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Thomas Nelson — 21 Patents

Ford: 18 patents #974 of 17,473Top 6%
STStorage Technology: 2 patents #253 of 682Top 40%
Simi Valley, CA: #57 of 1,200 inventorsTop 5%
California: #27,449 of 386,348 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Thomas Nelson has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in October 2024. Thomas Nelson ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Thomas Nelson in Simi Valley, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2020.peak 61990: 1 patents19901991: 1 patents19912016: 5 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents20192020: 6 patents20202021: 2 patents20212022: 1 patents20222024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12120159 Methods and systems to customize a vehicle computing system based on an electronic calendar Hussein F. Nasrallah, Thomas E. Apczynski, David Anthony Hatton 2024-10-15 $12,420,000
11979742 Unauthorized device resource drain prevention Jochen Schubert, Fouad Bounefissa, Michael Andrew Simons, Timothy Thivierge, Jr. 2024-05-07 $9,896,000
11414049 Key delivery and connectivity management for phone-based keys Timothy Thivierge, Jr., Ali Hassani, Hamid M. Golgiri 2022-08-16 $23,092,000
11044283 Methods and systems to customize a vehicle computing system based on an electronic calendar Hussein F. Nasrallah, Thomas E. Apczynski, David Anthony Hatton 2021-06-22 $18,227,000
11021135 Method and apparatus for remote vehicle function control David Martin Gersabeck, David Anthony Hatton, Ziad Alhihi, Michael Andrew Simons, Ryan F. Conroy 2021-06-01 $16,907,000
10841765 Method and apparatus for vehicle to mobile phone communication David Anthony Hatton, Hussein F. Nasrallah 2020-11-17 $8,159,000
10841764 Method and apparatus for vehicle to mobile phone communication David Anthony Hatton, Hussein F. Nasrallah 2020-11-17 $8,159,000
10759388 Methods and systems for a vehicle computing system to communicate with a device David Anthony Hatton, Hussein F. Nasrallah 2020-09-01 $6,437,000
10742403 Access key transmission over personal area networks in vehicles Jochen Schubert 2020-08-11 $5,266,000
10688963 Vehicle with extended range remote control key fob David Anthony Hatton, David Marvin Gersabeck, Michael Andrew Simons, Ziad Alhihi, Ryan F. Conroy 2020-06-23 $7,002,000
10562495 Vehicle alert from a non-paired device Johannes Geir Kristinsson, David Anthony Hatton, Hussein F. Nasrallah, Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad 2020-02-18 $2,923,000
10391958 Methods and systems to customize a vehicle computing system based on an electronic calendar David Anthony Hatton, Hussein F. Nasrallah, Thomas E. Apczynski 2019-08-27
9975481 Method and apparatus for animal presence alert through wireless signal detection David Anthony Hatton, Hussein F. Nasrallah, Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad 2018-05-22 $4,169,000
9656633 Methods and systems for a vehicle computing system to communicate with a device David Anthony Hatton, Hussein F. Nasrallah 2017-05-23 $3,725,000
D771207 Collapsible golf tee Steven C. Nelson 2016-11-08
9369830 Method and system for launching an application David Anthony Hatton, William D. Hass, Hussein F. Nasrallah 2016-06-14 $7,688,000
9363318 Method and system for launching an application David Anthony Hatton, William D. Hass, Hussein F. Nasrallah 2016-06-07 $5,398,000
9357368 Method and system for launching an application David Anthony Hatton, Hussein F. Nasrallah 2016-05-31 $8,994,000
9326092 Method and system for launching an application David Anthony Hatton, William D. Hass, Hussein F. Nasrallah 2016-04-26 $5,841,000
5025398 Data stream independent printer 1991-06-18 $18,809,000
4924275 Printer switchable between duplex and simplex mode on a page by page basis 1990-05-08 $9,587,000