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Benjamin J. Schlesser — 20 Patents

JDJohn Deere: 17 patents #209 of 5,518Top 4%
IUIowa State University: 3 patents #231 of 1,643Top 15%
Independence, IA: #1 of 15 inventorsTop 7%
Iowa: #612 of 15,303 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Benjamin J. Schlesser has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at John Deere. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in June 2025. Benjamin J. Schlesser ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Benjamin J. Schlesser in Independence, IA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2010 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2012.peak 32010: 2 patents20102012: 3 patents2013: 3 patents20132015: 2 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 2 patents2023: 2 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D1078803 Air intake tower Timothy L. Ketterhagen, Noah F. Homan 2025-06-10
D1056968 Air intake tower Timothy L. Ketterhagen, Noah F. Homan 2025-01-07
D1048103 Air intake tower Timothy L. Ketterhagen, Noah F. Homan 2024-10-22
D993991 Air intake tower Timothy L. Ketterhagen, Noah F. Homan 2023-08-01
D993992 Air intake tower Timothy L. Ketterhagen, Noah F. Homan 2023-08-01
D967199 Air intake tower Timothy L. Ketterhagen, Noah F. Homan 2022-10-18
D966343 Air intake tower Timothy L. Ketterhagen, Noah F. Homan 2022-10-11
11181081 Air intake for work vehicle Timothy L. Ketterhagen, Noah F. Homan, Paul Thomas Bruss 2021-11-23 $52,162,000
9622413 Agricultual harvesting head with wiper for crop divider Jesse R. Neely, Corwin M. Puryk 2017-04-18 $14,655,000
9265199 Side hill compensation for a harvesting head Aaron S. Ritter, Bruce A. Coers, Benjamin M. Lovett 2016-02-23 $16,710,000
9198353 Hinged row crop harvesting head Aaron S. Ritter, Benjamin M. Lovett, Bruce A. Coers, Michael L. Vandeven, Austin Hughes +1 more 2015-12-01 $14,477,000
9144199 Articulated harvesting head load sensor arrangement Aaron S. Ritter, Benjamin M. Lovett, Bruce A. Coers, Dennis P. Silver 2015-09-29 $8,130,000
8544250 Draper platform with center conveyor and method of replacing the center conveyor belt Benjamin M. Lovett, Bruce A. Coers, Austin Hughes 2013-10-01 $8,573,000
8512114 Double shear material chopper Stuart J. Birrell, Mark D. Dilts 2013-08-20
8347594 Pivoting mount for a knife drive Benjamin M. Lovett, Bruce A. Coers, Austin Hughes 2013-01-08 $12,224,000
8336280 Pivoting center conveyor for draper platform Benjamin M. Lovett, Bruce A. Coers, Austin Hughes 2012-12-25
8187064 Combine chopper with overload protection Justin C. Freehill 2012-05-29 $8,744,000
8177610 Combination residue spreader and collector for single pass harvesting systems Stuart J. Birrell, Mark D. Dilts 2012-05-15
7771261 Knife blade for a chopper of a combine harvester Justin C. Freehill 2010-08-10 $31,696,000
7731578 Air movement unit for biomass conveyance, separation, or combine performance enhancement Stuart J. Birrell, Mark D. Dilts 2010-06-08