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Michael W. Thomas
Also filed as: THOMAS MICHAEL · THOMAS MICHAEL W · Thomas michael wayne
40 granted patents·4 pending applications·1,982 citations·filing 1978–2024
98Inventor score
Files withMICROSOFT CORP19THOMAS MICHAEL W6WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP4ROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP3VIDOVIC DAVID A3
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44 records- 0195US6061692ASystem and method for administering a meta database as an integral component of an information serverMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1997·Granted May 9, 2000·710 cites·38 claims
- 0294US7480647B1Performance logging solutionMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 20, 2009·91 cites·21 claims
- 0394US7401104B2Systems and methods for synchronizing computer systems through an intermediary file system share or deviceMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 15, 2008·133 cites·44 claims
- 0494US4654806AMethod and apparatus for monitoring transformersWESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1984·Granted Mar 31, 1987·186 cites·20 claims
- 0593US6789046B1Performance logging solutionMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 7, 2004·91 cites·25 claims
- 0690US8320334B2Handoff of a mobile station between packet-switched and circuit-switched wireless domainsTHOMAS MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 27, 2012·12 cites·20 claims
- 0790US6961681B1System and method providing virtual applications architectureMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 1, 2005·59 cites·47 claims
- 0889US9369406B2Resource server providing a rapidly changing resourceSAS INST INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 14, 2016·7 cites·45 claims
- 0989US7778962B2Client store synchronization through intermediary store change packetsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 17, 2010·30 cites·12 claims
- 1088US7111059B1System for gathering and aggregating operational metricsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 19, 2006·48 cites·12 claims
- 1188US5509009AVideo and aural communications systemNORTHERN TELECOM LTD·Filed 1993·Granted Apr 16, 1996·90 cites·10 claims
- 1284US7657580B2System and method providing virtual applications architectureMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 2, 2010·13 cites·19 claims
- 1384US7203623B2Distributed data gathering and aggregation agentMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 10, 2007·29 cites·24 claims
- 1484US6993454B1Performance logging solutionMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 31, 2006·32 cites·30 claims
- 1583US7043566B1Entity event loggingMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted May 9, 2006·38 cites·21 claims
- 1682US6915344B1Server stress-testing response verificationMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 5, 2005·43 cites·25 claims
- 1782US5394547AData processing system and method having selectable schedulerIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Feb 28, 1995·131 cites·10 claims
- 1881US8210774B1Guided boring machine and methodVIDOVIC DAVID A·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 3, 2012·12 cites·17 claims
- 1981US7636708B2Distributed data gathering and aggregation agentMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 22, 2009·25 cites·16 claims
- 2079US8393828B1Boring machine steering system with force multiplierVIDOVIC DAVID A·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 12, 2013·10 cites·20 claims
- 2177US8113741B1Boring machine with conveyor system for cuttings and method for boring therewithVIDOVIC DAVID A·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 14, 2012·9 cites·15 claims
- 2276US7640258B2Distributed data gathering and aggregation agentMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 29, 2009·17 cites·13 claims
- 2375US8112450B2Priority messaging and priority schedulingTHOMAS MICHAEL W·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 7, 2012·10 cites·20 claims
- 2473US6014558AVariable rate optional security measures method and apparatus for wireless communications networkNORTHERN TELECOM LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 11, 2000·81 cites·23 claims
- 2570US8768971B2Distributed data storageAPACIBLE JOHNSON T·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 1, 2014·5 cites·20 claims
- 2669US8015570B2Arbitration mechanisms to deal with conflicting applications and user dataMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 6, 2011·6 cites·18 claims
- 2767US8937860B2Handoff of a mobile station between packet-switched and circuit-switched wireless domainsROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 20, 2015·1 cites·9 claims
- 2867US8937859B2Handoff of a mobile station between packet-switched and circuit-switched wireless domainsROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 20, 2015·1 cites·9 claims
- 2965US6981267B1System and method for parallel asynchronous execution of commandsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 27, 2005·10 cites·30 claims
- 3063USD286358SRug or similar articleTHOMAS MICHAEL W·Filed 1983·Granted Oct 28, 1986·9 cites·1 claims
- 3160US4156862AElectrical inductive apparatus having non-magnetic flux shieldsWESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1978·Granted May 29, 1979·12 cites·6 claims
- 3259US2024190490A1Hand cartTHOMAS MICHAEL W·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3358US11945486B2Self-elevating platformThomas michael wayne·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 2, 2024·1 cites·27 claims
- 3458US7743392B2System and method for parallel asynchronous execution of commandsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 22, 2010·1 cites·20 claims
- 3557US2015092749A1Handoff of a mobile station between packet-switched and circuit-switched wireless domainsROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3656US7502807B2Defining and extracting a flat list of search properties from a rich structured typeMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 10, 2009·2 cites·21 claims
- 3756US4370512AShielding device for electrical inductive structureWESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1981·Granted Jan 25, 1983·10 cites·4 claims
- 3852US2024223373A1Blockchain-based autographing in association with physical memorabiliaGRAFTING CORP·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 3950US9654586B2Resource server providing a rapidly changing resourceSAS INST INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 16, 2017·0 cites·3 claims
- 4050USD286359SRug or similar articleTHOMAS MICHAEL W·Filed 1983·Granted Oct 28, 1986·5 cites·1 claims
- 4147US4400675ATransformer with impedance matching meansWESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1981·Granted Aug 23, 1983·7 cites·8 claims
- 4246US2009307137A1Managing provenance of digitally signed data in user editable recordsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4343USD286357SRug or similar articleTHOMAS MICHAEL W·Filed 1984·Granted Oct 28, 1986·3 cites·1 claims
- 4438USD286123SRug or similar articleTHOMAS MICHAEL W·Filed 1983·Granted Oct 14, 1986·2 cites·1 claims
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