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Harken, Incorporated
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Harken, Incorporated
— 41 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#15,149
of
105,732
Top 15%
29
inventors
41
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2023
Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2001.
peak 5
1991: 1 patents
1991
1992: 2 patents
1993: 3 patents
1994: 1 patents
1994
1995: 3 patents
1996: 3 patents
1998: 1 patents
1998
1999: 2 patents
2000: 1 patents
2001: 5 patents
2001
2002: 1 patents
2003: 1 patents
2004: 2 patents
2004
2007: 1 patents
2009: 1 patents
2010: 1 patents
2010
2011: 2 patents
2015: 1 patents
2017: 1 patents
2017
2018: 2 patents
2020: 3 patents
2021: 2 patents
2021
2023: 1 patents
2023
Top Inventors at Harken, Incorporated
All Time
Showing
1–29
of
29
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Charles J. Lob
12
2
Kenneth E. Lange
6
3
Greg Hartlmeier
5
3
Jonathan D. Malcolm
5
#5
Peter O. Harken
4
#6
Olaf T. Harken
3
#6
William C. Ottemann
3
#8
Dane Blackburn
2
#8
Dana Jordan
2
#8
J. Kevin Monahan
2
#8
John Christianson
2
#8
John S. Millman
2
#8
Thomas G. Hanson
2
#14
Greg W. Hartlemeier
1
#14
S. Dirk Kramers
1
#14
Christine G. Kronich
1
#14
Chuck Lob
1
#14
Douglas Drake
1
#14
Eric R. D. Hall
1
#14
Goran Rutgerson
1
#14
Gregory W. Hartlmeier
1
#14
Joseph R. Young
1
#14
Kevin Joseph Monahan
1
#14
Matthew Luedtke
1
#14
Michael Piontek
1
#14
Paul Vanden Heuvel
1
#14
Steven Daniel Orlebeke
1
#14
Thomas W. Omohundro
1
#14
Tripp Estabrook
1
Most Valuable Patents
Patent
Est. Value
Year
Mast track system for sailing vessel
$7M
1991
Winch having drum of two diameters for alternative engagement by a line at two speeds
$6M
1998
Lifting device
$6M
2004
Four speed sailboat winch having separate second gear
$6M
1999
Fairlead and cam assembly
$4M
2004
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