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John Christopher Thomas — 39 Patents

CICorning Incorporated: 34 patents #108 of 3,890Top 3%
3M: 4 patents #3,453 of 11,543Top 30%
Caltech: 1 patents #2,143 of 4,321Top 50%
Elmira, NY: #10 of 229 inventorsTop 5%
New York: #2,747 of 115,490 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #81,245 of 4,157,543Top 2%
39 Patents All Time
John Christopher Thomas has been granted 39 US patents while listed as an inventor at Corning Incorporated. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in June 2025. John Christopher Thomas ranks #81,245 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list John Christopher Thomas in Elmira, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2018.peak 62003: 1 patents20032007: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 2 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 2 patents20152016: 1 patents2017: 4 patents20172018: 6 patents2019: 4 patents20192020: 3 patents2021: 3 patents20212023: 4 patents2024: 3 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 39 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12338159 Thermally strengthened consumer electronic glass and related systems and methods Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Kevin Lee Wasson 2025-06-24
12103994 Cationic copolymers with pendant N-allylimidazolium groups Claire Hartmann-Thompson, Mark J. Pellerite, Marina M. Kaplun 2024-10-01 $57,454,000
12018104 Copolymers with cationic, nitrogen-containing groups and anion exchange membranes made therefrom Claire Hartmann-Thompson, Mark J. Pellerite, Marina M. Kaplun 2024-06-25 $28,642,000
11891324 Thermally strengthened consumer electronic glass and related systems and methods Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Kevin Lee Wasson 2024-02-06 $9,285,000
11851379 Selective masking and plugging of honeycomb bodies Kevin Eugene Elliott, Christina Marie Laskowski, Michael George Shultz, Kevin Lee Wasson, Calvin Jay Winder 2023-12-26 $10,595,000
11840473 Translating fluid bearings during an optical fiber draw process Steven Joseph Gregorski, Kenneth Spencer Morgan, Richard Alan Quinn, Bradley Kent Shepard, David Andrew Tucker 2023-12-12 $22,709,000
11780938 Copolymers containing pendant ionomeric carbosilane groups Claire Hartmann-Thompson, Mark J. Pellerite, Carl A. Laskowski, Marina M. Kaplun 2023-10-10 $26,179,000
11643355 Thin thermally and chemically strengthened glass-based articles John Philip Finkeldey, Linda Gaskill, Timothy Michael Gross, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer +2 more 2023-05-09 $9,399,000
11135740 Extrusion dies and methods and apparatuses for forming the same Scott Winfield Deming, Kevin Lee Wasson 2021-10-05 $14,942,000
11097974 Thermally strengthened consumer electronic glass and related systems and methods Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Kevin Lee Wasson 2021-08-24 $24,505,000
10954160 Laser welding transparent glass panes using a low emissivity coating Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov 2021-03-23 $14,111,000
10611664 Thermally strengthened architectural glass and related systems and methods Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Kevin Lee Wasson 2020-04-07 $5,090,000
10611669 Thermal energy control system for an optical fiber Kevin Lee Wasson 2020-04-07 $5,090,000
10590021 Apparatus and method for shaping or forming heated glass sheets Larry Gene Smith, Michael Timothy Brennan 2020-03-17 $9,745,000
10457587 Thin thermally and chemically strengthened glass-based articles John Philip Finkeldey, Linda Gaskill, Timothy Michael Gross, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer +2 more 2019-10-29 $14,955,000
10435796 Work piece including a sacrificial cover layer for laser drilling substrates Jeffrey John Domey, John Tyler Keech, Xinghua Li, Garrett Andrew Piech, Aric Bruce Shorey +1 more 2019-10-08 $10,147,000
10377655 Induction heating method and apparatus for shaping thin glass Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias, Anurag Jain 2019-08-13 $9,094,000
10233111 Thermally tempered glass and methods and apparatuses for thermal tempering of glass Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Kevin Lee Wasson 2019-03-19 $12,046,000
10086584 Glass articles and methods for controlled bonding of glass sheets with carriers Robert Alan Bellman, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Robert George Manley, Prantik Mazumder, Theresa Chang +4 more 2018-10-02 $69,138,000
10077204 Thin safety glass having improved mechanical characteristics Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Kevin Lee Wasson 2018-09-18 $14,936,000
10014177 Methods for processing electronic devices Robert Alan Bellman, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Robert George Manley, Prantik Mazumder, Theresa Chang +4 more 2018-07-03 $7,700,000
10005691 Damage resistant glass article Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Kevin Lee Wasson 2018-06-26 $16,660,000
9975801 High strength glass having improved mechanical characteristics Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Kevin Lee Wasson 2018-05-22 $4,580,000
9957190 Thin thermally and chemically strengthened glass-based articles John Philip Finkeldey, Linda Gaskill, Timothy Michael Gross, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer +2 more 2018-05-01 $11,433,000
9802853 Fictive temperature in damage-resistant glass having improved mechanical characteristics Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Kevin Lee Wasson 2017-10-31 $8,116,000