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Don Vaughan — 18 Patents

CLClack: 13 patents #2 of 13Top 20%
FCFleck Controls: 3 patents #1 of 4Top 25%
HEHellenbrand: 1 patents #9 of 11Top 85%
MUMarquette University: 1 patents #33 of 104Top 35%
Waunakee, WI: #6 of 150 inventorsTop 4%
Wisconsin: #2,287 of 40,088 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Don Vaughan has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Clack. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in September 2025. Don Vaughan ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Don Vaughan in Waunakee, WI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12415233 Fluid treatment tank having a laser welded distributor plate Michael Paquette 2025-09-16
12297129 Water treatment tank with conductivity monitor 2025-05-13
12090573 Fluid treatment tank having a laser welded distributor plate Michael Paquette 2024-09-17
11059727 Fluid treatment tank having air blocker 2021-07-13
10472251 Fluid treatment tank having a distributor plate 2019-11-12
10106434 Fluid treatment tank having a distributor plate 2018-10-23
9079783 Distributor arrangement for a fluid treatment tank 2015-07-14
9051196 Baffle plate for a water treatment device 2015-06-09
8961797 Water treatment system tank selector valve assembly 2015-02-24
7243669 Float-responsive valve with premature closure prevention 2007-07-17
7156995 Aeration tank control valve system Edward T. Maas, Jr., Alan G. Mast, Daniel A. Klein, Jerry Miller 2007-01-02
6776901 Quiet flow control washer for water softener or the like Paul D. Nielsen 2004-08-17
6444127 Water conditioning unit control valve Richard W. Wilder, Robert A. Clack 2002-09-03
6402944 Water softener control valve with removable seal stack 2002-06-11
5741005 Rotary disk control valve for a water conditioning system Greg A. Sebastian 1998-04-21
5680055 Method and apparatus to sense changes in the state of a resin bed Martin A. Seitz, Charles Koehler, Richard W. Hirthe, Patrick J. Dupies 1997-10-21
5628899 Control mechanism for controlling regeneration of two water treatment tanks 1997-05-13
5590687 Control mechanism for a water conditioning system 1997-01-07