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William F. Gallagher — 19 Patents

BDBlack & Decker: 19 patents #175 of 2,745Top 7%
Zeigler, PA: #3 of 10 inventorsTop 30%
Pennsylvania: #3,661 of 74,527 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
William F. Gallagher has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Black & Decker. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in May 2025. William F. Gallagher ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list William F. Gallagher in Zeigler, PA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2009 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2012.peak 32009: 2 patents20092010: 2 patents2012: 3 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 2 patents20142017: 1 patents2019: 1 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 2 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12296454 Brushless motor for power tools Joseph P. Kelleher, Craig A. Oktavec, David J. Smith, Jarrett A. Dunston 2025-05-13
11951603 Brushless motor system for power tools Joseph P. Kelleher, Craig A. Oktavec, David J. Smith, Jarrett A. Dunston 2024-04-09
11878355 Power tool chuck Joseph P. Kelleher, Louis Marvin Vasiliades, Trevor J. Koenig, Heather Schafer 2024-01-23
11691260 Brushless motor system for power tools Joseph P. Kelleher, Sean R. Templeton, Mark R. Poetzl, Seth M. Robinson, Marcell E. Coates +3 more 2023-07-04
11241781 Brushless motor system for power tools Joseph P. Kelleher, Craig A. Oktavec, David J. Smith, Jarrett A. Dunston 2022-02-08
11000941 Reciprocating saw Benjamin Krupsaw, Paul S. White, Michael Varipatis, Nathan J. Osborne, Nicholas Garibaldi +1 more 2021-05-11
10625410 Reciprocating saw Benjamin Krupsaw, Paul S. White, Michael Varipatis, Nathan J. Osborne, Nicholas Garibaldi +1 more 2020-04-21
10500708 Power tool Joseph P. Kelleher, Sean R. Templeton, Mark R. Poetzl, Seth M. Robinson, Marcell E. Coates +3 more 2019-12-10
9718180 Power tool having improved motor and controller cooling Russell Hester, Matthew Ronald Miller 2017-08-01
8763258 Portable band saw Philip T. Miller, David R. Beers, Spencer G. Maid, Paul S. White, Dennis A. Bush +5 more 2014-07-01
8716618 Angle grinder Michael C. Doyle, Eric E. Hatfield, David C. Tomayko, Daniel L. Krout, Tanika Malloy 2014-05-06
8348727 Airflow arrangement for a power tool Paul K. Trautner, Phillip T. Miller, Michael C. Doyle 2013-01-08
8292700 Angle grinder Michael C. Doyle, Eric E. Hatfield, David C. Tomayko, Daniel L. Krout, Tanika Malloy 2012-10-23
8087976 Trigger assembly for angle grinder Michael C. Doyle, Eric E. Hatfield, David C. Tomayko, Daniel L. Krout, Tanika Malloy 2012-01-03
8087977 Angle grinder Michael C. Doyle, Eric E. Hatfield, David C. Tomayko, Daniel L. Krout, Tanika Malloy 2012-01-03
7817384 Control and protection methodologies for a motor control module Samuel G. Woods, Jason K. Leh, David R. Beers, Michael K. Forster, John C. Vanko +3 more 2010-10-19
7722444 Angle grinder Michael C. Doyle, Eric E. Hatfield, David C. Tomayko, Daniel L. Krout, Tanika Malloy 2010-05-25
7551411 Control and protection methodologies for a motor control module Samuel G. Woods, Jason K. Leh, Daniel R. Beers, Michael K. Forster, John C. Vanko +3 more 2009-06-23 $3,921,000
7537065 Angle grinder David W. Weiford, William Goddard, Eric E. Hatfield 2009-05-26 $4,273,000