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Daniel R. Nickles — 30 Patents

JDJohn Deere: 28 patents #75 of 5,518Top 2%
Rochester, NY: #247 of 6,268 inventorsTop 4%
New York: #4,032 of 115,490 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Daniel R. Nickles has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at John Deere. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in May 2002. Daniel R. Nickles ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Daniel R. Nickles in Rochester, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2002Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 1994.peak 71989: 1 patents19891990: 2 patents1992: 3 patents19921993: 3 patents1994: 7 patents19941995: 3 patents1996: 2 patents19961997: 4 patents1999: 1 patents19992001: 3 patents2002: 1 patents2002

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D456822 Outer surface of a grill David A. Westimayer, Matthew Paul Gueller, Thomas H. Ward 2002-05-07
D449056 Outer surface of a vehicle deck David A. Westimayer, Matthew Paul Gueller, Thomas H. Ward 2001-10-09
D448390 Outer surface of a vehicle footrest David A. Westimayer, Matthew Paul Gueller, Thomas H. Ward 2001-09-25
D448037 Outer surface of a hood David A. Westimayer, Matthew Paul Gueller, Thomas H. Ward 2001-09-18
D409544 Outer surface of a vehicle front Karl R. Voss 1999-05-11
D383470 Outer surface of vehicle hood David A. Westimayer, William E. Crookes 1997-09-09
D382279 Outer surface of a grill Barry Joseph Goebert, William E. Crookes 1997-08-12
D381341 Outer surface of a tractor hood Barry Joseph Goebert, William E. Crookes 1997-07-22
5646598 Smoke detector with advanced safety features Aaron Michael Nickles, Al Saferstein 1997-07-08
D373544 Smoke detector Aaron Michael Nickles 1996-09-10
D371372 Outer surface of vehicle hood David A. Westimayer, William E. Crookes, Alberto Mantilla 1996-07-02
D365573 Vehicle bumper David A. Westimayer, William E. Crookes, Alberto Mantilla 1995-12-26
D365574 Tractor instrument panel David A. Westimayer, William E. Crookes, Alberto Mantilla, David A. Reid, Anthony Baxter 1995-12-26
D365578 Front face of a vehicle grille David A. Westimayer, William E. Crookes, Alberto Mantilla, David A. Reid 1995-12-26
D352723 Vehicle front Stanley J. DeBraal, William E. Crookes, Alberto Mantilla, Tor G. Bonnier, David R. Holm 1994-11-22
D347614 Vehicle fender Stanley J. DeBraal, William E. Crookes, Alberto Mantilla, Tor G. Bonnier, David R. Holm 1994-06-07
5314230 Monocoque body assembly Wayne R. Hutchison, Richard D. Teal, Steven C. Wasson, Mansour Mirdamadi, Earl T. Moore +2 more 1994-05-24 $16,493,000
D344958 Vehicle cowling Jon M. Patterson, James Heinrich Weitz, William E. Crookes 1994-03-08
D344959 Vehicle rear trim Jon M. Patterson, James Heinrich Weitz, William E. Crookes 1994-03-08
D344059 Vehicle fender Stanley J. DeBraal, William E. Crookes, Alberto Mantilla, Tor G. Bonnier, David R. Holm 1994-02-08
D343818 Vehicle hood Stanley J. DeBraal, William E. Crookes, Alberto Mantilla, Tor G. Bonnier, David R. Holm 1994-02-01
D340461 Vehicle body Jon M. Patterson, Wayne R. Hutchison, Eugene Gary Hayes, Daniel A. Sebben, Richard D. Teal +8 more 1993-10-19
D338473 Vehicle structure Jon M. Patterson, Wayne R. Hutchison, Eugene Gary Hayes, Daniel A. Sebben, Richard D. Teal +8 more 1993-08-17
5228531 Battery hold-down mechanism Jon M. Patterson, Richard D. Teal, Wayne R. Hutchison, Steven C. Wasson, James Heinrich Weitz 1993-07-20 $16,072,000
D329242 Tractor hood David R. Holm, David A. Westimayer, William E. Crookes 1992-09-08