Thomas Hofmann
80Patents
19h-index
147Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 29, 1995 → Sep 8, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6687696B2 | System and method for personalized search, information filtering, and for generating recommendations utilizing statistical latent class models | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 344 | Expired |
| US7328216B2 | System and method for personalized search, information filtering, and for generating recommendations utilizing statistical latent class models | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 201 | Expired |
| US6128323A | Reliable modular production quality narrow-band high REP rate excimer laser | Electricity | 171 | Expired |
| US6018537A | Reliable, modular, production quality narrow-band high rep rate F.sub.2 laser | Electricity | 161 | Expired |
| US9881077B1 | Relevance determination and summary generation for news objects | Physics | 98 | Active |
| US5982800A | Narrow band excimer laser | Electricity | 87 | Expired |
| US6014398A | Narrow band excimer laser with gas additive | Electricity | 70 | Expired |
| US7657522B1 | System and method for providing information navigation and filtration | Physics | 69 | Active |
| US6381257B1 | Very narrow band injection seeded F2 lithography laser | Electricity | 59 | Expired |
| US7529765B2 | Methods, apparatus, and program products for performing incremental probabilistic latent semantic analysis | Physics | 55 | Expired |
| US6188710A | Narrow band gas discharge laser with gas additive | Electricity | 48 | Expired |
| US6782031B1 | Long-pulse pulse power system for gas discharge laser | Electricity | 41 | Expired |
| US5711882A | Gas separation membrane module and process | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 39 | Expired |
| US7747631B1 | System and method for establishing relevance of objects in an enterprise system | Physics | 30 | Active |
| USD737771S1 | Electrical connector | General | 24 | Active |
| USRE38054E1 | Reliable, modular, production quality narrow-band high rep rate F2 laser | General | 22 | Expired |
| US6914919B2 | Six to ten KHz, or greater gas discharge laser system | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US7128944B2 | Method for making thermally tempered glass comprising a non-abrasive, porous, SiO2 antireflection layer | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 20 | Expired |
| US7241505B2 | Hybrid sol for the production of abrasion-resistant SiO2 antireflection coatings | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US7006796B1 | Optimized communication system for radio-assisted traffic services | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Expired |
| US6692564B2 | Preparation of concrete accelerator | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 18 | Expired |
| US7415056B2 | Confocal pulse stretcher | Electricity | 18 | Active |
| US5611841A | Vapor recovery process using baffled membrane module | Performing Operations; Transporting | 18 | Expired |
| US7575809B2 | Glass having a porous anti-reflection surface coating and method for producing such glass | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US8024333B1 | System and method for providing information navigation and filtration | Physics | 17 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.