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Mark D. Shane — 8 Patents

Caterpillar: 7 patents #922 of 8,398Top 15%
Wyoming, IL: #2 of 7 inventorsTop 30%
Illinois: #11,515 of 84,256 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Mark D. Shane has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in April 2004. Mark D. Shane ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Mark D. Shane in Wyoming, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2004Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2000.peak 41992: 1 patents19922000: 4 patents20002001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents20022004: 1 patents2004

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6725105 Bucket shakeout mechanism for electro-hydraulic machines John E. Francis 2004-04-20 $31,039,000
6431050 Apparatus for multiplexing a plurality of hydraulic cylinders Dennis J. Hausman, Andrew H. Nippert 2002-08-13 $10,441,000
6278955 Method for automatically positioning the blade of a motor grader to a memory position Matthew A. Hartman, Daniel E. Shearer, Xiaojun Zhang 2001-08-21 $69,033,000
6152237 Method for automatically controlling the articulation angle of a motor grader Matthew A. Hartman, Craig B. Kelley, Bernie D. Lunsford, Daniel E. Shearer 2000-11-28 $20,081,000
6129156 Method for automatically moving the blade of a motor grader from a present blade position to a mirror image position Susan M. Boast, Michael I. Cline, Matthew A. Hartman, Xiaojun Zhang, Daniel E. Shearer 2000-10-10 $13,531,000
H1851 Motor grader having dual steering mechanisms Craig B. Kelley, Matthew A. Hartman, Daniel E. Shearer, Bernie D. Lunsford 2000-06-06
6028524 Method for monitoring the position of a motor grader blade relative to a motor grader frame Matthew A. Hartman, Xiaojun Zhang, Daniel E. Shearer 2000-02-22 $14,536,000
5156629 Pneumatic prosthetic insert Michelle M. Peters 1992-10-20