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This is what the patent awarded in 2011 for Dr. Lonnie Johnson's Johnson Thermo Electric Converter engine looks like.

What types of sciences are involved in the 104 patents of Dr. Lonnie Johnson:

1 7,967,681 Full-Text System and method for providing enhanced amusement game tournament play
2 7,943,250 Full-Text Electrochemical conversion system for energy management
3 7,901,730 Full-Text Thin film ceramic proton conducting electrolyte
4 7,867,903 Full-Text Passivated thin film and method of producing same
5 7,731,765 Full-Text Air battery and manufacturing method
6 7,696,089 Full-Text Passivated thin film and method of producing same
7 7,691,536 Full-Text Lithium oxygen batteries and method of producing same
8 7,540,886 Full-Text Method of manufacturing lithium battery
9 7,320,520 Full-Text Portable multimedia projection system
10 RE39,947 Full-Text Toy water gun
11 7,160,639 Full-Text Johnson reversible engine
12 7,052,136 Full-Text Portable multimedia projection system
13 6,966,651 Full-Text Portable multimedia projection system
14 6,949,303 Full-Text Electromechanical conversion system
15 6,899,967 Full-Text Electrochemical conversion system
16 6,835,493 Full-Text Thin film battery
17 6,737,180 Full-Text Electrochemical conversion system
18 6,709,778 Full-Text Electrochemical conversion system
19 6,686,076 Full-Text Electrochemical conversion system
20 6,679,155 Full-Text Projectile launcher
21 6,540,108 Full-Text Toy water gun
22 6,525,976 Full-Text Systems and methods for reducing noise in mixed-mode integrated circuits
23 6,517,968 Full-Text Thin lithium film battery
24 6,511,516 Full-Text Method and apparatus for producing lithium based cathodes
25 6,489,049 Full-Text Electrochemical conversion system
26 6,439,216 Full-Text Automatic pressurized fluid gun
27 6,408,837 Full-Text Toy gun with magazine
28 6,402,796 Full-Text Method of producing a thin film battery
29 6,398,824 Full-Text Method for manufacturing a thin-film lithium battery by direct deposition of battery components on opposite sides of a current collector
30 6,364,162 Full-Text Automatic pressurized fluid gun
31 6,321,737 Full-Text Toy rocket launcher
32 6,242,129 Full-Text Thin lithium film battery
33 6,223,449 Full-Text Apparatus for extracting plasticizer
34 6,220,237 Full-Text Compressed air toy gun
35 6,180,281 Full-Text Composite separator and electrode
36 6,099,266 Full-Text Air pump
37 6,063,899 Full-Text Apparatus and method for extracting plasticizer
38 6,003,503 Full-Text Toy gun with fluid pulsator
39 6,000,386 Full-Text Toy gun with fluid pulsator
40 5,982,144 Full-Text Rechargeable battery power supply overcharge protection circuit
41 5,974,977 Full-Text Magnetic propulsion toy system
42 5,957,745 Full-Text Gyroscopic figurine
43 5,951,354 Full-Text Toy rocket
44 5,941,751 Full-Text Fluid-launchable sound-generating article
45 5,924,413 Full-Text Rapid fire compressed air toy gun
46 5,913,304 Full-Text Compressed air gun with temporary seal
47 5,878,914 Full-Text Toy water gun
48 5,878,735 Full-Text Compressed air toy gun
49 5,878,734 Full-Text Multiple barrel compressed air gun
50 5,850,941 Full-Text Toy water gun with air siphoning valve

 

 

 

 

 

What kinds of jobs will be required to develop these inventions?

 

51 5,838,240 Full-Text Wet diaper detector
52 5,826,750 Full-Text Toy water gun with fluid selection control valve
53 5,819,717 Full-Text Launcher for a toy projectile or similar launchable object
54 5,787,869 Full-Text Compressed air toy gun
55 5,779,100 Full-Text Vacuum actuated replenishing water gun
56 5,724,955 Full-Text Voice activated compressed air toy gun
57 5,711,324 Full-Text Hair drying curler apparatus
58 5,709,199 Full-Text Rapid fire compressed air gun
59 5,707,270 Full-Text System for detonating a percussion cap in a toy projectile
60 5,701,879 Full-Text Compressed air gun with single action pump
61 5,699,781 Full-Text Rapid fire compressed air gun
62 5,698,222 Full-Text Calcium supplement
63 5,653,216 Full-Text Toy rocket launcher
64 5,626,123 Full-Text Compressed air gun
65 5,609,897 Full-Text Powdered beverage concentrate or additive fortified with calcium and vitamin D
66 5,596,978 Full-Text Rapid fire compressed air gun
67 5,592,931 Full-Text Compressed air gun with magazine indexer
68 RE35,412 Full-Text Double tank pinch trigger pump water gun
69 5,586,688 Full-Text Electric pump toy water gun
70 5,553,598 Full-Text Pneumatic launcher for a toy projectile and the like
71 5,549,497 Full-Text Toy rocket with velocity dependent chute release
72 5,541,464 Full-Text Thermionic generator
73 5,538,453 Full-Text Air pressure toy rocket launcher
74 5,499,940 Full-Text Fluid powering and launching system for a toy vehicle
75 5,469,145 Full-Text Wet diaper detector
76 5,415,153 Full-Text Pressurized air/water rocket and launcher
77 5,407,375 Full-Text Toy rocket with velocity dependent chute release
78 5,398,873 Full-Text Fluid pulsator with accumulator for frequency control
79 5,395,275 Full-Text Toy airplane and launcher
80 5,381,778 Full-Text Pressurized toy rocket with rapid action release mechanism
81 5,332,120 Full-Text Water arrow projecting bow
82 5,322,191 Full-Text Low pressure, high volume pressurized water gun
83 5,305,919 Full-Text Pinch trigger hand pump water gun with non-detachable tank
84 5,299,367 Full-Text Hair drying curler apparatus
85 5,292,032 Full-Text Pinch trigger water gun with rearwardly mounted hand pump
86 D342,551 Full-Text Combined aerodynamic glider and launcher
87 5,266,928 Full-Text Wet diaper detector
88 5,238,149 Full-Text Pinch trigger hand pump water gun with multiple tanks
89 5,197,452 Full-Text Liquid jet propelled transporter and launcher toy
90 5,185,996 Full-Text Gas turbine engine sensor probe
91 5,150,819 Full-Text Double tank pinch trigger pump water gun
92 5,074,437 Full-Text Pinch trigger pump water gun
93 5,031,407 Full-Text Apparatus for use in a fuel delivery system for a gas turbine engine
94 4,757,946 Full-Text Flow actuated pulsator
95 4,724,683 Full-Text Johnson tube, a thermodynamic heat pump
96 4,591,071 Full-Text Squirt gun
97 4,509,361 Full-Text Soil moisture potential determination by weight measurement
98 4,476,693 Full-Text Thermal energy accumulation
99 4,253,606 Full-Text Automatic sprinkler control
100 4,211,362 Full-Text Smoke detecting timer controlled thermostat

 

 

 

How should you prepare to be an inventor like Dr. Lonnie Johnson?

  PAT. NO.   Title
101 4,181,843 Full-Text Variable resistance type sensor controlled switch
102 4,143,267 Full-Text Digital distance measuring instrument
103 4,061,074 Full-Text Ammunition feed mechanism
104 3,999,461 Full-Text Modular lightweight squad automatic weapon system

 

 

 

 

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