Inventor · Barrington, IL, US

Thomas Starr

51Patents
12h-index
25Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 26, 1979 → Apr 11, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7318180B2 Method and system for adaptive interleaving Electricity 45 Expired
US6067646A Method and system for adaptive interleaving Electricity 44 Expired
US4468612A Arrangement for indicating when different types of electrical components are interconnected Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US4751697A Distributed packet switching sytem Electricity 35 Expired
US4514845A Method and apparatus for bus fault location Physics 32 Expired
US4542380A Method and apparatus for graceful preemption on a digital communications link Electricity 31 Expired
US6546509B2 Method and system for adaptive interleaving Electricity 27 Expired
US4350267A Portable modular beverage dispenser Performing Operations; Transporting 24 Expired
US4642630A Method and apparatus for bus contention resolution Electricity 22 Expired
US6272652A Method and system for adaptive interleaving Electricity 22 Expired
US6324167A Method and system for conveying multiple calls on a single telephone line Electricity 14 Expired
US6307899A Method and system for optimizing coding gain Electricity 14 Expired
US6687261B1 Multiple channel system for a twisted pair telephone wire local loop system Electricity 12 Expired
US7003078B2 Method and apparatus for telephone line testing Electricity 11 Expired
US4318491A Toroidal pressure vessel Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US6470059B2 Automatic filter for asymmetric digital subscriber line system Electricity 10 Expired
US7200794B2 Method and system for adaptive interleaving Electricity 9 Expired
US9356654B2 Method and apparatus for reducing noise in a communication system Electricity 7 Active
US6625262B2 Multi-pair broadband transmission system Electricity 6 Expired
US7398436B2 Method and system for adaptive interleaving Electricity 5 Active
US6888900B2 Method and system for optimizing coding gain Electricity 5 Expired
US7398435B2 Method and system for adaptive interleaving Electricity 4 Expired
US8675469B2 Monitoring non-managed wire pairs to improve dynamic spectrum management performance Electricity 3 Active
US8730785B2 Method and apparatus for reducing noise in a communication system Electricity 3 Active
US7336770B2 Method and apparatus for telephone line testing Electricity 3 Expired

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