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Steven J. Ford — 12 Patents

ExxonMobil: 6 patents #1,830 of 10,161Top 20%
RTX (Raytheon): 4 patents #2,978 of 15,912Top 20%
Sanford, ME: #6 of 72 inventorsTop 9%
Maine: #313 of 4,281 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Steven J. Ford has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at ExxonMobil. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in September 2020. Steven J. Ford ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Steven J. Ford in Sanford, ME, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2012.peak 21993: 1 patents19931999: 1 patents19992011: 1 patents20112012: 2 patents20122013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents20182020: 2 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10767486 Mistuned concentric airfoil assembly and method of mistuning same Richard K. Hayford 2020-09-08 $22,850,000
10633988 Ring stator Paul W. Baumann, Colin G. Amadon 2020-04-28 $11,413,000
10119403 Mistuned concentric airfoil assembly and method of mistuning same Richard K. Hayford 2018-11-06 $14,405,000
9821401 High toughness weld metals with superior ductile tearing resistance Douglas P. Fairchild, Mario L. Macia, Nathan E. Nissley, Raghavan Ayer, Hyun-Woo Jin +1 more 2017-11-21 $94,401,000
9353767 Stator anti-rotation device Robert B. Richardson, Kevin C. Eckland, Kishore Kumar Madduri, Chandrashekar Vaddatti, Ramesh Ankam 2016-05-31 $20,389,000
8637166 High strength nickel alloy welds through strain hardening Raghavan Ayer, Neeraj S. Thirumalai, Hyun-Woo Jin, Daniel B. Lillig, Douglas P. Fairchild 2014-01-28 $131,301,000
8426033 High strength nickel alloy welds through precipitation hardening Raghavan Ayer, Neeraj S. Thirumalai, Hyun-Woo Jin, Daniel B. Lillig, Douglas P. Fairchild 2013-04-23 $63,067,000
8168306 Weld metal compositions for joining steel structures in the oil and gas industry Raghavan Ayer, Neeraj S. Thirumalai, Daniel B. Lillig, Douglas P. Fairchild 2012-05-01 $194,161,000
8141768 Application of high integrity welding and repair of metal components in oil and gas exploration, production and refining Neeraj S. Thirumalai, James R. Rigby, Mark W. Biegler, Narasimha-Rao Venkata Bangaru, Jayoung Koo +3 more 2012-03-27 $97,503,000
7874471 Butt weld and method of making using fusion and friction stir welding Douglas P. Fairchild, Amit Kumar, Nathan E. Nissley, Nicholas E. Biery, Mario L. Macia 2011-01-25 $132,905,000
5975241 Pump jack handle assembly Robert P. Berish 1999-11-02
5259478 Pump jack with release mechanism Robert P. Berish 1993-11-09