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Thomas B. Kinney — 13 Patents

UNUnknown: 5 patents #3,065 of 83,584Top 4%
ISInvensys Systems: 4 patents #60 of 328Top 20%
FFFieldbus Foundation: 2 patents #7 of 39Top 20%
FBFox Boro: 2 patents #52 of 212Top 25%
Mountain View, CA: #1,706 of 11,022 inventorsTop 20%
California: #47,433 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Thomas B. Kinney has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Unknown. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in September 2015. Thomas B. Kinney ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Thomas B. Kinney in Mountain View, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1984 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1986.peak 31984: 1 patents19841985: 1 patents19851986: 3 patents19861988: 1 patents19882002: 2 patents20022003: 1 patents20032006: 2 patents20062012: 1 patents20122015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9121607 Smart firing control in a rankine cycle power plant Donald E. Labbe, Alan Morrow, Andrew Speziale 2015-09-01
8090452 Methods and apparatus for control using control devices that provide a virtual machine environment and that communicate via an IP network Alexander Johnson, Paul C. Badavas, T. Eric Christiansen, Peter D. Hansen, Seyamak Keyghobad +2 more 2012-01-03
7054922 Remote fieldbus messaging via Internet applet/servlet pairs Serge Miller 2006-05-30
7020532 Methods and apparatus for control using control devices that provide a virtual machine environment and that communicate via an IP network Alexander Johnson, Paul C. Badavas, T. Eric Christiansen, Peter D. Hansen, Seyamak Keyghobad +2 more 2006-03-28
6594530 Block-oriented control system David A. Glanzer, Terrence L. Blevins, Ram Ramachandran, Kenneth D. Krivoshein, Patricia Brett +9 more 2003-07-15
6501995 Process control system and method with improved distribution, installation and validation of components T. Eric Christiansen, Peter D. Hansen, Bo Ling, Paul C. Badavas, Richard L. Thibault 2002-12-31
6424872 Block oriented control system David A. Glanzer, Terrance L. Blevins, Ram Ramachandran, Kenneth D. Krivoshein, Patricia Brett +9 more 2002-07-23
4762130 Catheter with corkscrew-like balloon Thomas J. Fogarty, James C. Finn, III 1988-08-09
4611593 Vessel occluding instrument Thomas J. Fogarty, James C. Finn, III, George D. Hermann 1986-09-16
4606347 Inverted balloon catheter having sealed through lumen Thomas J. Fogarty, James C. Finn, III 1986-08-19
4599808 Drying method and apparatus for fibrous material Frederick D. Gelineau 1986-07-15 $2,127,000
4526175 Double lumen dilatation catheter Albert K. Chin 1985-07-02
4483340 Dilatation catheter Thomas J. Fogarty 1984-11-20

Frequent Collaborators

Thomas J. Fogarty4 shared
T. Eric Christiansen3 shared
Paul C. Badavas3 shared
James C. Finn, III3 shared
Peter D. Hansen3 shared
Richard L. Thibault3 shared

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