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James S. Thomas — 59 Patents

Nike: 39 patents #183 of 2,652Top 7%
KMKarsten Manufacturing: 10 patents #77 of 234Top 35%
Motorola: 6 patents #2,115 of 14,142Top 15%
HFHenry Filters: 1 patents #14 of 21Top 70%
TSTrue Temper Sports: 1 patents #17 of 36Top 50%
Dallas, TX: #51 of 7,543 inventorsTop 1%
Texas: #1,279 of 125,132 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #40,067 of 4,157,543Top 1%
59 Patents All Time
James S. Thomas has been granted 59 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nike. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in December 2025. James S. Thomas ranks #40,067 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.96%). Patent records list James S. Thomas in Dallas, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 59 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12485320 Golf club head and golf club head structures Andrew G. V. Oldknow, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Robert Boyd 2025-12-02
11819741 Golf club head and golf club head structures Andrew G. V. Oldknow, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Robert Boyd 2023-11-21
11185745 Golf club head or other ball striking device having stiffened face portion Robert Boyd, Jeremy N. Snyder, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Raymond J. Sander, Rick S. Wahlin +1 more 2021-11-30
10751586 Golf club head or other ball striking device having stiffened face portion Robert Boyd, Jeremy N. Snyder, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Raymond J. Sander, Rick S. Wahlin +1 more 2020-08-25
10675515 Golf club and golf club head structures Andrew G. V. Oldknow, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Robert Boyd 2020-06-09
10307648 Golf club head or other ball striking device having stiffened face portion Robert Boyd, Jeremy N. Snyder, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Raymond J. Sander, Rick S. Wahlin +1 more 2019-06-04
9999811 Golf club or other ball striking device having stiffened face portion Robert Boyd, Jeremy N. Snyder, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Raymond J. Sander, Rick S. Wahlin +1 more 2018-06-19
9987533 Golf club and golf club head structures Andrew G. V. Oldknow, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Robert Boyd 2018-06-05
9884233 Golf clubs and golf club heads having digital lie and/or other angle measuring equipment John T. Stites, Jeremy N. Snyder, Daniel J. Simpson, Daniel A. Roberts, Jeffrey A. Hadden +2 more 2018-02-06
9694251 Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts John T. Stites, Gary G. Tavares 2017-07-04
9630071 Golf club head or other ball striking device having custom machinable portions 2017-04-25
9440126 Golf club and golf club head structures Robert Boyd, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Andrew G. V. Oldknow 2016-09-13
9421429 Golf clubs and golf club heads having digital lie and/or other angle measuring equipment John T. Stites, Jeremy N. Snyder, Jeffrey A. Hadden, Bradley C. Glenn, Daniel J. Simpson +2 more 2016-08-23 $38,899,000
9072947 Releasable connections for golf club heads and shafts Raymond J. Sander, Vincent J. Contini, James Alan Prescott, Matthew P. Rubal, Gregory A. Trees 2015-07-07 $39,109,000
9072950 Fairway wood-type golf clubs with high moment of inertia 2015-07-07 $39,109,000
9005046 Golf club head or other ball striking device with wear indicator Chris Savage, Don Rahrig 2015-04-14 $30,563,000
8961329 Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts Raymond J. Sander, Matthew P. Rubal, Gregory A. Trees 2015-02-24 $21,014,000
8845454 Golf club or other ball striking device having stiffened face portion Robert Boyd, Jeremy N. Snyder, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Raymond J. Sander, Rick S. Wahlin +1 more 2014-09-30 $21,785,000
8834293 Golf clubs and golf club heads including structure to selectively control the sound of the club head Tyrone Northcutt 2014-09-16 $34,950,000
8827836 Golf club head or other ball striking device having custom machinable portions 2014-09-09 $22,481,000
8801533 Golf clubs and golf club heads having digital lie and/or other angle measuring equipment John T. Stites, Jeremy N. Snyder, Jeffrey A. Hadden, Bradley C. Glenn, Daniel J. Simpson +2 more 2014-08-12 $42,674,000
8690704 Golf club assembly and golf club with aerodynamic features 2014-04-08 $17,346,000
8616995 Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts John T. Stites, Gary G. Tavares 2013-12-31 $24,207,000
8597135 Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts Raymond J. Sander, Vincent J. Contini, Scott Allen Harris, Matthew P. Rubal, James Alan Prescott +1 more 2013-12-03 $29,686,000
8523702 Golf clubs and golf club heads including structure to selectively control the sound of the club head Tyrone Northcutt 2013-09-03 $23,119,000