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Gregory Michael Thomas — 8 Patents

GE: 5 patents #6,849 of 36,430Top 20%
HSHaier Us Appliance Solutions: 2 patents #354 of 889Top 40%
RMRheem Manufacturing: 1 patents #230 of 360Top 65%
Louisville, KY: #367 of 3,201 inventorsTop 15%
Kentucky: #1,428 of 11,577 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Gregory Michael Thomas has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in April 2020. Gregory Michael Thomas ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Gregory Michael Thomas in Louisville, KY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2006 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2015.peak 22006: 1 patents20062008: 1 patents20082012: 1 patents20122014: 1 patents20142015: 2 patents20152018: 1 patents20182020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10634363 Spring bracket for a cooktop appliance Eugenio Gomez, Howard Richard Bowles, Kalakuntla Sagar Rao, Eduardo Miguel Paz Calvopina 2020-04-28
10018514 Cooktop temperature sensors and methods of operation Robert William Jewell, Jimmy Nelson Knight 2018-07-10
9188372 Air conditioner and heat pump condensing unit chassis with enhanced serviceability access Timothy J. Shellenberger 2015-11-17
9019676 System and method for protecting an appliance junction Patrick D. Galbreath, Craig lung-Pei Tsai, Almir Begovich, Jonathan D. Nelson, John Michael Todd +2 more 2015-04-28 $26,905,000
8793021 Energy management of household appliances Eric K. Watson, John K. Besore, Brice Alan Bowley, Jeff Donald Drake, Michael F. Finch +3 more 2014-07-29 $19,393,000
8309894 Triac control of positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heaters in room air conditioners Tom C. Zimmer, Tim N. Johnson, Robert Lafleur, Brice Alan Bowley, Shinichi Hirose +2 more 2012-11-13 $13,396,000
7420140 Method and apparatus for controlling the energization of a cooking appliance Brian Patrick Lenhart, Jr., Philip Ames Barber 2008-09-02 $59,543,000
7113075 Power supply methods and apparatus Kresimir Odorcic, Scott Horning, Timothy R. Jackson, Timothy Francis Powell, Cecilia Maria Blanchard +2 more 2006-09-26 $48,381,000