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David L. Steinlage — 40 Patents

JDJohn Deere: 40 patents #32 of 5,518Top 1%
Ankeny, IA: #7 of 408 inventorsTop 2%
Iowa: #173 of 15,303 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #78,057 of 4,157,543Top 2%
40 Patents All Time
David L. Steinlage has been granted 40 US patents while listed as an inventor at John Deere. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in October 2025. David L. Steinlage ranks #78,057 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.9%). Patent records list David L. Steinlage in Ankeny, IA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 40 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D1099989 Tillage ripper point Luc Janelle 2025-10-28
D1099176 Tillage ripper point Luc Janelle 2025-10-21
12414487 Dual basket attachment Shawn J. Becker, Greg T. Buse, Mark D. Beeck, Luc Janelle, Andrew J. Peterson +3 more 2025-09-16
12268114 Hinged agricultural equipment Jeremy Nefzger, Luc Janelle, Trond A. Svidal, Padmanabh Limaye 2025-04-08
12245533 Disk blade with sharpened edge and relief portion and method of manufacturing the same Jarrod R. Ruckle, Shawn J. Becker 2025-03-11
11882778 Tillage machine and tillage disk for the same Luc Janelle, Jacob W. Cross, Greg T. Buse, Rohit Bartakke 2024-01-30 $101,719,000
11832549 Air distributor diverter valve Luc Janelle, Ean M. Bush 2023-12-05 $70,173,000
11528835 Rail roller pin gang adjustment system Shawn J. Becker, Jarrod R. Ruckle, Mark D. Beeck, Andrew J. Peterson, Greg T. Buse 2022-12-20 $138,018,000
11266056 System and method for residue detection and implement control Ranjit Nair, Adam D. Sporrer, Kirti Hiranand Balani, Ricky B. Theilen, Lucas B. Larsen +4 more 2022-03-08 $138,004,000
11229158 Air distributor diverter valve Luc Janelle, Ean M. Bush 2022-01-25 $98,455,000
10952362 Dual basket attachment Shawn J. Becker, Greg T. Buse, Mark D. Beeck, Luc Janelle, Andrew J. Peterson +3 more 2021-03-23 $87,334,000
10918005 Implement weight transfer monitoring and wing control Shawn J. Becker, Adam D. Sporrer, Ricky B. Theilen 2021-02-16 $44,037,000
10842063 Tillage machine and tillage disk for the same Luc Janelle, Jacob W. Cross, Greg T. Buse, Rohit Bartakke 2020-11-24 $97,377,000
10827662 Disk blade with sharpened edge and relief portion and method of manufacturing the same Jarrod R. Ruckle, Shawn J. Becker 2020-11-10 $20,514,000
10772252 Middle breaker for a tillage implement Shawn J. Becker, Mark D. Beeck, Andrew J. Peterson, John W. Gisler, Narayanan Esakkimuthu 2020-09-15 $141,287,000
10743457 Hinge system Jeremy Nefzger, Shawn J. Becker 2020-08-18 $59,143,000
10595454 Rail roller pin gang adjustment system Shawn J. Becker, Jarrod R. Ruckle, Mark D. Beeck, Andrew J. Peterson, Greg T. Buse 2020-03-24 $45,339,000
D877781 Disk blade Jarrod R. Ruckle, Shawn J. Becker 2020-03-10
10428867 Rockshaft end cap Jeremy Nefzger, Ritesh S. Hargude 2019-10-01 $23,570,000
10327373 Harrow downforce adjustment Jerry R. Merkle, Bryan D. Blauwet, Luc Janelle, Jeremy Nefzger, Shawn J. Becker +1 more 2019-06-25 $40,567,000
10194573 Anti-tangle harrow attachment Jerry R. Merkle, Bryan D. Blauwet, Luc Janelle, Jeremy Nefzger, Shawn J. Becker +1 more 2019-02-05 $72,591,000
10149423 Integrated drawbar for finishing attachments Jerry R. Merkle, Bryan D. Blauwet, Luc Janelle, Jeremy Nefzger, Shawn J. Becker +1 more 2018-12-11 $64,983,000
10076072 Tillage implement with intra-wing gang offset Shawn J. Becker, Robert T. Casper, Bryan D. Blauwet 2018-09-18 $42,059,000
10045475 Roller basket finishing attachment Jerry R. Merkle, Bryan D. Blauwet, Luc Janelle, Jeremy Nefzger, Shawn J. Becker +1 more 2018-08-14 $36,854,000
10004172 Hinge system Jeremy Nefzger, Shawn J. Becker 2018-06-26 $54,668,000