William Thornton
19Patents
10h-index
9Co-inventors
65Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 29, 1980 → Sep 10, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5242339A | Apparatus and method for measuring subject work rate on an exercise device | Human Necessities | 247 | Expired |
| US5125412A | Musculoskeletal activity monitor | Human Necessities | 169 | Expired |
| US4375674A | Kinesimetric method and apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 167 | Expired |
| US5263491A | Ambulatory metabolic monitor | Human Necessities | 130 | Expired |
| US4830021A | Monitoring system for locomotor activity | Human Necessities | 117 | Expired |
| US5036856A | Cardiovascular monitoring system | Human Necessities | 65 | Expired |
| US4421109A | Method and apparatus for simulating gravitational forces on a living organism | Human Necessities | 46 | Expired |
| US4993421A | Cardiac monitoring system | Human Necessities | 23 | Expired |
| US5080105A | Cardiovascular monitoring system | Human Necessities | 22 | Expired |
| US7510398B1 | Apparatus for simulating a pulse and heart beat and methods for using same to train medical professionals | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5005457A | Method and apparatus for waste collection and storage | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US4870709A | Apparatus for waste collection and storage | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US4345247A | Display system for steady state waves | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US10375862B2 | Data centre cooling system | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US4942632A | Method for waste collection and storage | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Expired |
| US11419245B2 | Data centre | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
| US10772240B2 | Data centre cooling system | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US11497133B2 | Method of making a data centre | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
| US11369035B2 | Data centre | Fixed Constructions | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.