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Eric J. Hanson — 67 Patents

Caterpillar: 39 patents #53 of 8,398Top 1%
UAUatc: 9 patents #42 of 369Top 15%
CECrown Equipment: 8 patents #66 of 339Top 20%
Uber Technologies: 7 patents #108 of 909Top 15%
GRGroupon: 2 patents #295 of 502Top 60%
BYBytedance: 1 patents #113 of 322Top 40%
AOAurora Operations: 1 patents #126 of 269Top 50%
San Francisco, CA: #281 of 26,999 inventorsTop 2%
California: #4,843 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #31,718 of 4,157,543Top 1%
67 Patents All Time
Eric J. Hanson has been granted 67 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in September 2025. Eric J. Hanson ranks #31,718 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.76%). Patent records list Eric J. Hanson in San Francisco, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2006 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 15 patents in 2015.peak 152006: 1 patents20062007: 2 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 2 patents2012: 5 patents20122013: 9 patents2014: 4 patents20142015: 15 patents2016: 5 patents20162017: 2 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 3 patents2020: 3 patents20202021: 4 patents2022: 2 patents20222023: 4 patents2024: 2 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 67 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12432567 Systems and methods for matching an autonomous vehicle to a rider Molly Castle Nix, Sean Chin, Richard Donnelly, Dennis Zhao 2025-09-30
12270663 State-based autonomous-vehicle operations Dennis Zhao, Sean Chin, Molly Castle Nix 2025-04-08
12157368 Autonomous vehicle interface system with multiple interface devices featuring redundant vehicle commands Molly Castle Nix, Sean Chin, Dennis Zhao 2024-12-03
12067585 Methods and systems for determining a travel propensity configured for use in the generation of a supply index indicative of a quality of available supply Andrew Lisy, Becky Nixon Center, Yingchu Zheng 2024-08-20
11781873 State-based autonomous-vehicle operations Dennis Zhao, Sean Chin, Molly Castle Nix 2023-10-10 $423,583,000
11782439 Determining routes for autonomous vehicles Molly Castle Nix, Dennis Zhao, Sean Chin 2023-10-10
11747808 Systems and methods for matching an autonomous vehicle to a rider Molly Castle Nix, Sean Chin, Richard Donnelly, Dennis Zhao 2023-09-05 $225,435,000
11551247 Methods and systems for determining a travel propensity configured for use in the generation of a supply index indicative of a quality of available supply Andrew Lisy, Becky Nixon Center, Yingchu Zheng 2023-01-10 $2,510,000
11392971 Methods and systems for generating a supply index indicative of a quality of available supply of merchant promotions Andrew Lisy, Becky Nixon Center, Yingchu Zheng 2022-07-19 $1,180,000
11285965 Autonomous vehicle interface system with multiple interface devices featuring redundant vehicle commands Molly Castle Nix, Sean Chin, Dennis Zhao 2022-03-29
11195353 Methods, devices, and systems for communicating autonomous-vehicle status Molly Castle Nix, Sean Chin, Philipp Haban, Richard Donnelly, David Patrick Rice +1 more 2021-12-07
11187543 State-based autonomous-vehicle operations Dennis Zhao, Sean Chin, Molly Castle Nix 2021-11-30
10996668 Systems and methods for on-site recovery of autonomous vehicles Dennis Zhao, Molly Castle Nix, Sean Chin 2021-05-04
10969782 Systems and methods for matching an autonomous vehicle to a rider Molly Castle Nix, Sean Chin, Richard Donnelly, Dennis Zhao 2021-04-06 $384,733,000
10795356 Systems and methods for determining when to release control of an autonomous vehicle Molly Castle Nix, Sean Chin, Dennis Zhao, Scott C. Poeppel, Sean Hyde 2020-10-06
10768621 Determining routes for autonomous vehicles Molly Castle Nix, Dennis Zhao, Sean Chin 2020-09-08
10579054 Systems and methods for on-site recovery of autonomous vehicles Dennis Zhao, Molly Castle Nix, Sean Chin 2020-03-03
10501014 Remote assist feedback system for autonomous vehicles Alex Castro, Molly Castle Nix, Scott C. Poeppel, Sean Chin, Dennis Zhao 2019-12-10
10421396 Systems and methods for signaling intentions to riders Molly Castle Nix, Sean Chin, Dennis Zhao 2019-09-24 $76,869,000
10310505 Seamless vehicle entry Molly Castle Nix, Sean Chin, Dennis Zhao 2019-06-04
D810972 Headlight Gregory Miller, Joseph F. Denatale, Jr. 2018-02-20
D782085 Fog lamp Christian Michael Hardin, Peter Vurpillat 2017-03-21
D777615 Truck grille surround Curt Wilson 2017-01-31
RE46247 Bumper of a truck Joseph F. Denatale, Jr. 2016-12-27
D774670 Headlight Gregory Miller, Joseph F. Denatale, Jr. 2016-12-20