Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Thomas S. Lee

20Patents
14h-index
26Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 2, 1988 → Feb 23, 2005

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5737500A Mobile dexterous siren degree of freedom robot arm with real-time control system Physics 350 Expired
US6260407A High-temperature characterization of polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 176 Expired
US5802524A Method and product for integrating an object-based search engine with a parametrically archived database Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 161 Expired
US6406632B1 Rapid characterization of polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 114 Expired
US5940594A Distributed storage management system having a cache server and method therefor Physics 112 Expired
US6475391B2 Rapid characterization of polymers for combinatorial, analytical and process control applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 99 Expired
US6265226A Automated sampling methods for rapid characterization of polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 87 Expired
US5896506A Distributed storage management system having a cache server and method therefor Physics 53 Expired
USD316389S Bottle for attachment to a bicycle General 27 Expired
US6976383B2 Apparatus for high temperature withdrawal or dispensing of fluids Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6577392B1 Characterization of non-biological polymers using flow-injection analysis with light-scattering detection Physics 21 Expired
US6381629B1 Technique for creating a unique item identification number in a multi-threaded/multi-process environment Physics 18 Expired
US6886016B2 Method and system for supporting multivalue attributes in a database system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US7409401B2 Method and system for supporting multivalue attributes in a database system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US6492184B1 Automated sampling methods with integral serial sample preparation for rapid characterization of polymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US8010887B2 Implementing versioning support for data using a two-table approach that maximizes database efficiency Physics 10 Active
US6584832B2 High-temperature characterization of polymer libraries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7113947B2 Data processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6778978B1 Determining a workbasket identification for an item in a data store Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US6871203B1 Data processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired

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