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Michael Eugene Kennedy — 12 Patents

JDJohn Deere: 12 patents #346 of 5,518Top 7%
Dubuque, IA: #58 of 571 inventorsTop 15%
Iowa: #1,206 of 15,303 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Michael Eugene Kennedy has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at John Deere. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in November 2014. Michael Eugene Kennedy ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Michael Eugene Kennedy in Dubuque, IA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2012.peak 41988: 1 patents19881997: 1 patents19972007: 1 patents20072011: 1 patents20112012: 4 patents20122013: 2 patents20132014: 2 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8887412 Road position indication for motor grader snow plow Brian C. Proeber, Timoth A. Wilcox, Barry Schaffter, Richard J. Erwin, Nathan J. Horstman +1 more 2014-11-18 $46,657,000
D709294 Grader seat with controls Martin Lavern Ruhter 2014-07-22
8424632 Input control pattern Martin Lavern Ruhter, Josh Dean Graeve, Neil Vincent Harber, Darrel Jeffrey Rowan, Jed Douglas Polzin 2013-04-23 $42,747,000
8360193 Arrangement of steering wheel and operator seat assembly Neil Vincent Harber, Nathan J. Horstman, Charles Jon Paul Asp, James Michael Frett, Martin Lavern Ruhter +5 more 2013-01-29 $35,303,000
8333250 Mounting console with visibility improvements Anthony Jon Knepper, Joshua D. Graeve, Jed Douglas Polzin, Darrel Jeffrey Rowan 2012-12-18 $127,809,000
8167080 Grader controls at armrest Martin Lavern Ruhter 2012-05-01 $16,008,000
8104566 Arrangement of steering wheel and operator seat assembly Neil Vincent Harber, Nathan J. Horstman, Charles Jon Paul Asp, James Michael Frett, Martin Lavern Ruhter +5 more 2012-01-31 $143,863,000
8091678 Input control pattern Darrell Jeffrey Rowan, Josh Dean Graeve, Martin Lavern Ruhter, Neil Vincent Harber, Jed Douglas Polzin 2012-01-10 $146,077,000
7913798 Armrest mounted grader control James Michael Frett, Charles Jon Paul Asp, Darrell Jeffrey Rowan, Martin Lavern Ruhter, Neil Vincent Harber +3 more 2011-03-29 $16,869,000
D556790 Electronic grader control unit assembly Neil Vincent Harber, Leroy Ernest Kraske, Darrel Jeffrey Rowan, Martin Lavern Ruhter 2007-12-04
5592762 Excavator bucket linkage Scott S. Hendron 1997-01-14 $34,834,000
4741663 Locking and sliding system 1988-05-03 $5,441,000