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Tom Thinesen — 12 Patents

TITimex: 11 patents #7 of 212Top 4%
Sunnyvale, CA: #2,336 of 14,302 inventorsTop 20%
California: #51,404 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Tom Thinesen has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Timex. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in December 1996. Tom Thinesen ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Tom Thinesen in Sunnyvale, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
5587971 Mode preselect function for a multimode electronic timepiece 1996-12-24
5257245 Automatic mode sequencing to last used mode for multimode electronic timepiece 1993-10-26
5226022 Mode selection option with instructional message for multimode electronic timepiece 1993-07-06
5140563 Multimode electronic timepiece having a mutually exclusive submode display 1992-08-18
5063544 Program to alter alarm setting in a multimode alarm timepiece 1991-11-05
5050141 Program to synchronize pace in a multimode alarm timepiece 1991-09-17
5008866 Alarm setting program for alarm timepiece with alternate time zone 1991-04-16
4989188 Program to display an alternate mode in a multimode timepiece 1991-01-29
4887249 Bicycle watch - dual mode circuit 1989-12-12
4847820 Watch attachment John T. Houlihan, Judith Reichel, Fred Olsen 1989-07-11
4783773 Regatta timing watch John T. Houlihan, T. Fred Olsen 1988-11-08
4250539 Supporting means for an electrical circuit William O. Leitzel 1981-02-10