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Vince Ball — 11 Patents

CACarnival: 10 patents #5 of 13Top 40%
Kirkland, WA: #539 of 3,517 inventorsTop 20%
Washington: #9,483 of 76,902 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Vince Ball has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Carnival. The first was granted in 2018 and the most recent in June 2025. Vince Ball ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Vince Ball in Kirkland, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2018 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2018.peak 42018: 4 patents20182019: 3 patents20192022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12342255 Antenna device for a wireless guest engagement system and methods for making and using the same John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Kyle Prestenback, Richard J. Criado +5 more 2025-06-24
12058596 Signal processing of a wireless guest engagement system and methods for making and using the same John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Kyle Prestenback, Richard J. Criado +5 more 2024-08-06
11671807 Wireless device and methods for making and using the same John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Kyle Prestenback, Richard J. Criado +5 more 2023-06-06
11252548 Wireless guest engagement system John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Kyle Prestenback, Richard J. Criado +5 more 2022-02-15
10499228 Wireless guest engagement system John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Kyle Prestenback, Richard J. Criado +5 more 2019-12-03
10304271 Devices and accessories for use in wireless guest engagement systems John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Kyle Prestenback, Richard J. Criado +5 more 2019-05-28
10171978 Door locks and assemblies for use in wireless guest engagement systems John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Kyle Prestenback, Richard J. Criado +5 more 2019-01-01
10157514 Portable wireless devices for use in wireless guest engagement systems John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Kyle Prestenback, Richard J. Criado +5 more 2018-12-18
10049516 Door locks and assemblies for use in wireless guest engagement systems John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Kyle Prestenback, Richard J. Criado +5 more 2018-08-14
10045184 Wireless guest engagement system John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Kyle Prestenback, Richard J. Criado +5 more 2018-08-07
10037642 Devices and accessories for use in wireless guest engagement systems John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Kyle Prestenback, Richard J. Criado +5 more 2018-07-31