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Horst Leitner — 68 Patents

8989908: 25 patents #1 of 5Top 20%
LPLund Motion Products: 20 patents #1 of 12Top 9%
APAmerican Moto Products: 13 patents #1 of 3Top 35%
RORockshox: 1 patents #6 of 15Top 40%
SCSpecialized Bicycle Components: 1 patents #106 of 157Top 70%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
Laguna Beach, CA: #11 of 695 inventorsTop 2%
California: #4,714 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #30,786 of 4,157,543Top 1%
68 Patents All Time
Horst Leitner has been granted 68 US patents while listed as an inventor at 89908. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in April 2024. Horst Leitner ranks #30,786 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.74%). Patent records list Horst Leitner in Laguna Beach, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2009.peak 61981: 1 patents19811982: 1 patents1995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 3 patents1999: 3 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2002: 3 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 4 patents2005: 2 patents2006: 3 patents20062007: 3 patents2008: 5 patents2009: 6 patents20092010: 2 patents2011: 1 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 3 patents2014: 2 patents2015: 2 patents20152016: 2 patents2017: 2 patents2018: 2 patents20182019: 3 patents2020: 3 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents2024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 68 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11964629 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2024-04-23
11926286 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2024-03-12
11279290 Retractable vehicle step 2022-03-22
11173845 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2021-11-16
10759349 Retractable vehicle step 2020-09-01
10676031 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2020-06-09
10596971 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2020-03-24
10493920 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2019-12-03
10322677 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2019-06-18
10183624 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2019-01-22
10053017 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2018-08-21
9944231 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2018-04-17
9701249 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2017-07-11
9561751 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2017-02-07
9346405 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2016-05-24
9302626 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2016-04-05
8944451 Moveable support platform Anthony Smith 2015-02-03
8936266 Tailgate access step Anthony Smith 2015-01-20
8844957 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2014-09-30
8827294 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2014-09-09
8419034 Moveable support platform Anthony Smith 2013-04-16
8408571 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2013-04-02
8360455 Tailgate access step Anthony Smith 2013-01-29
8297677 Vehicle cargo bed extender Jonathan Weisel 2012-10-30
8157277 Retractable vehicle step Anthony Smith 2012-04-17