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2016
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GE
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Glenn Robert Shaffer
GS
Glenn Robert Shaffer
— 6 Patents in 2016
GE
:
6
patents
#57
of
4,215
Top 2%
Lawrence Park, PA
:
#2
of
29
inventors
Top 7%
Pennsylvania
:
#156
of
7,031
inventors
Top 3%
Overall
(2016):
#20,080
of
481,213
Top 5%
6
Patents 2016
Issued Patents
2016
Showing
1–6
of
6
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
Approx Value ⓘ
9527518
System, method and computer software code for controlling a powered system and operational information used in a mission by the powered system
Patricia Sue Lacy
,
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
,
Jennifer B. Young
2016-12-27
$15,874,000
9434359
System and method for controlling a braking effort of a braking system in a powered system
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
2016-09-06
$17,133,000
9417630
Systems and methods for handling malfunctions
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
,
David Allen Eldredge
,
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger
2016-08-16
$26,436,000
9379775
Data communication system and method
Jared Klineman Cooper
,
Todd William Goodermuth
,
Eugene Smith
,
Mark Bradshaw Kraeling
,
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger
2016-06-28
$20,130,000
9266542
System and method for optimized fuel efficiency and emission output of a diesel powered system
Wolfgang Daum
,
Steven James Gray
,
David Ducharme
,
Ed Hall
,
Eric Dillen
+2 more
2016-02-23
$29,794,000
9233696
Trip optimizer method, system and computer software code for operating a railroad train to minimize wheel and track wear
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
,
Wolfgang Daum
,
Paul Kenneth Houpt
,
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger
,
David Lowell McKay
2016-01-12
$33,433,000
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