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Thomas K. Highsmith — 18 Patents

ATAlliant Techsystems: 9 patents #18 of 658Top 3%
THThiokol: 7 patents #10 of 275Top 4%
CTCordant Technologies: 2 patents #11 of 75Top 15%
North Ogden, UT: #3 of 142 inventorsTop 3%
Utah: #983 of 19,430 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Thomas K. Highsmith has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Alliant Techsystems. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in April 2005. Thomas K. Highsmith ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Thomas K. Highsmith in North Ogden, UT, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2005Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2003.peak 41994: 1 patents19941995: 2 patents19951996: 2 patents19961997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents19982000: 2 patents20002002: 2 patents20022003: 4 patents20032004: 1 patents20042005: 2 patents2005

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6881847 Process for the synthesis and recovery of nitramines Jami M. Hanks, Stephen P. Velarde, Jeffrey C. Bottaro 2005-04-19 $4,701,000
6870061 Continuous process and system for production of glycidyl nitrate from glycerin, nitric acid and caustic and conversion of glycidyl nitrate to poly(glycidyl nitrate) Harold E. Johnston 2005-03-22 $10,661,000
6705075 Digital solid rocket motor and gas generator Michael D. Blair, Steven R. Wassom, William D. Starrett, Joel Dever 2004-03-16 $11,507,000
6648998 Reduced sensitivity melt-cast explosives Daniel W. Doll, Jami M. Hanks, Gary K. Lund, John B. Niles 2003-11-18 $15,321,000
6610157 Prilled energetic particles, and process for making the same Harold E. Johnston 2003-08-26 $9,033,000
6603018 Process for the synthesis and recovery of nitramines Jami M. Hanks, Stephen P. Velarde, Jeffrey C. Bottaro 2003-08-05 $20,105,000
6512113 Synthesis for 4,10-dinitro-2,6,8,12-tetraoxa-4,10-diazatetracyclo[5.5.0.05,903,11]-dodecane Andrew J. Sanderson, Robert M. Hajik, Harold E. Johnston 2003-01-28 $19,998,000
6425966 Energetic plasticizer, and explosive and propellant composition containing same Daniel W. Doll, Louis Cannizzo 2002-07-30 $27,156,000
6362311 Polymerization of poly(glycidyl nitrate) from high purity glycidyl nitrate synthesized from glycerol Andrew J. Sanderson, Louis Cannizzo, Robert M. Hajik 2002-03-26 $9,483,000
6136115 Thermally-stabilized prilled ammonium dinitramide particles, and process for making the same Corey S. McLeod, Robert B. Wardle, Roger R. Hendrickson 2000-10-24
6107483 Process for the large-scale synthesis of 4,10-dinitro-2,6,8-12-tetraoxa-4,10-diazatetracyclo-[5.5.0.05,903,11]-do decane Robert B. Wardle, Robert M. Hajik, Jerald C. Hinshaw 2000-08-22
5723604 Synthesis of 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexabenzyl-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazatetracyclo 5.5.0.05,9.03,11!dodecane Louis Cannizzo, William W. Edwards, Robert B. Wardle 1998-03-03 $11,532,000
5682014 Bitetrazoleamine gas generant compositions Reed J. Blau, Gary K. Lund 1997-10-28 $9,608,000
5516377 Gas generating compositions based on salts of 5-nitraminotetrazole Gary K. Lund, Reed J. Blau, Jerald C. Hinshaw, Daniel W. Doll 1996-05-14 $2,126,000
5498711 Synthesis of 4,10-dinitro-2,6,8,12-tetraoxa-4,10-diazatetracyclo[5.5.0.05,903,11]dode cane W. Wayne Edwards, Robert B. Wardle 1996-03-12 $1,506,000
5468866 Methods for synthesizing and processing bis-(1(2)H-tetrazol-5-yl)-amine Robert M. Hajik, Robert B. Wardle, Gary K. Lund, Reed J. Blau 1995-11-21 $1,144,000
5451682 Method for synthesizing 5-aminotetrazole Gary K. Lund 1995-09-19 $1,566,000
5292387 Phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate and method of making same Carol J. Hinshaw, Robert B. Wardle 1994-03-08 $3,385,000