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Fritz Lauer — 12 Patents

JDJohn Deere: 12 patents #346 of 5,518Top 7%
Bettendorf, IA: #38 of 329 inventorsTop 15%
Iowa: #1,206 of 15,303 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Fritz Lauer has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at John Deere. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in October 2012. Fritz Lauer ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Fritz Lauer in Bettendorf, IA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8298058 Rotor for a straw chopper 2012-10-30
8079900 Harvester with an additional drum conveyor for straw removal and a single flap for changing between swath deposit and chopping operation Oliver Klein, Dirk Weichholdt, Rico Priesnitz, Chad A. Dow, Joel D. Ferris 2011-12-20 $45,354,000
7950989 Combine with an endless conveyor that can be moved between a swath depositing position and a chopper position Chad A. Dow, Mark L. Pearson, Joel D. Ferris, Dirk Weichholdt, Rico Priesnitz +1 more 2011-05-31 $75,555,000
7871320 Thresher basket arrangement for a combine Dirk Weichholdt, Lutz Bischoff 2011-01-18 $180,959,000
7651391 Harvested crop remains output apparatus for a combine that can be switched between broad distribution and ejection elbow operating mode Dirk Weichholdt, Rico Priesnitz, Oliver Klein, Chad A. Dow, Joel D. Ferris 2010-01-26 $16,501,000
7544126 Deflector for grinding chaff in swath mode Rico Priesnitz, Dirk Weichholdt 2009-06-09 $51,125,000
7311448 Bearing arrangement for a harvesting machine Manfred Engel, Joseph Albert Teijido, Claus-Josef Vogelgesang, Wolfram Elsner, Rainer Schafer +1 more 2007-12-25
7074126 Discharge device for a harvesting machine Dirk Weichholdt, Klaus Braunhardt 2006-07-11 $12,667,000
6866580 Combine with pivotable straw guide element and straw chopper Dirk Weichholdt 2005-03-15 $41,492,000
6579172 Incline responsive sieve for a harvester thresher 2003-06-17 $9,993,000
6244955 Rotary tine conveyor for a harvesting machine Lutz Bischoff 2001-06-12 $89,644,000
5464372 Cleaning fan having snap in blades David W. Rogers 1995-11-07 $18,337,000