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Michael Vanderham — 7 Patents

Caterpillar: 7 patents #922 of 8,398Top 15%
Peoria, IL: #271 of 1,769 inventorsTop 20%
Illinois: #13,121 of 84,256 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Michael Vanderham has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in May 2011. Michael Vanderham ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Michael Vanderham in Peoria, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2011Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2005.peak 22005: 2 patents20052006: 2 patents20062008: 2 patents20082011: 1 patents2011

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7950481 Electric powertrain for machine Michael D. Betz, Kent A. Casey, Stephen C. Garnett, Chih Chieh Liang, Andrew J. Tonsor +1 more 2011-05-31 $25,179,000
7469761 Continuously variable transmission system with power boost Brian D. Kuras, Thomas M. Sopko, Maria-Magdalena Dilimot 2008-12-30 $19,379,000
7441613 Electric drive system with differential steering Gerald P. Simmons 2008-10-28 $11,819,000
7146263 Predictive load management system Mustafa Kamil Guven, Brian D. Kuras 2006-12-05 $245,783,000
7076954 Turbocharger system Thomas M. Sopko, Kent A. Casey, Brian D. Kuras 2006-07-18 $45,839,000
6901324 System and method for predictive load management Charles E. Rose, Brian D. Kuras, Mustafa Kamil Guven, Thomas Michael Sopko Jr. 2005-05-31 $48,323,000
6892837 Electric drive system with differential steering Gerald P. Simmons 2005-05-17 $23,867,000