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William Rigdon — 13 Patents

BDBlack & Decker: 9 patents #422 of 2,745Top 20%
WCWorthington Cylinders: 4 patents #11 of 47Top 25%
Baltimore, MD: #264 of 4,923 inventorsTop 6%
Maryland: #2,278 of 35,612 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
William Rigdon has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Black & Decker. The first was granted in 2020 and the most recent in September 2025. William Rigdon ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list William Rigdon in Baltimore, MD, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2020 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2024.peak 42020: 3 patents20202021: 2 patents20212022: 2 patents20222023: 1 patents20232024: 4 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12413119 Power tool Matthew J. Velderman, Andrew E. Seman, Jr., Daniel J. White, Paul Becke 2025-09-09
12060259 Fuel transfer station and refillable fuel cell for fuel transfer station Daniel J. White, Matthew J. Velderman, Derek Marchanti, Gary Hill 2024-08-13
11984771 Circuit board for connecting motor windings Matthew J. Velderman, Andrew E. Seman, Jr., Daniel J. White, Paul Becke 2024-05-14
11970385 Fuel transfer station and refillable fuel cell for fuel transfer station Daniel J. White, Matthew J. Velderman, Derek Marchanti, Gary Hill 2024-04-30
11858801 Fuel transfer station and refillable fuel cell for fuel transfer station Daniel J. White, Matthew J. Velderman, Derek Marchanti, Gary Hill 2024-01-02
11621662 Battery and motor system for replacing internal combustion engine Daniel J. White, Matthew J. Velderman, Andrew E. Seman, Jr., Ryan H. Peloquin, Harry Zhong 2023-04-04
11466815 Hydrogen fuel canister Daniel J. White, Gary Hill, Anthony Romano, Derek Marchanti, Matthew J. Velderman +1 more 2022-10-11
11215490 External fuel metering valve with shuttle mechanism Gary Hill, Daniel J. White, Matthew J. Velderman, Derek Marchanti 2022-01-04
11139722 Motor having an external heat sink for a power tool Matthew J. Velderman, Andrew E. Seman, Jr., Daniel J. White, Paul Becke 2021-10-05
10889487 Fuel transfer station and refillable fuel cell for fuel transfer station Daniel J. White, Matthew J. Velderman, Derek Marchanti, Gary Hill 2021-01-12
10618152 All-direction valve and handheld power tool having same Daniel J. White, Matthew J. Velderman, Derek Marchanti, Gary Hill 2020-04-14
10587125 Battery pack discharge and charger system Elyse Edwards, Matthew J. Velderman, Andrew E. Seman, Jr., Daniel J. White 2020-03-10
10557738 External fuel metering valve with shuttle mechanism Gary Hill, Daniel J. White, Matthew J. Velderman, Derek Marchanti 2020-02-11