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Thomas J. de Groot — 3 Patents

BEBenthos: 3 patents #3 of 21Top 15%
Fairhaven, MA: #32 of 87 inventorsTop 40%
Massachusetts: #33,867 of 88,656 inventorsTop 40%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
Thomas J. de Groot has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at Benthos. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in November 2001. Thomas J. de Groot ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list Thomas J. de Groot in Fairhaven, MA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2001Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1997.peak 11997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents19982001: 1 patents2001

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6318497 Pressure-sensitive switch, its method of calibration and use in a hydrophone array Glen Ferguson, William H. Hulsman, Robert Claude Prescott, Richard D. Smith 2001-11-20 $82,000
5789844 Acoustic transducer 1998-08-04 $181,000
5646470 Acoustic transducer 1997-07-08 $239,000