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Robert J. Thomas — 56 Patents

GE: 14 patents #2,231 of 36,430Top 7%
CUCummins: 10 patents #131 of 2,217Top 6%
Honeywell: 8 patents #1,511 of 16,504Top 10%
KTKey Tronic: 4 patents #3 of 34Top 9%
ARAtlantic Richfield: 3 patents #230 of 1,068Top 25%
CSCna Manufacturing Systems: 2 patents #5 of 13Top 40%
EUEagle Industries Unlimited: 2 patents #7 of 25Top 30%
RCR. J. Thomas Mfg. Co.: 2 patents #3 of 7Top 45%
Samsung: 1 patents #50,112 of 75,807Top 70%
HP: 1 patents #11,359 of 16,619Top 70%
KFKraft General Foods: 1 patents #132 of 377Top 40%
CICummins Ip: 1 patents #75 of 185Top 45%
CPCummins Intellectual Properties: 1 patents #22 of 77Top 30%
Motorola: 1 patents #11,574 of 14,142Top 85%
Atlanta, GA: #51 of 7,950 inventorsTop 1%
Georgia: #224 of 35,610 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #44,020 of 4,157,543Top 2%
56 Patents All Time
Robert J. Thomas has been granted 56 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in April 2025. Robert J. Thomas ranks #44,020 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.1%). Patent records list Robert J. Thomas in Atlanta, GA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2019.peak 61981: 5 patents19811984: 3 patents1985: 2 patents1986: 1 patents19861988: 1 patents1989: 1 patents1991: 3 patents19911993: 1 patents1995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961998: 2 patents1999: 2 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2003: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents2009: 1 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 2 patents2016: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 6 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 4 patents2022: 2 patents2024: 2 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 56 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12283173 Tracking device coupling mechanism Troy Adam Deus, Joni Michelle Deus 2025-04-22
12188427 Adjusting an internal combustion engine 2025-01-07
12044196 Condensation management for internal combustion engines Pallav Pathak, Andrew Guy Kitchen, Balaji Sampathnarayanan, Jisang Sun 2024-07-23 $27,827,000
11891944 Systems and methods for engine coolant temperature control Mihir C. Desai, Luke T. Jennings 2024-02-06 $24,669,000
11384700 Spark ignition engine control with exhaust manifold pressure sensor Ming-Feng Hsieh, Andrew Guy Kitchen, Axel O. zur Loye, Jinghua Zhong, Richard A. Booth +1 more 2022-07-12 $29,425,000
11381236 Miller transition control gate drive circuit Ramanujam Ramabhadran, Krishna Mainali, Kum Kang Huh, Maja Harfman-Todorovic, Cong Li 2022-07-05 $24,803,000
11168624 Compressor outlet pressure control for improved engine speed stability and performance using compressor recirculation valve and turbocharger wastegate Mayura H. Halbe, Ming-Feng Hsieh 2021-11-09 $28,931,000
11016634 Refrigerator storage system having a display Adnan M. Agboatwalla, Garret Miller, James L. Stanley, Jr., Andy Ling Wu, Robert Mori +16 more 2021-05-25
10924106 Miller transition control gate drive circuit Ramanujam Ramabhadran, Krishna Mainali, Kum Kang Huh, Maja Harfman-Todorovic, Cong Li 2021-02-16 $36,628,000
10920687 Spark ignition engine control with exhaust manifold pressure sensor Ming-Feng Hsieh, Andrew Guy Kitchen, Axel O. zur Loye, Jinghua Zhong, Richard A. Booth +1 more 2021-02-16 $33,680,000
10711723 Fuel control for dual fuel engines Axel O. zur Loye, Christopher Pollitt, Robert Charles Borregard 2020-07-14 $22,777,000
10677175 Ventilation controls for dual-fuel engines David Lambert 2020-06-09 $42,934,000
10524138 System for RF quiet channel optimization Jeffrey M. Reeder 2019-12-31 $22,580,000
10508614 Arbitration strategy for slow response and fast response torque requests David J. Stroh, Zachary Schwab, Govindarajan Kothandaraman, Richard S. Fox, Craig M. Calmer +1 more 2019-12-17 $17,651,000
10491096 System and method for rapid current sensing and transistor timing control Ramanujam Ramabhadran, Ahmed Elasser 2019-11-26 $17,257,000
10409239 Wireless sensor device with wireless remote programming Jeffrey M. Reeder, Patrick Brisbine 2019-09-10 $18,454,000
10374591 Systems and methods for a gate drive circuit Ramanujam Ramabhadran, Sayan Acharya, Han Peng, Maja Harfman Todorovic, Ahmed Elasser 2019-08-06 $14,593,000
10227934 Dual-fuel engine combustion mode transition controls Axel O. zur Loye, Timothy P. Lutz, Christopher Pollitt, Phanindra V. Garimella 2019-03-12 $34,977,000
9974201 High power feedthrough for use with a high frequency power converter Michael Joseph Schutten, Maja Harfman Todorovic 2018-05-15 $18,083,000
9763112 System for RF quiet channel optimization Jeffrey M. Reeder 2017-09-12 $11,985,000
9621371 Wireless sensor device with wireless remote programming Jeffrey M. Reeder, Patrick Brisbine 2017-04-11 $11,435,000
9343939 Electric motor structure to minimize electro-magnetic interference Michael Joseph Schutten, Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Satish Prabhakaran 2016-05-17 $26,969,000
9331477 Power circuitry for a synthetic jet of a cooling system Ramanujam Ramabhadran, Charles Erklin Seeley, John Stanley Glaser, Stanton Earl Weaver 2016-05-03 $17,347,000
8219244 Surrogate-based control system Mark Behar, Stuart Donaldson 2012-07-10 $10,643,000
8199005 System and methods for using a wireless sensor in conjunction with a host controller William Bray 2012-06-12 $6,903,000