Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Thomas Hofmann

80Patents
19h-index
147Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 29, 1995 → Sep 8, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.