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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
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Michael K. Forster

BDBlack & Decker: 64 patents #22 of 2,138Top 2%
BDBalck & Decker: 1 patents #1 of 19Top 6%
EAEpcos Ag: 1 patents #321 of 606Top 55%
White Hall, MD: #1 of 41 inventorsTop 3%
Maryland: #121 of 35,612 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #31,727 of 4,157,543Top 1%
67 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 67 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9762153 Cycle-by-cycle current limit for power tools having a brushless motor John C. Vanko, Bhanuprasad V. Gorti, Tal Gottesman 2017-09-12
9722525 Protective redundant subsystem for power tools John C. Vanko, Larrry T. Albert, Bhanuprasad V. Gorti, Jason K. Leh, Garrett P. McCormick +2 more 2017-08-01
9692157 Controlled power fade for battery power devices Daniele C. Brotto, Jason K. Leh, Wing W. Lin 2017-06-27
9644837 Lighted power tool John C. Vanko, Tal Gottesman, Daniel Puzio, John D. Cox, Joseph P. Kelleher +10 more 2017-05-09
9533408 Fastening tool Bhanuprasad V. Gorti, Samuel G. Woods, Craig A. Schell, Nathan J. Cruise 2017-01-03
9508498 Electronic switching module for a power tool Matthew J. Velderman 2016-11-29
9464893 Level, plumb, and perpendicularity indicator for power tool John C. Vanko, Craig A. Schell, Robert S. Gehret, Tal Gottesman, Sankarshan Murthy +5 more 2016-10-11
9413088 Controlled power fade for battery powered devices Daniele C. Brotto, Jason K. Leh, Wing W. Lin 2016-08-09
9406457 Electronic switching module for a power tool Matthew J. Velderman, Robert J. Marcinkowski 2016-08-02
9401250 Electronic switching module for a power tool Matthew J. Velderman 2016-07-26
9328915 Lighted power tool John C. Vanko, Tal Gottesman, Daniel Puzio 2016-05-03
9314900 Handheld grinder with a brushless electric motor John C. Vanko, Matthew J. Velderman, John W. Howson 2016-04-19
9276438 Universal power tool battery pack coupled to a portable internal combustion engine Jeffrey P. Grant 2016-03-01
9225275 Power tool with light unit Brian Sterling, Stephen P. Osborne, Paul S. White, Jeffery D. Delcamp, Jason K. Leh 2015-12-29
9071188 Protective redundant subsystem for power tools John C. Vanko, Larry T. Albert, Bhanuprasad V. Gorti, Jason K. Leh, Garrett P. McCormick +2 more 2015-06-30
9071069 Controlled power fade for battery powered devices Daniele C. Brotto, Jason K. Leh, Wing W. Lin 2015-06-30
9028088 Lighted power tool John C. Vanko, Tal Gottesman, Daniel Puzio, John D. Cox, Joseph P. Kelleher +10 more 2015-05-12
9000882 Electronic switching module for a power tool Matthew J. Velderman 2015-04-07
8988015 Power tool having a non-linear trigger-speed profile Jason K. Leh, Wing W. Lin 2015-03-24
8759991 Universal power tool battery pack coupled to a portable internal combustion engine Jeffrey P. Grant 2014-06-24
8446120 Electronic switching module for a power tool Matthew J. Velderman, John C. Vanko 2013-05-21
8434566 Fastening tool Bhanuprasad V. Gorti, Sam Woods, Craig A. Schell, Nathan J. Cruise 2013-05-07
8408327 Method for operating a power driver Bhanuprasad V. Gorti, Sam Woods, Craig A. Schell, Nathan J. Cruise 2013-04-02
8347978 Method for controlling a power driver Craig A. Schell, Paul G. Gross, Charles L. Bradenbaugh, IV, Nathan J. Cruise, Erik Ekstrom 2013-01-08
8316958 Control scheme for detecting and preventing torque conditions in a power tool Craig A. Schell 2012-11-27