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Michael Ballone — 67 Patents

BDBlack & Decker: 15 patents #252 of 2,745Top 10%
HUHuffy: 6 patents #15 of 84Top 20%
ATAmes True Temper: 5 patents #29 of 85Top 35%
UNUniontools: 5 patents #7 of 32Top 25%
TPThe Lighting Partnership: 4 patents #10 of 36Top 30%
TLThe Singer Company Limited: 4 patents #66 of 510Top 15%
GGGee Group: 3 patents #2 of 9Top 25%
WCWarner-Lambert Company: 3 patents #488 of 1,610Top 35%
Samsung: 3 patents #31,179 of 75,807Top 45%
PMParker Manufacturing: 2 patents #2 of 12Top 20%
TLThermos L.L.C.: 2 patents #56 of 138Top 45%
WIWaterloo Industries: 2 patents #24 of 48Top 50%
MEMedisense: 2 patents #6 of 48Top 15%
Abbott: 2 patents #2,516 of 5,509Top 50%
TCThe Clorox: 1 patents #506 of 856Top 60%
RIRival: 1 patents #20 of 55Top 40%
RMReynolds Metals: 1 patents #140 of 329Top 45%
EAEasco: 1 patents #3 of 9Top 35%
RURussell: 1 patents #22 of 58Top 40%
RIRubbermaid Incorporated: 1 patents #353 of 574Top 65%
New Providence, NJ: #7 of 512 inventorsTop 2%
New Jersey: #510 of 69,400 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #31,718 of 4,157,543Top 1%
67 Patents All Time
Michael Ballone has been granted 67 US patents while listed as an inventor at Black & Decker. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in December 2010. Michael Ballone ranks #31,718 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.76%). Patent records list Michael Ballone in New Providence, NJ, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1984 to 2010Bar chart with a peak of 12 patents in 1997.peak 121984: 7 patents19841985: 2 patents1988: 2 patents19881990: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911992: 1 patents1994: 3 patents19941995: 1 patents1996: 2 patents19961997: 12 patents1998: 6 patents19981999: 5 patents2000: 5 patents20002001: 1 patents2002: 5 patents20022003: 1 patents2006: 5 patents20062007: 4 patents2008: 1 patents20082010: 2 patents2010

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 67 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7845082 Universal hand pruner with extendible handles David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen +5 more 2010-12-07
7647703 Bulb planter with twin grips David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen +5 more 2010-01-19
D582226 Hand tool with multiple grips David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen +5 more 2008-12-09
D548027 Hand pruner David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen +5 more 2007-08-07
7219865 Rollable sports base Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig M. Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen +1 more 2007-05-22
D539629 Handle for hand-operated tool David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen +5 more 2007-04-03
D537700 Handle for hand-operated tool David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen +5 more 2007-03-06
D532274 Handle for hand tool David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen +5 more 2006-11-21
7121599 Hand-operated tool with central step David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen +5 more 2006-10-17
D522324 Cultivator head for hand tool David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen +5 more 2006-06-06
D521823 Bulb planter David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen +5 more 2006-05-30
D518340 Hand operated tool David Demar, Thomas VanDyk, Roland Charriez, John Kiely, Keith Kristiansen +5 more 2006-04-04
6554243 Rollable sports base Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Keith Kristiansen, Gary Grossman 2003-04-29 $1,097,000
6427963 Rollable sports base Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig M. Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen +1 more 2002-08-06 $732,000
6412747 Rollable sports base Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig M. Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen +1 more 2002-07-02 $546,000
6412746 Rollable sports base Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig M. Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen +1 more 2002-07-02 $546,000
6405990 Rollable sports base Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig M. Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen +1 more 2002-06-18 $512,000
6405989 Rollable sports base Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig M. Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen +1 more 2002-06-18 $512,000
6328460 Foldable worklight with translucent lens Gary Grossman, Thomas Van Dyk, John Kiely 2001-12-11
D433599 Mug Keith Kristiansen, Gary Grossman 2000-11-14
6059146 Liquid delivery system that automatically delivers liquid from a plurality of containers Edward H. Meisner, Keith Kristiansen 2000-05-09
6050710 Foldable worklight with translucent lens Gary Grossman, Thomas Van Dyk, John Kiely 2000-04-18
D422364 Massager Thomas Van Dyk, Morris G. Grossman 2000-04-04
D421364 Mug Keith Kristiansen, Gary Grossman 2000-03-07
6005642 Television receiver with doors for its display screen which doors contain loudspeakers Edward H. Meisner, Keith Kristiansen, John Flick Garrison, Allen LeRoy Limberg 1999-12-21