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William E. Barnickel — 2 Patents

Caterpillar: 2 patents #2,997 of 8,398Top 40%
Metamora, IL: #97 of 208 inventorsTop 50%
Illinois: #34,875 of 84,256 inventorsTop 45%
Overall (All Time): #1,709,992 of 4,157,543Top 45%
2 Patents All Time
William E. Barnickel has been granted 2 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 2020 and the most recent in November 2024. William E. Barnickel ranks #1,709,992 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 41.1%). Patent records list William E. Barnickel in Metamora, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–2 of 2 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12139035 System and method for charging an electric vehicle Jeffery Mohamed Othman, Perry D. Converse, Michael Alan Brewer, Andrew J. Vitale 2024-11-12 $118,431,000
10857677 Tip attachment to aid in programming a collaborative robot Jeremy R. Hammar, Craig Habeger, Michael H. Noble, Joshua Ryan Geary 2020-12-08 $84,725,000