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Michael E. Friestad — 50 Patents

JDJohn Deere: 49 patents #17 of 5,518Top 1%
LSLitton Systems: 1 patents #380 of 838Top 50%
Rock Island, IL: #1 of 80 inventorsTop 2%
Illinois: #813 of 84,256 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #53,743 of 4,157,543Top 2%
50 Patents All Time
Michael E. Friestad has been granted 50 US patents while listed as an inventor at John Deere. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in February 2024. Michael E. Friestad ranks #53,743 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.3%). Patent records list Michael E. Friestad in Rock Island, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 50 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11895944 Brush belt for seed delivery Elijah B. Garner, Michael E. Frasier 2024-02-13 $82,937,000
11849665 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2023-12-26 $81,775,000
11793104 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2023-10-24 $62,157,000
11770995 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2023-10-03 $49,373,000
11770994 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2023-10-03 $49,373,000
RE48572 Planting unit for a seeding machine having blocking member to control hand-off of seed from a seed meter to a seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Nathan A. Mariman 2021-06-01
10806070 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2020-10-20 $23,621,000
10729063 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2020-08-04 $33,534,000
10206326 Planting unit for a seeding machine having a seed meter and seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Lee E. Zumdome, Nathan A. Mariman 2019-02-19 $33,717,000
10004173 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2018-06-26 $54,668,000
9861031 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2018-01-09 $26,300,000
9820429 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2017-11-21 $75,923,000
9807922 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2017-11-07 $13,635,000
9807924 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2017-11-07 $13,635,000
9699955 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2017-07-11 $39,704,000
9693498 Seed-double eliminator for a planting unit Lee E. Zumdome, Elijah B. Garner, Nathan A. Mariman 2017-07-04
9686906 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2017-06-27 $52,071,000
9686905 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2017-06-27 $52,071,000
9661799 Planting unit having a seed meter and an endless seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Lee E. Zumdome, Nathan A. Mariman 2017-05-30 $30,868,000
9510502 Planting unit for a seeding machine having blocking member to control hand-off of seed from a seed meter to a seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Nathan A. Mariman 2016-12-06 $12,878,000
9480199 Seeding machine with seed delivery system Elijah B. Garner, Daniel B. Thiemke, David J. Rylander, Nathan A. Mariman 2016-11-01 $40,264,000
9433141 Wear liner for seed delivery system Robert W. Martin 2016-09-06 $16,975,000
9301441 Brush conditioner for a planting unit Elijah B. Garner, Robert W. Martin 2016-04-05 $11,746,000
9216860 Belt tensioner for a planting unit Robert W. Martin 2015-12-22 $114,152,000
D744007 Liner element Robert W. Martin 2015-11-24