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John A. Dighton — 18 Patents

JDJohn Deere: 18 patents #194 of 5,518Top 4%
Thibodaux, LA: #2 of 112 inventorsTop 2%
Louisiana: #235 of 10,876 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
John A. Dighton has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at John Deere. The first was granted in 2017 and the most recent in November 2025. John A. Dighton ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list John A. Dighton in Thibodaux, LA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2017 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2020.peak 32017: 1 patents20172019: 1 patents20192020: 3 patents20202021: 2 patents20212022: 3 patents20222023: 3 patents20232024: 2 patents20242025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12477986 Radar based cutting height system for a sugarcane harvester 2025-11-25
12433191 Agricultural harvesting machine cutter height control Bryan E. Dugas, Mark S. Louviere 2025-10-07
12201061 Adjustable billet deflector Blain J. Cazenave, Dusk S. Mixon 2025-01-21
12102033 Cut quality detection and reporting system for a harvester Bryan E. Dugas, Peter A. Johnson 2024-10-01 $77,894,000
11974520 Automatic product harvesting control system Rahul Gunda, Bryan E. Dugas, Peter A. Johnson 2024-05-07 $69,747,000
11832555 Closed loop billet length control system for a harvester Alexander C. Reiners, Ana E. Carbunaru 2023-12-05 $70,173,000
11812694 Monitor system for a harvester Bryan E. Dugas, Rahul Gunda, Peter A. Johnson 2023-11-14 $149,793,000
11788563 Accumulator pre-charge monitoring using position sensor Alexander C. Reiners, Peter A. Johnson 2023-10-17 $64,430,000
11528846 Harvester with adjustable separator Matthew J. Hansen, Dusk S. Mixon, Jeffrey J. Simoneaux, Eric P. Richard, Beau Downey +3 more 2022-12-20 $138,018,000
11470780 Bearing housing Alexander C. Reiners, Guy Burch, Blake C. Gettig, Surfraj Fattepur, Todd J. Rodrigue 2022-10-18 $77,312,000
11224170 Actuator adjustable fan enclosure Matthew J. Hansen 2022-01-18 $73,743,000
11118605 Accumulator pre-charge determination Alexander C. Reiners, Peter A. Johnson 2021-09-14 $159,764,000
11044848 Bearing housing Alexander C. Reiners, Guy Burch, Blake C. Gettig, Surfraj Fattepur, Todd J. Rodrigue 2021-06-29 $136,188,000
10827676 Monitor and control system for a harvester Bryan E. Dugas, Rahul Gunda, Peter A. Johnson 2020-11-10 $20,514,000
10806079 Automatic product harvesting method and control system Rahul Gunda, Bryan E. Dugas, Peter A. Johnson 2020-10-20 $23,621,000
10736271 Automatic product fill method and control system Peter A. Johnson, Bryan E. Dugas, Rahul Gunda 2020-08-11 $58,999,000
10317272 Automatic wireless wagon detection apparatus and method Mehul Bhavsar 2019-06-11 $44,161,000
9788485 Variable speed elevator control system Paul I. Craig 2017-10-17 $30,482,000