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John E. Mercer — 19 Patents in 2016

MTMerlin Technology: 19 patents #1 of 17Top 6%
Gig Harbor, WA: #2 of 41 inventorsTop 5%
Washington: #56 of 12,053 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2016): #1,637 of 481,213Top 1%
19 Patents 2016

Issued Patents 2016

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9519074 Flux plane locating in an underground drilling system Guenter W. Brune, Albert W. Chau 2016-12-13
9513397 Tone detection apparatus and method Guenter W. Brune 2016-12-06
9511856 Emergency collective actuator and method for a helicopter Mark Marvin 2016-12-06
9507046 Locating arrangement and method using boring tool and cable locating signals Guenter W. Brune, Albert W. Chau 2016-11-29
9422804 Advanced underground homing system, apparatus and method Guenter W. Brune, Albert W. Chau 2016-08-23
9415862 Control interface, system and method Carlos E. Golborne, Ray E. Debs, Mark Marvin 2016-08-16
9388683 Boring tool control using remote locator 2016-07-12
9371725 Boring tool tracking fundamentally based on drill string length, pitch and roll James W. Burrows, Guenter W. Brune 2016-06-21
9360579 Advanced steering tool system, method and apparatus Guenter W. Brune, Albert W. Chau, Rudolf Zeller 2016-06-07
9335431 Distinguishing false signals in cable locating based on a modulated reference signal Albert W. Chau 2016-05-10
9309004 Centripetal acceleration determination, centripetal acceleration based velocity tracking system and methods 2016-04-12
9310509 Electronic time stamping apparatus as a part of a system for use with an inground transmitter 2016-04-12
9310507 Tracking positions of personnel, vehicles, and inanimate objects Rudolf Zeller, Guenter W. Brune, Albert W. Chau 2016-04-12
9291738 Flux plane locating in an underground drilling system Guenter W. Brune, Albert W. Chau 2016-03-22
9274013 Tension monitoring arrangement and method Albert W. Chau, Rudolf Zeller, Charles Yu Yat Tsang 2016-03-01
9272780 Rotorcraft autopilot and methods Nicolas Albion, Mark Bartel, Marc Feifel, Mark Marvin 2016-03-01
9267575 Drive mechanism and method 2016-02-23
9261621 Locating arrangement and method using boring tool and cable locating signals Guenter W. Brune, Albert W. Chau 2016-02-16
9244189 Advanced steering tool system, method and apparatus Guenter W. Brune, Albert W. Chau, Rudolf Zeller 2016-01-26