Inventor · Califon, NJ, US

Thomas M. McDonald

25Patents
9h-index
41Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 3, 1974 → Oct 10, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.