Thomas M. McDonald
25Patents
9h-index
41Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 3, 1974 → Oct 10, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5661623A | Ground fault circuit interrupter plug | Electricity | 157 | Expired |
| US6807035B1 | Fault interrupter using microcontroller for fault sensing and automatic self-testing | Electricity | 133 | Expired |
| US5363269A | GFCI receptacle | Electricity | 126 | Expired |
| US5418678A | Manually set ground fault circuit interrupter | Electricity | 102 | Expired |
| US5894392A | Power distribution unit with individual GFI modules and a line supervisory circuit | Electricity | 41 | Expired |
| US4057491A | Solvent recovery process for N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone in hydrocarbon extraction | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 22 | Expired |
| US3944891A | Circuit for verifying correct connections to a three-wire dual voltage power distribution system and the absence of open circuit conditions therein | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US5640294A | Automated circuit breaker support saddle assembly | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US5270896A | Personnel protection system for electrical power connections | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US5572406A | Electrical receptacle assembly with enhanced heat dissipation arrangement | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US9861953B2 | Alkylamine functionalized metal-organic frameworks for composite gas separations | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Active |
| US6169491A | Multiport power monitor | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US5270897A | Personnel protection system for electrical power connections | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US10722863B2 | Cooperative chemical adsorption of acid gases in functionalized metal-organic frameworks | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US10137430B2 | Alkylamine functionalized metal-organic frameworks for composite gas separations | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US10679787B2 | Hardened inductive device and systems and methods for protecting the inductive device from catastrophic events | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| USRE28996E | Ground leakage differential protective apparatus | General | 1 | Expired |
| US5813868A | Electrical contact spring arm positioning arrangement | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Expired |
| US9987583B2 | Polymers functionalized with brønsted acid groups | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 0 | Active |
| US9965479B2 | Systems and methods for relinking data items | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US12303865B2 | Aqueous manufacture of aminated MOF complexes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US11845058B2 | Cooperative chemical adsorption of acid gases in functionalized metal-organic frameworks | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US10431375B2 | Hardened inductive device and systems and methods for protecting the inductive device from catastrophic events | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US11992805B2 | Humidity as a method for controlling CO2 adsorption with step-shaped adsorbents | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US10832859B2 | Hardened inductive device and systems and methods for protecting the inductive device from catastrophic events | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.