Inventor · Ennetbaden, CH

Timothy Griffin

41Patents
12h-index
36Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 30, 1995 → Nov 13, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6945052B2 Methods and apparatus for starting up emission-free gas-turbine power stations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 131 Expired
US7503178B2 Thermal power plant with sequential combustion and reduced-CO2 emission, and a method for operating a plant of this type Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 128 Active
US7363764B2 Gas turbine power plant and method of operating the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 110 Active
US7305831B2 Gas turbine having exhaust recirculation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US8117825B2 Gas turbine installation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 76 Active
US5729967A Method of operating a gas turbine on reformed fuel Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 48 Expired
US6276045A Method and apparatus for making structured packing element Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US5569020A Method and device for operating a premixing burner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 26 Expired
US5937632A Method for operating a gas turbine group with catalytic gas generator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 25 Expired
US6609905B2 Catalytic burner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 23 Expired
US6625988B2 Premix burner arrangement with catalytic combustion and method for its operation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 19 Expired
US7013648B2 Premix burner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Expired
US6357217B1 Endothermic cooling of guide vanes and/or moving blades in a gas turbine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US7871262B2 Method and device for burning hydrogen in a premix burner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Active
US6834504B2 Premix burner with high flame stability having a net-like structure within the mixing section Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US6679061B2 Premix burner arrangement for operating a combustion chamber Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US6277340A Structured packing and element therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US7003957B2 Burner for synthesis gas Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Expired
US5885068A Combustion chamber Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Expired
US6663379B2 Catalyzer Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Expired
US7421844B2 Method for the combustion of a fuel-oxidizer mixture Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Active
US6638055B2 Device for burning a gaseous fuel/oxidant mixture Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Expired
US5782627A Premix burner and method of operating the burner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Expired
US6497098B2 Method and device for generating hot combustion waste gases Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7610761B2 Method and device for the combustion of hydrogen in a premix burner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Active

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