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Stephen W. Rector — 13 Patents

Caterpillar: 12 patents #447 of 8,398Top 6%
Metamora, IL: #18 of 208 inventorsTop 9%
Illinois: #6,713 of 84,256 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Stephen W. Rector has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in November 2016. Stephen W. Rector ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Stephen W. Rector in Metamora, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9510137 Short range peer-to-peer communications system Steven R. McCoy 2016-11-29 $19,158,000
6536298 Modular joystick Ashok Bellur, David E. Wiesehan 2003-03-25 $10,262,000
6424245 Magnetic detent device Glenda D. Tullis 2002-07-23 $14,802,000
H1990 Magnetic shunt device for hall effect applications Samir Med Kherat 2001-09-04
6223571 Magnetically coupled keystart switch 2001-05-01 $24,282,000
6184462 Apparatus for retaining a printed circuit board Ashok Bellur, Val G. Boucher, Paul Piasse 2001-02-06 $21,327,000
5996418 Laminated pressure sensing device Robert R. Siegler 1999-12-07 $20,579,000
5660080 Electrically noncontacting transmission control mechanism Douglas D. Schumann, Jr., Robert R. Siegler 1997-08-26 $123,289,000
5520499 Programmable ride control Steven T. Ufheil 1996-05-28 $13,248,000
5435131 Adaptive overspeed control for a hydrostatic transmission Dennis J. Hausman, David P. Smith, Steven T. Ufheil 1995-07-25 $20,998,000
5040119 Draft control apparatus and method Gerald D. Hardy, John P. Hoffman, Larry E. Kendrick 1991-08-13 $27,939,000
4721870 Filtering of electromagnetic interference from a digital signal Gwenne A. E. Henricks 1988-01-26 $9,224,000
4333096 Seed planter monitor John P. Jenkins, John J. McCarty, William P. Hammond 1982-06-01