Thomas W. Palone
52Patents
11h-index
35Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 11, 1988 → Feb 17, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6443389B1 | Self threading air bar | Performing Operations; Transporting | 63 | Expired |
| US5209387A | Gas film conveyor for elongated strips of web material | Physics | 50 | Expired |
| US5947539A | Apparatus and method having short linear motion for grasping objects | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Expired |
| US6116409A | Conveyor for uniformly distributing parts | Performing Operations; Transporting | 20 | Expired |
| US5461450A | Apparatus and method for transporting and perforating enlongated strips of material | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US6046462A | Method and apparatus for determining orientation of parts resting on a flat surface | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US7393257B2 | Sealing of organic thin-film light-emitting devices | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US5884951A | Apparatus and method having short stroke arcuate motion for grasping objects | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US7165340B2 | Feeding organic material to a heated surface | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US4889269A | Web center-guiding apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Expired |
| US7625601B2 | Controllably feeding organic material in making OLEDs | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US5426535A | Apparatus for removing air from between a master magnetic medium and a slave magnetic medium preceding anhysteretic transfer of signals from master to slave | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5679207A | Non-alternating lap splicing device | Performing Operations; Transporting | 11 | Expired |
| US6116670A | Rotating jaw robotic gripper | Performing Operations; Transporting | 10 | Expired |
| US6257395A | Apparatus to uniformly distribute bulk conveyed parts for inspection by a camera | Performing Operations; Transporting | 9 | Expired |
| US6729927B2 | Method and apparatus for making a shadow mask array | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Expired |
| US5448419A | Apparatus and method for anhysteretically recording from master drum to slave web | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US7973473B2 | Flat panel OLED device having deformable substrate | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US4892243A | Air-bearing center-guiding apparatus and method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 6 | Expired |
| US4914390A | Transducer for determining the instantaneous relative angular positions between two members | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US7625602B2 | Controllably feeding powdered or granular material | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 5 | Active |
| US5803392A | Vacuum box and method of operation for non-contact web transport therein | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Expired |
| US4942343A | Torque measuring and transmitting system for a web spooling mechanism | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US5234762A | Compliant support with mutually adhered web for transfer of information | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| US9193199B2 | PDMS imprinting stamp with embedded flexure | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.