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Christopher Everett Thorne — 21 Patents

BDBoston Dynamics: 11 patents #15 of 100Top 15%
Google: 8 patents #3,283 of 22,993Top 15%
UPUniversity of Pennsylvania: 1 patents #1,260 of 2,719Top 50%
Somerville, MA: #117 of 2,735 inventorsTop 5%
Massachusetts: #5,325 of 88,656 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Christopher Everett Thorne has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Boston Dynamics. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in October 2025. Christopher Everett Thorne ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Christopher Everett Thorne in Somerville, MA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12441002 Robotic gripper with seal detection Joshua Timothy Geating 2025-10-14
12379036 Rotary valve assembly Steven D. Potter, John Aaron Saunders 2025-08-05
12251831 Integrated mobile manipulator robot Michael Patrick Murphy, Benjamin Zelnick, Malik Hansen, Vadim Chernyak, Alex Perkins 2025-03-18
12251837 Intelligent gripper with individual cup control John Aaron Saunders, Matthew Paul Meduna, Joshua Timothy Geating 2025-03-18
12036670 Systems and methods for actuation of a robotic manipulator Joshua Timothy Geating, Geoffrey Peyton, Jacob Daniel Webb 2024-07-16
11932332 Three-piston ankle mechanism of a legged robot and associated control system John Aaron Saunders, Marco da Silva, Thomas H. Miller, Alexander Douglas Perkins 2024-03-19
11624447 Rotary valve assembly Steven D. Potter, John Aaron Saunders 2023-04-11
11590013 Brace system Steven D. Potter, Michael Patrick Murphy 2023-02-28
10988192 Three-piston ankle mechanism of a legged robot and associated control system John Aaron Saunders, Marco da Silva, Thomas H. Miller, Alexander Douglas Perkins 2021-04-27
10231859 Brace system Steven D. Potter, Michael Patrick Murphy 2019-03-19
9937618 Hybrid hydraulic and electrically actuated mobile robot John Aaron Saunders, Alex Khripin, Steven D. Potter, Michael Patrick Murphy 2018-04-10
9878751 Three-piston ankle mechanism of a legged robot and associated control system John Aaron Saunders, Marco da Silva, Thomas H. Miller, Alexander Douglas Perkins 2018-01-30
9840005 Cam-driven differential joint — 2017-12-12 $19,710,000
9731416 Legged robot passive fluid-based ankles with spring centering John Aaron Saunders, Michael Patrick Murphy 2017-08-15 $15,186,000
9651133 Phased joint cam Michael Patrick Murphy 2017-05-16 $14,499,000
9555846 Pelvis structure for humanoid robot John Aaron Saunders 2017-01-31 $11,039,000
9486919 Dual-axis robotic joint Michael Patrick Murphy 2016-11-08 $11,507,000
9333107 Brace system Steven D. Potter, Michael Patrick Murphy 2016-05-10 $18,289,000
9283949 Hybrid hydraulic and electrically actuated mobile robot John Aaron Saunders, Alex Khripin, Steven D. Potter, Michael Patrick Murphy 2016-03-15 $17,367,000
9238967 Environmentally sealed combustion powered linear actuator Aaron Saunders, Alfred Anthony Rizzi 2016-01-19 $28,546,000
8464978 Counter-rotational inertial control of rotorcraft Mark H. Yim 2013-06-18

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