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Andrew E. Hoffman — 30 Patents

Amazon: 24 patents #437 of 19,158Top 3%
A9A9.Com: 2 patents #163 of 440Top 40%
Lunenburg, MA: #5 of 131 inventorsTop 4%
Massachusetts: #3,129 of 88,656 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Andrew E. Hoffman has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at Amazon. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in November 2024. Andrew E. Hoffman ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Andrew E. Hoffman in Lunenburg, MA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12152377 Faucet hand sterilizer 2024-11-26
11203118 Systems and methods to implement preferred pathways in mobile robots Karl McDowall, Nima Keivan, David Hastings Kerr, Joshua Bavari 2021-12-21 $255,884,000
11086328 Autonomous cart for manufacturing and warehouse applications Nima Keivan, Juan Falquez, Jonathan McQueen 2021-08-10 $167,299,000
10990088 Method and system for transporting inventory items Peter R. Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea, Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz 2021-04-27 $271,305,000
10809706 Method and system for transporting inventory items Peter R. Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea, Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz 2020-10-20 $221,169,000
10133267 Method and system for transporting inventory items Peter R. Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea, Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz 2018-11-20 $101,794,000
10067501 Method and system for transporting inventory items Peter R. Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea, Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz 2018-09-04 $97,614,000
9740212 System and method for coordinating movement of mobile drive units Raffaello D'Andrea, Peter R. Wurman, Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz 2017-08-22 $41,765,000
9519284 Transporting inventory items using mobile drive units and conveyance equipment Peter R. Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea, Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz 2016-12-13 $84,236,000
9511934 Maneuvering a mobile drive unit Peter R. Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea, Michael T. Barbehenn, David C. Koehler, Michael C. Mountz 2016-12-06 $57,115,000
9448560 System and method for coordinating movement of mobile drive units Raffaello D'Andrea, Peter R. Wurman, Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz 2016-09-20 $53,510,000
9317034 System and method for inventory management using mobile drive units Michael C. Mountz, Michael T. Barbehenn, James Allard, Matthew E. Kimmel, Fabrizio Santini +3 more 2016-04-19 $77,771,000
9280157 System and method for transporting personnel within an active workspace Peter R. Wurman, Michael T. Barbehenn, Matthew David Verminski, Michael C. Mountz, Dennis Polic +2 more 2016-03-08 $66,440,000
9243971 Monitoring fluid flow in a conduit Jun Zhang 2016-01-26
9087314 System and method for positioning a mobile drive unit Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz, Peter R. Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea 2015-07-21 $59,589,000
8930133 Generating a path for a mobile drive unit Peter R. Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea, Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz 2015-01-06 $47,257,000
8831984 System and method for inventory management using mobile drive units Michael C. Mountz, Michael T. Barbehenn, James Allard, Matthew E. Kimmel, Fabrizio Santini +3 more 2014-09-09 $49,314,000
8649899 System and method for maneuvering a mobile drive unit Peter R. Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea, Michael T. Barbehenn, David C. Koehler, Michael C. Mountz 2014-02-11 $146,019,000
8606392 System and method for transporting inventory items Peter R. Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea, Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz 2013-12-10 $71,993,000
8538692 System and method for generating a path for a mobile drive unit Peter R. Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea, Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz 2013-09-17 $65,893,000
8412400 System and method for coordinating movement of mobile drive units Raffaello D'Andrea, Peter R. Wurman, Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz 2013-04-02 $85,714,000
8265873 System and method for managing mobile drive units Raffaello D'Andrea, Peter R. Wurman, Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz 2012-09-11
8239291 System and method for communicating status information of inventory-related tasks using a status indicator Sean Hugh Breheny, Matthew David Verminski, Michael C. Mountz 2012-08-07
8220710 System and method for positioning a mobile drive unit Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz, Peter R. Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea 2012-07-17
8068978 System and method for managing mobile drive units Raffaello D'Andrea, Peter R. Wurman, Michael T. Barbehenn, Michael C. Mountz 2011-11-29