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James E. Schimpf — 10 Patents

Caterpillar: 10 patents #572 of 8,398Top 7%
Joliet, IL: #17 of 318 inventorsTop 6%
Illinois: #9,022 of 84,256 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
James E. Schimpf has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in March 2011. James E. Schimpf ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list James E. Schimpf in Joliet, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1983 to 2011Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1997.peak 21983: 1 patents19831985: 1 patents19851993: 1 patents19931996: 1 patents19961997: 2 patents19971998: 1 patents19981999: 2 patents19992011: 1 patents2011

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7913491 Hydraulic flow control system and method Hong-Chin Lin, James T. Ferrier 2011-03-29 $69,990,000
5899008 Method and apparatus for controlling an implement of a work machine Michael A. Cobo, Cynthia M. Gardner 1999-05-04 $39,083,000
5876185 Load sensing pump control for a variable displacement pump Tony L. Marcott 1999-03-02 $14,160,000
5727387 Apparatus for controlling an implement of a work machine Javad Hosseini, Nathan T. Schenkel 1998-03-17 $44,206,000
5701793 Method and apparatus for controlling an implement of a work machine Cynthia M. Gardner, Robert E. Stone, John D. Duffy, William E. Allen 1997-12-30 $12,609,000
5617723 Method for controlling an implement of a work machine Javad Hosseini, Nathan T. Schenkel 1997-04-08 $39,151,000
5537818 Method for controlling an implement of a work machine Javad Hosseini, Nathan T. Schenkel 1996-07-23 $14,873,000
5189940 Method and apparatus for controlling an implement Javad Hosseini, Eric A. Hutchison, Randall M. Mitchell, Weldon L. Phelps 1993-03-02 $12,101,000
4553904 Pump control with fluid responsive standby pressure Walter Z. Ruseff 1985-11-19 $6,805,000
4381646 Torque and high pressure limiting control for variable displacement pumps Walter Z. Ruseff 1983-05-03 $14,089,000