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James E. Thompson — 68 Patents

GE: 13 patents #2,462 of 36,430Top 7%
ASAshbrook: 7 patents #1 of 4Top 25%
CLCovidien Lp: 5 patents #866 of 2,878Top 35%
Intel: 4 patents #8,538 of 30,777Top 30%
JDJohn Deere: 4 patents #1,212 of 5,518Top 25%
USUnited States Steel: 3 patents #26 of 309Top 9%
TITrinity Industrial: 2 patents #61 of 241Top 30%
UMUniloy Milacron: 2 patents #3 of 9Top 35%
ACAristech Chemical: 1 patents #38 of 74Top 55%
FSFreeescale Semiconductor: 1 patents #2,021 of 3,767Top 55%
ITInternational Telephone And Telegraph: 1 patents #182 of 507Top 40%
UCUniversity Of South Carolina: 1 patents #329 of 728Top 50%
USUsx: 1 patents #29 of 116Top 25%
I(Inergy Automotive Systems Research (S.A.): 1 patents #21 of 47Top 45%
GEGenrad: 1 patents #25 of 67Top 40%
General Motors: 1 patents #9,441 of 18,328Top 55%
ITItt: 1 patents #436 of 461Top 95%
PMPrecision Rail And Mfg.: 1 patents #7 of 13Top 55%
Novi, MI: #22 of 1,560 inventorsTop 2%
Michigan: #515 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #30,786 of 4,157,543Top 1%
68 Patents All Time
James E. Thompson has been granted 68 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in May 2023. James E. Thompson ranks #30,786 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.74%). Patent records list James E. Thompson in Novi, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 68 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11648026 Devices, systems, and methods for cooling a surgical instrument Robert B. Smith, Daniel A. Friedrichs 2023-05-16
11478267 Surgical instruments incorporating ultrasonic and electrosurgical functionality Thomas W. Meiser, Anthony B. Ross, Robert B. Stoddard, Robert M. Sharp 2022-10-25
10750605 Variable frequency excitation plasma device for thermal and non-thermal tissue effects Daniel A. Friedrichs 2020-08-18
10677261 Turbine engine and containment assembly for use in a turbine engine Nicholas Joseph Kray, Thomas Chadwick Waldman, Douglas Duane Ward, Apostolos Pavlos Karafillis 2020-06-09 $11,176,000
10662813 Turbine engine and containment assembly for use in a turbine engine Thomas Chadwick Waldman, Douglas Duane Ward, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Scott Roger Finn, Apostolos Pavlos Karafillis 2020-05-26 $18,077,000
10646246 Devices, systems, and methods for cooling a surgical instrument Robert B. Smith, Daniel A. Friedrichs 2020-05-12
10237962 Variable frequency excitation plasma device for thermal and non-thermal tissue effects Daniel A. Friedrichs 2019-03-19
9869196 Gas turbine engine spring mounted manifold Christophe Jude Day, Christopher Francis Poranski, Jeffrey Scott Laubenthal, James L. Mazuk, Vernon L. Smith 2018-01-16 $12,942,000
9242550 Process for reinforcing a rigid plastic fuel tank David Hill, Bjorn Criel, Vincent Cuvelier, Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen 2016-01-26
9216550 Process for manufacturing a fuel tank David Hill, Bjorn Criel 2015-12-22
8940121 Method for manufacturing a storage tank David Hill 2015-01-27
8899385 Systems for retarding the speed of a railcar Andrew J. Frailing 2014-12-02
8893382 Combustion system and method of assembling the same David Bruce Patterson, Donald Michael Corsmeier, Craig Douglas Young, Donald Lee Gardner, Daniel Dale Brown +4 more 2014-11-25 $18,272,000
8590374 Method for mounting a capacitive level sensor in a liquid tank Russell Sarquis, Damon Upton 2013-11-26
8182223 Turbine blade cooling Dipankar Pal 2012-05-22 $17,277,000
7918956 Method for manufacturing an inner liner for a storage tank Saurin Mehta, David Hill 2011-04-05
7062920 Combustor dome assembly of a gas turbine engine having a free floating swirler Marie Ann McMasters, Gregory Allen Cimmarusti, James N. Cooper, Glenn Edward Wiehe 2006-06-20 $33,096,000
7025888 Floating decanter Jeffrey S. Devine, Michael Combs 2006-04-11
7010056 System and method for generating ultra wideband pulses John W. McCorkle 2006-03-07
6902371 Internal low pressure turbine case cooling Henry Calvin Anderson, Jr., Frederick J. Zegarski, Tod Kenneth Bosel, Kurt Hildebrand 2005-06-07 $37,956,000
6790351 Vertical filter Yongming Xia, Jeffrey S. Devine 2004-09-14
6678953 Method for making damped combustion cowl structure Bernard Mc Arthur Knippenberg, Robert Walmsley 2004-01-20 $71,630,000
6676582 Belt pressure roller 2004-01-13
6641326 Removable stud for joining casing flanges Jan Christopher Schilling, Frederick J. Zegarski, Kurt Hildebrand, Tod Kenneth Bosel 2003-11-04 $50,256,000
6641737 Vertical filter Yongming Xia, Jeffrey S. Devine 2003-11-04