and systems for determining a property of an insulating film Electricity 7 Expired
US4398294A High power nuclear photon pumped laser Electricity 6 Expired
US4167666A Multi-grating attenuator for high power pulsed laser beams Physics 5 Expired
US7719294B1 Systems configured to perform a non-contact method for determining a property of a specimen Electricity 5 Active
US4019464A Animal size sorting and control gate Human Necessities 4 Expired

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