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Thomas Ellmann — 6 Patents

Caterpillar: 6 patents #1,099 of 8,398Top 15%
Creve Coeur, IL: #1 of 15 inventorsTop 7%
Illinois: #15,248 of 84,256 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Thomas Ellmann has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 2016 and the most recent in January 2023. Thomas Ellmann ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Thomas Ellmann in Creve Coeur, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2016 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2017.peak 22016: 1 patents20162017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents20182022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11565761 Track joint assembly in machine track having pin stop for cartridge pin retention Benjamin Isaac Jones, Thomas E. Oertley 2023-01-31 $40,969,000
11333249 Plate between ring assemblies of a ring seal system Benjamin Isaac Jones, David J. Hakes, Jacob John PITMAN 2022-05-17 $87,917,000
9988109 Capless and unibeam track roller mounting systems Roger E. Lawson 2018-06-05 $31,755,000
9688325 Undercarriage assembly and track links for assembly David J. Hakes, Tom Oertley, Jason R. Beckerdite, Benoit Abello, Thomas J. Kowalski 2017-06-27 $27,101,000
9592865 Track assembly having dual-sprocket drive wheel 2017-03-14 $11,870,000
9446805 Track assembly having arcuate crawler shoes 2016-09-20 $24,048,000