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Richard Howk — 20 Patents

FSFederal Signal: 12 patents #12 of 717Top 2%
SPSpx: 6 patents #54 of 468Top 15%
SFSpx Flow: 2 patents #3 of 26Top 15%
Pittsford, NY: #102 of 976 inventorsTop 15%
New York: #7,014 of 115,490 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Richard Howk has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at Federal Signal. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in June 2020. Richard Howk ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Richard Howk in Pittsford, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1991.peak 31990: 1 patents19901991: 3 patents1992: 2 patents19921993: 1 patents1996: 2 patents19961999: 1 patents2000: 2 patents20002004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092016: 1 patents2020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10670034 Trimable impeller device and system Richard Kehn, Aaron Strand 2020-06-02 $18,859,000
9289733 Mixing apparatus with stationary shaft James Maxon 2016-03-22 $16,051,000
7473025 Mixing impeller with spiral leading edge 2009-01-06 $16,401,000
7331704 Start-up method for draft tube mixing Michael Giralico 2008-02-19 $43,537,000
7168848 Axial-pumping impeller apparatus and method for magnetically-coupled mixer Bernd Gigas 2007-01-30 $5,231,000
6997444 Radial disc impeller apparatus and method Ronald J. Weetman, Gary Hodenius 2006-02-14 $5,020,000
6896246 Aeration apparatus and method Ronald J. Weetman, Gary Hodenius 2005-05-24 $10,937,000
6796707 Dual direction mixing impeller and method Bernd Gigas 2004-09-28 $10,818,000
6142458 Mixing system for dispersion of gas into liquid media 2000-11-07
6109449 Mixing system for separation of materials by flotation Michael Giralico, Thomas A. Post 2000-08-29
5925293 Mixer sparging apparatus 1999-07-20
5511881 Impeller system and method for enhanced-flow pumping of liquids Thomas A. Post, Michael Joseph Preston 1996-04-30 $11,517,000
5501523 Impeller system for mixing and enhanced-flow pumping of liquids Ronald J. Weetman, Thomas A. Post 1996-03-26 $10,310,000
5203630 Side entry fluid mixing 1993-04-20 $2,202,000
5152934 Mixing system for gas dispersion in liquids or liquid suspensions Kenneth S. Lally 1992-10-06 $2,135,000
5118199 Side entry mixer apparatus 1992-06-02 $5,774,000
5046245 Methods of fabricating impeller blades for mixing apparatus Ronald J. Weetman 1991-09-10 $3,195,000
5005843 Chuck mechanism for detachably connecting impeller shaft and drive unit of mixing apparatus Stephen L. Markle, William F. Hutchings, Marlin D. Schutte 1991-04-09 $1,004,000
5006283 Mixing system for dispersing a compressible fluid such as gas into liquid in a vessel Marlin D. Schutte, Craig B. Bahr, Ronald J. Weetman 1991-04-09 $1,004,000
4896971 Mixing apparatus Ronald J. Weetman 1990-01-30 $3,012,000