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David F. Ford — 41 Patents

BUBunn-O-Matic: 36 patents #2 of 145Top 2%
ECEncore Computer: 1 patents #7 of 23Top 35%
SSSpace Systems/Loral: 1 patents #176 of 380Top 50%
Ford: 1 patents #9,400 of 17,473Top 55%
Motorola: 1 patents #7,552 of 14,142Top 55%
San Jose, CA: #1,357 of 32,062 inventorsTop 5%
California: #11,075 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #75,001 of 4,157,543Top 2%
41 Patents All Time
David F. Ford has been granted 41 US patents while listed as an inventor at Bunn-O-Matic. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in December 2022. David F. Ford ranks #75,001 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.8%). Patent records list David F. Ford in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 1994.peak 61982: 1 patents19821991: 2 patents1992: 3 patents19921993: 4 patents1994: 6 patents19941995: 3 patents1996: 2 patents19961997: 3 patents1999: 3 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 3 patents20012002: 4 patents2011: 1 patents20112014: 1 patents2015: 2 patents20152020: 1 patents2022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 41 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11523703 Brewer system, method and apparatus 2022-12-13
10779675 Brewer system, method and apparatus Chris Goodrich 2020-09-22
8998035 Liquid beverage concentrate dispensing system 2015-04-07
8950318 Brewer system with active brewing mechanism and buffer reservoir piston compression of brewing substance 2015-02-10
8800899 Removable hopper grinder 2014-08-12
7934670 Removable hopper grinder 2011-05-03
6446835 Cold beverage refill system 2002-09-10
6439105 Multiple direction holder and beverage making apparatus 2002-08-27
6401729 Beverage reservoir cleaning apparatus and method of use 2002-06-11
6349852 Cold beverage refill system 2002-02-26
6318676 Equatorial-normal body-stabilized spacecraft and control method for inclined orbit operation Andrew E. Turner, Jeffrey Donald Stoen 2001-11-20
6237811 Programmable dispenser 2001-05-29
6181757 Retiming method and means Roland Neumann, Phil Jeffery 2001-01-30 $33,842,000
D418365 Beverage dispenser door 2000-01-04
5927553 Powdered beverage mixing and dispensing apparatus 1999-07-27
5918768 Powdered beverage mixing and dispensing apparatus 1999-07-06
5865383 High volume grinder Daniel Ephraim 1999-02-02
5676040 Automatic refill brewing apparatus 1997-10-14
5671657 Multiple hopper grinder Daniel Ephraim 1997-09-30
D382761 Beverage dispensing apparatus 1997-08-26
5522556 Weight controlled grinder and weight sensor John T. Knepler, William E. Midden 1996-06-04
5505845 Waste disposal tray for an automatic coffee maker 1996-04-09
5395515 Waste disposal tray for an automatic coffee maker 1995-03-07
5393540 Automatic beverage brewing method Arthur H. Bunn, James H. Anson 1995-02-28
5386944 Weight controlled grinder and method of grinding coffee beans John T. Knepler, William E. Midden 1995-02-07