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Duane Needham — 23 Patents

CSCapstan Ag Systems: 18 patents #2 of 18Top 15%
OMOrchard Machinery: 2 patents #2 of 6Top 35%
BUBoard Of Regents For Oklahoma State University: 2 patents #37 of 213Top 20%
Santa Cruz, CA: #157 of 1,911 inventorsTop 9%
California: #24,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Duane Needham has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Capstan Ag Systems. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in September 2025. Duane Needham ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Duane Needham in Santa Cruz, CA, US.

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Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12423768 Generating three-dimensional graphical data based on two-dimensional monocular camera sensor data Kunal Saluja, Rachit AGGARWAL, Ugur Oezdemir, Tyler Niday 2025-09-23
12240605 Systems and methods to control aerial distribution of materials Jeffrey John Grimm 2025-03-04
11998934 Drive circuit for estimating fluid flow based on valve closure time and fluid application system including same 2024-06-04
11904333 Systems and methods for controlling operation of a valve 2024-02-20
11851184 Systems and methods to control aerial distribution of materials 2023-12-26
11659828 Systems and methods for fluid application including sectioned spray boom and section control valves for sectional pressure control Jeffrey John Grimm 2023-05-30
11506228 System and method for energizing a solenoid coil for fast solenoid actuation Kale Schrader 2022-11-22
11247777 Systems and methods to control aerial distribution of materials Jeffrey John Grimm 2022-02-15
11241706 Systems and methods for controlling operation of a valve 2022-02-08
10953414 System and methods for estimating fluid flow based on valve closure time 2021-03-23
10371277 Methods for controlling operation of a valve Andrew J. Holtz 2019-08-06
10178830 Tree location sensing system and process for agricultural tree harvesting Brian Michael Andersen, Tyler Niday, Donald Paul Mayo 2019-01-15
10058879 System and methods for estimating fluid flow based on valve closure time 2018-08-28
9635848 Spray system with speed-based pressure controller and method of controlling same Troy C. Kolb, Gordon Hooper 2017-05-02
9485912 Tree location sensing system for agricultural tree harvesters Brian Michael Andersen, Tyler Niday, Donald Paul Mayo 2016-11-08
9435458 Electrically actuated valve for control of instantaneous pressure drop and cyclic durations of flow Andrew J. Holtz 2016-09-06
8523085 Method and system to control flow from individual nozzles while controlling overall system flow and pressure Jeff Grimm, Kent Dieball, Tyron Johnson, Marvin L. Stone 2013-09-03
8191795 Method and system to control flow from individual nozzles while controlling overall system flow and pressure Jeff Grimm, Kent Dieball, Tyron Johnson, Marvin L. Stone 2012-06-05
7826930 Networked diagnostic and control system for dispensing apparatus Durham K. Giles 2010-11-02
7742842 Networked diagnostic and control system for dispensing apparatus Durham K. Giles 2010-06-22
7502665 Networked diagnostic and control system for dispensing apparatus Durham K. Giles 2009-03-10
6855933 Optical spectral reflectance sensor and controller Marvin L. Stone, John B. Solie, William R. Raun, Gordon V. Johnson 2005-02-15
6596996 Optical spectral reflectance sensor and controller Marvin L. Stone, John B. Solie, William R. Raun, Gordon V. Johnson 2003-07-22