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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Thomas Liu — 13 Patents

ACAcuson: 5 patents #56 of 252Top 25%
HIHalo Microelectronics International: 4 patents #5 of 20Top 25%
American Telephone And Telegraph: 2 patents #45 of 699Top 7%
ATAT&T: 2 patents #7,295 of 18,772Top 40%
BCBehavior Tech Computer: 1 patents #31 of 96Top 35%
Planada, CA: #8 of 26 inventorsTop 35%
California: #47,433 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Thomas Liu has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Acuson. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in December 2025. Thomas Liu ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Thomas Liu in Planada, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1987.peak 21987: 2 patents19871997: 1 patents19971999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents20012002: 2 patents20022022: 2 patents20222023: 1 patents20232025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12511658 System and method for document management and collaboration Danial Sheikh, Laiba Mustafa, Sophia Yang, Manish Shah, Leah Khodak +1 more 2025-12-30
12334806 Hybrid power conversion system and control method Rui Liu, Songnan Yang 2025-06-17
11817770 Hybrid power conversion system and control method Rui Liu, Songnan Yang 2023-11-14
11539296 Hybrid power conversion system and control method Songnan Yang 2022-12-27
11451151 Hybrid power conversion system and control method 2022-09-20
6363033 Method and apparatus for transmit beamformer system Christopher R. Cole, Albert Gee 2002-03-26
6338099 Device code recognizing circuit 2002-01-08
6172939 Method and apparatus for transmit beamformer system Christopher R. Cole, Albert Gee 2001-01-09
6104673 Method and apparatus for transmit beamformer system Christopher R. Cole, Albert Gee 2000-08-15 $1,540,000
5995450 Method and apparatus for transmit beamformer system Christopher R. Cole, Albert Gee 1999-11-30 $1,490,000
5675554 Method and apparatus for transmit beamformer Christopher R. Cole, Albert Gee 1997-10-07 $8,211,000
4685123 Communication system having voice and data capability Richard Y. Hsia 1987-08-04
4646347 Ringing signal reformatting circuit 1987-02-24