Inventor · Seattle, WA, US

Thomas W. Kuehnel

102Patents
16h-index
85Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 15, 1996 → Oct 24, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9105031B2 Authentication mechanisms for wireless networks Electricity 86 Active
US5787077A Dynamic connection mapping in wireless ATM systems Electricity 77 Expired
US7613426B2 Proximity service discovery in wireless networks Electricity 67 Active
US7716379B2 Hardware control interface for IEEE standard 802.11 including transmission control interface component and a transmission status interface component Electricity 44 Active
US5907542A Dynamic assignment of signalling virtual channels for wireless ATM systems Electricity 36 Expired
US7577125B2 Direct wireless client to client communication Electricity 31 Expired
US7735145B2 Portable secure media with timed erasure Physics 29 Active
US8934389B2 Mechanism for connecting a mobile device to a network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US8165044B2 Maintaining multiple, simultaneous wireless network connections using a single radio Electricity 28 Active
US9445305B2 Low energy beacon encoding Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US7600113B2 Secure network channel Electricity 23 Expired
US8478300B2 Proximity service discovery in wireless networks Electricity 21 Active
US10321515B2 Base station initiated proximity service discovery and connection establishment Electricity 20 Active
US8374130B2 Orthogonal frequency division multiple access with carrier sense Electricity 19 Active
US7814538B2 Two-way authentication using a combined code Electricity 19 Active
US8265052B2 Direct wireless client to client communication Electricity 18 Active
US8189621B2 Stack signaling to application with lack of requested bandwidth Electricity 16 Active
US8559350B2 Mechanism to convey discovery information in a wireless network Electricity 16 Active
US7634016B2 Variable OFDM subchannel coding and modulation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US7974574B2 Base station initiated proximity service discovery and connection establishment Electricity 16 Active
US8665847B2 Service-assisted network access point selection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US7180908B2 Switch with tandem ports and outlet assembly Electricity 14 Expired
US7039712B2 Network connection setup procedure for traffic admission control and implicit network bandwidth reservation Electricity 13 Expired
US7552349B2 User configurable power conservation through LCD display screen reduction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US7920823B2 System capability discovery for software defined radio Electricity 11 Active

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