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Wayne Tanner — 3 Patents

Caterpillar: 3 patents #2,186 of 8,398Top 30%
Chicago, IL: #3,945 of 13,327 inventorsTop 30%
Illinois: #26,899 of 84,256 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
Wayne Tanner has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in February 2006. Wayne Tanner ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list Wayne Tanner in Chicago, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7006958 Method for controlling distortion of a material during a weld process Patrick J. Crilly, Yi Dong, Keith Alan Herman, Yuping Yang, Frederick W. Brust 2006-02-28 $86,974,000
6627841 Method for designing a weld fixture based on predicted stresses and distortions Xiao-Qiang Chen, Yi Dong, Edward T. Martin, Zhishang Yang 2003-09-30 $27,434,000
6585059 Motor grader blade retention system David R. Michael, Jr., Donald R. Mast 2003-07-01 $45,507,000