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Thomas Müller — 81 Patents

Caterpillar: 11 patents #501 of 8,398Top 6%
SGStabilus Gmbh: 7 patents #22 of 231Top 10%
KGKörber Technologies Gmbh: 4 patents #7 of 40Top 20%
EUEcolab Usa: 4 patents #515 of 1,826Top 30%
PGPurem Gmbh: 4 patents #21 of 141Top 15%
PKPaul Vahle Gmbh & Co. Kg: 3 patents #2 of 13Top 20%
WGWabco Gmbh: 3 patents #80 of 358Top 25%
Robert Bosch Gmbh: 2 patents #7,316 of 19,740Top 40%
VGVallourec Deutschland Gmbh: 2 patents #3 of 72Top 5%
WBWabco Europe Bvba: 2 patents #34 of 157Top 25%
B(Battlemax (Pty): 2 patents #3 of 6Top 50%
KUKraftwerk Union: 2 patents #80 of 375Top 25%
MKMultivac Sepp Haggenmüller Se & Co. Kg: 1 patents #65 of 159Top 45%
AAAesculap Ag: 1 patents #247 of 481Top 55%
PSPlansee Se: 1 patents #69 of 144Top 50%
DADaimler-Benz Ag: 1 patents #661 of 1,737Top 40%
SBSkf Engineering & Research Centre B.V.: 1 patents #32 of 89Top 40%
SASprecher Energie Ag: 1 patents #6 of 12Top 50%
CGClariant Produkte (Deutschland) Gmbh: 1 patents #105 of 262Top 45%
VGV & M Deutschland Gmbh: 1 patents #7 of 34Top 25%
AKAktiengesellschaft Kuhnle, Kopp & Kausch: 1 patents #7 of 34Top 25%
WAWacker Construction Equipment Ag: 1 patents #17 of 37Top 50%
ZBZf Cv Systems Europe Bv: 1 patents #80 of 223Top 40%
AGAgco: 1 patents #288 of 208Top 140%
FKFesto Ag & Co. Kg: 1 patents #88 of 223Top 40%
F&Festo Ag &: 1 patents #90 of 213Top 45%
FGFleissner Gmbh: 1 patents #7 of 26Top 30%
HAHilti Aktiengesellschaft: 1 patents #789 of 1,466Top 55%
KKKopperschmidt-Mueller Gmbh & Co. Kg: 1 patents #3 of 12Top 25%
ESEmhart Glass S.A.: 1 patents #64 of 108Top 60%
Overall (All Time): #22,096 of 4,157,543Top 1%
81 Patents All Time
Thomas Müller has been granted 81 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in October 2025. Thomas Müller ranks #22,096 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.53%). Patent records list Thomas Müller in Hamburg, MN, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2025.peak 61985: 2 patents19851987: 1 patents1989: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents1998: 3 patents19982001: 5 patents2002: 3 patents2003: 1 patents20032005: 3 patents2006: 2 patents2007: 2 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102012: 3 patents2013: 3 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 4 patents2016: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 4 patents2019: 2 patents2020: 3 patents20202021: 5 patents2022: 2 patents2023: 3 patents20232024: 4 patents2025: 6 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 81 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12446621 Evaporator tank unit for an inhaler, preferably an electronic cigarette product, electronic cigarette product and wick structure Michael Kleine Wächter, Lennart Kock 2025-10-21
12317928 Vaporizer cartridge and inhaler comprising such a vaporizer cartridge Max Bergmann, Lasse Cornils, Matthias Giese, Christian Hanneken, Jan Jaklin +6 more 2025-06-03
12262740 Vaporizer cartridge and inhaler comprising such a vaporizer cartridge Max Bergmann, Lasse Cornils, Matthias Giese, Christian Hanneken, Jan Jaklin +6 more 2025-04-01
D1066446 Throat bush Marthinus Jacobus Buitendag, Johannes Theodorus Pienaar 2025-03-11
12227717 Pressed manual dish detergent Wendy Lo, Erik C. Olson, Jeffrey John Biggs, Angela Sivanich, Katherine Molinaro +2 more 2025-02-18
12219995 Vaporizer cartridge and inhaler comprising such a vaporizer cartridge Max Bergmann, Lasse Cornils, Matthias Giese, Christian Hanneken, Jan Jaklin +6 more 2025-02-11
12102135 Method and mounting frame for manufacturing a vaporizer unit for an inhaler Niklas Romming, Lasse Cornils, Jan Jaklin 2024-10-01
D1032105 Container for pet food Felix Schmidheiny, Oliver Lünenbürger 2024-06-18
D1024136 Cover for a centrifugal pump Marthinus Jacobus Buitendag, Johannes Theodorus Pienaar 2024-04-23
11964646 Foot brake valve of an air brake system Peter Beier, Ulrich Couppee, Reiner Hölscher, Gerhard Martini, Karl-Heinz Riediger-Janisch +6 more 2024-04-23
11840948 Silencer for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine Philipp Kratz, Benjamin Röhr, Thomas Uhlemann, Nicolas Mettenleiter, Frank Berkemer 2023-12-12
11746304 Pressed manual dish detergent Wendy Lo, Erik C. Olson, Jeffrey John Biggs, Angela Sivanich, Katherine Molinaro +2 more 2023-09-05 $41,698,000
11702968 Component for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine Benjamin Röhr, Frank Berkemer, Herve Tchamgoue 2023-07-18
11441461 Mixer device Benjamin Röhr, Herve Tchamgoue, Frank Berkemer, Ruben Hass, Benjamin Deuscher 2022-09-13
11268045 Pressed manual dish detergent Wendy Lo, Erik C. Olson, Jeffrey John Biggs, Angela Sivanich, Katherine Molinaro +2 more 2022-03-08 $97,245,000
11162406 Process for manufacturing an exhaust system Benjamin Röhr, Damir Krajinovic, Frank Hempel, Benjamin Deuscher 2021-11-02
11110903 Control valve, electronically controllable brake system and method for controlling the electronically controllable brake system Paulina Kuncewicz, Adam Lango, Leszek Toma 2021-09-07
10967843 Control valve, electronically controllable brake system and method for controlling the electronically controllable brake system Ulrich Couppee, Karl-Heinz Riediger-Janisch 2021-04-06
10955076 High-pressure resistant screw connection for pipe or hose lines with a tapered thread Carsten Schippers, Oliver Neiske, Andreas Udhöfer 2021-03-23
10933852 Brake system for a vehicle train and tractor therewith Andreas Goers, Jakob Friedrich Schmidt 2021-03-02
10626350 Pressed manual dish detergent Wendy Lo, Erik C. Olson, Jeffrey John Biggs, Angela Sivanich, Katherine Molinaro +2 more 2020-04-21 $77,994,000
10590996 Medical handle with pneumatic safety coupling Wolfgang Heine, Edgar Blust, Frederick Lenzenhuber, Anette Hildebrand, Simone Hermle +1 more 2020-03-17
10532844 Thermoform packaging machine with pulling device Bernhard Grimm 2020-01-14
10487925 Adjustment arrangement and valve control device comprising an adjustment arrangement Jörg Hillen, Thordes Lüttchens, Mathias Wieland, Thomas Schuth 2019-11-26
10273737 Drive arrangement and hatch control Jörg Hillen, Mathias Wieland 2019-04-30