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Michael E. Frasier — 32 Patents

JDJohn Deere: 29 patents #67 of 5,518Top 2%
OMOrthman Manufacturing: 3 patents #2 of 11Top 20%
Iowa City, IA: #9 of 834 inventorsTop 2%
Iowa: #269 of 15,303 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #110,428 of 4,157,543Top 3%
32 Patents All Time
Michael E. Frasier has been granted 32 US patents while listed as an inventor at John Deere. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in July 2025. Michael E. Frasier ranks #110,428 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.7%). Patent records list Michael E. Frasier in Iowa City, IA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 32 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12369518 Commodity delivery field debris guard Lee E. Zumdome, Matt Arnold 2025-07-29
12156492 Planting control for grouped seed placement Lee E. Zumdome, Elijah B. Garner, Cary S. Hubner 2024-12-03 $125,618,000
12127497 Planter row unit downforce control with ground view sensor Jason D. Walter, Lawrence D. Green, James Liu, Donald K. Landphair 2024-10-29 $92,678,000
11950526 Seeding system with vertical array of nozzles Stanley R. Borkgren, William Douglas Graham, Terry L. Snipes, Elijah B. Garner, Robert T. Casper +1 more 2024-04-09 $47,238,000
11925137 Planter row unit with load sensing depth stop assembly Jacob D. Salowitz, Pranay Bajjuri, Matt D. Bartelson 2024-03-12 $61,067,000
11895944 Brush belt for seed delivery Elijah B. Garner, Michael E. Friestad 2024-02-13 $82,937,000
11770997 Row unit for a seeding machine with pneumatic seed loading Elijah B. Garner, Stanley R. Borkgren, Cary S. Hubner, Beth A. Wolfs, Joseph W. Migliorini +3 more 2023-10-03 $49,373,000
11730078 Work vehicle with row unit having variable steering angle Mark E. Barker, Cole L. Murray, Grant J. Wonderlich, Nathan A. Mariman 2023-08-22 $91,849,000
11297762 Row unit for a seeding machine with pneumatic seed loading Elijah B. Garner, Stanley R. Borkgren, Cary S. Hubner, Beth A. Wolfs, Joseph W. Migliorini 2022-04-12 $69,044,000
11202404 Planter row unit downforce control with ground view sensor Jason D. Walter, Lawrence D. Green, James Liu, Donald K. Landphair 2021-12-21 $127,457,000
11140811 Commodity metering system for work vehicle with rollers in staggered arrangement Andrew W. Harmon, Robert T. Casper, William Douglas Graham 2021-10-12 $57,329,000
11134606 Planter row unit with load sensing depth stop assembly Jacob D. Salowitz, Pranay Bajjuri, Matt D. Bartelson 2021-10-05 $87,177,000
10966364 Work vehicle with row unit having variable steering angle Mark E. Barker, Cole L. Murray, Grant J. Wonderlich, Nathan A. Mariman 2021-04-06 $192,486,000
10820489 Row unit for a seeding machine with pneumatic seed loading Elijah B. Garner, Stanley R. Borkgren, Cary S. Hubner, Beth A. Wolfs, Joseph W. Migliorini 2020-11-03 $16,029,000
10568256 Seeding system Scott C. McCartney 2020-02-25 $28,116,000
10492359 Seeding system Stanley R. Borkgren, William Douglas Graham, Terry L. Snipes, Elijah B. Garner, Robert T. Casper +1 more 2019-12-03 $66,169,000
10351364 Automatic vehicle and conveyor positioning Lawrence D. Green 2019-07-16 $30,648,000
10143128 Soil moisture-based planter downforce control Donald K. Landphair, James Liu, Jason D. Walter, Lawrence D. Green 2018-12-04 $67,038,000
9814173 Seeding system Scott C. McCartney 2017-11-14 $32,888,000
9675004 Soil moisture-based planter downforce control Donald K. Landphair, James Liu, Jason D. Walter, Lawrence D. Green 2017-06-13 $53,868,000
9635802 Automatic seeding system motor reversal Gerald E. Rains 2017-05-02 $17,753,000
9398739 Planter with reversible individual meter control Carl S. Silbernagel, David J. Rylander, James R. Peterson 2016-07-26 $62,425,000
D739791 Wear insert Lee E. Zumdome 2015-09-29
D739790 Wear insert Lee E. Zumdome 2015-09-29
8863676 Twin-row multiple variety planter and method of use Thomas C. Brockmann, James R. Peterson, Donald K. Landphair, David J. Rylander, Elijah B. Garner 2014-10-21 $24,966,000