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Benjamin Michael Witte — 6 Patents

JDJohn Deere: 6 patents #802 of 5,518Top 15%
Fairbank, IA: #1 of 4 inventorsTop 25%
Iowa: #2,650 of 15,303 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Benjamin Michael Witte has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at John Deere. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in March 2005. Benjamin Michael Witte ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Benjamin Michael Witte in Fairbank, IA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2005Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2002.peak 22000: 1 patents20002002: 2 patents20022003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents2005

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6866286 Removable hitch ball James A. Nagorcka 2005-03-15 $41,492,000
6698786 Tractor with cargo box and removable hitch ball James A. Nagorcka 2004-03-02 $11,232,000
6502654 Utility transport tractor Robert James Recker, Barrie L. Smith 2003-01-07 $7,776,000
D463805 Tractor Robert James Recker, Mervin P. Kizlyk, Barrie L. Smith, Daniel G. Niebuhr, Michael O. Youngblood +5 more 2002-10-01
D463456 Cargo box Robert James Recker, Mervin P. Kizlyk, Barrie L. Smith, Daniel G. Niebuhr, Michael O. Youngblood +5 more 2002-09-24
6138782 Steering responsive power boost Lawrence Vernon Anderson, John Wayne Schletzbaum, Ronald Lee Mayfield, Dennis Royal Yoder, Raymond Yifei Hou +1 more 2000-10-31 $33,668,000