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Michael D. Mitchell — 38 Patents

Caterpillar: 10 patents #572 of 8,398Top 7%
GSGte Business Communication Systems: 4 patents #1 of 18Top 6%
ALAlcoa: 4 patents #141 of 784Top 20%
PPPhillips Petroleum: 4 patents #686 of 2,506Top 30%
Sony: 2 patents #13,023 of 25,231Top 55%
GOGoodrich: 2 patents #664 of 1,788Top 40%
GSGte Communication Systems: 2 patents #29 of 135Top 25%
IBM: 1 patents #44,878 of 70,183Top 65%
STSolenis Technologies: 1 patents #63 of 163Top 40%
The Boeing: 1 patents #8,630 of 15,756Top 55%
TCThe Clorox: 1 patents #506 of 856Top 60%
FLFca Us Llc.: 1 patents #519 of 1,371Top 40%
Woodstock, GA: #12 of 511 inventorsTop 3%
Georgia: #517 of 35,610 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #84,675 of 4,157,543Top 3%
38 Patents All Time
Michael D. Mitchell has been granted 38 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in April 2025. Michael D. Mitchell ranks #84,675 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Michael D. Mitchell in Woodstock, GA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2014.peak 51980: 1 patents19801984: 1 patents1985: 4 patents1986: 1 patents19861987: 2 patents1988: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961998: 1 patents1999: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents2013: 2 patents20132014: 5 patents2015: 2 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 2 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 2 patents2021: 1 patents2022: 1 patents20222025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 38 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12264497 Cylinder dry lock assembly 2025-04-01
12188298 Water resistive entrance doors for buildings 2025-01-07
11355895 Connector demate tools 2022-06-07
10976754 Method of automatically controlling a volume of material dispensed in a constant pressure material dispensing system Phillip M Markison, John Macdonald, Michael M Zupancic 2021-04-13 $217,693,000
10745962 Integrally hinged stile 2020-08-18
10637202 Connector demate tools 2020-04-28
10400891 System, method and apparatus to control machine acceleration when exiting a grade Austin J. Scott, Barry Mei 2019-09-03 $20,052,000
10246087 System and method for collision mitigation during machine articulation Adam M. Plecker, Mark A. Robinson, Shaun Randall Melchiori 2019-04-02 $21,232,000
10087603 Stability control system for machine in motion Mark A. Robinson, Adam M. Plecker 2018-10-02 $67,215,000
9925983 System and method to eliminate or reduce frame contact during operation of articulated machine Sameer S. Marathe, Mark A. Robinson, Wesley Thomas Payne 2018-03-27 $78,964,000
9555706 Traction control system and process for a machine having a work implement Norval P. Thomson 2017-01-31 $14,857,000
9472232 Dual-sided optical discs with normally oriented and inverted text patterns Jon Ashley 2016-10-18
9371613 On-site emulsification of defoamer for brownstock washing of pulp Lloyd A. Lobo, Todd Bolton, Kraig R. Kent 2016-06-21
9139981 Rimpull Derate management in a machine with independent powertrains Mark A. Robinson, Sameer S. Marathe 2015-09-22 $7,648,000
9079575 Machine powertrain control system and method Aaron Y. Ho, Mark D. Anderson, Cynthia A. Nastav, Ming Zhang, Derek J. Light 2015-07-14 $50,538,000
8903612 Method of determining when a payload loading event is occurring in a hauling machine Balmes Tejeda, Andrew DeHaseth 2014-12-02 $19,652,000
8850981 Single-sided printing providing dual-sided reading of print on optical discs Jon Ashley 2014-10-07
8821506 Bone screw 2014-09-02
8747411 Fluid delivery and bone screw driver apparatus 2014-06-10
8655505 Worksite management system implementing remote machine reconfiguration Christopher M. Sprock, Robert S. Anderson, Mahmoud M. Tobaa, Balmes Tejeda, Michael R. Verheyen +2 more 2014-02-18 $57,906,000
8584411 Floating flapper valve 2013-11-19 $48,813,000
8463460 Worksite management system implementing anticipatory machine control Christopher M. Sprock, Robert S. Anderson, Mahmoud M. Tobaa, Balmes Tejeda, Michael R. Verheyen +2 more 2013-06-11 $20,755,000
7343638 Connector structure for a pivotable head German R. Gonzalez 2008-03-18 $10,984,000
7231304 Interference pattern testing of materials 2007-06-12 $32,230,000
6080863 Process for producing piperidine Michael S. Matson 2000-06-27 $37,359,000