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Alex Keller — 30 Patents

FAFerag Ag: 13 patents #12 of 115Top 15%
VIVioptix: 7 patents #18 of 51Top 40%
AHAutomatic Material Handling: 5 patents #1 of 7Top 15%
PLPlatt Saco Lowell: 1 patents #7 of 41Top 20%
Manhasset, NY: #4 of 163 inventorsTop 3%
New York: #4,032 of 115,490 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Alex Keller has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ferag Ag. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in November 2025. Alex Keller ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Alex Keller in Manhasset, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1981.peak 21981: 2 patents19811982: 1 patents1983: 2 patents19831984: 2 patents1985: 2 patents19851988: 1 patents1997: 1 patents19971999: 1 patents2001: 2 patents20012003: 2 patents2010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132015: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 2 patents2021: 1 patents20212023: 2 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12465345 Retractor systems with closed loop control Larry C. Heaton, II, Robert E. Lash, Jimmy Jian-min Mao 2025-11-11
11737741 Retractor systems with sensors Larry C. Heaton, II, Robert E. Lash, Jimmy Jian-min Mao 2023-08-29
11672519 Retractor systems with closed loop control Larry C. Heaton, II, Robert E. Lash, Jimmy Jian-min Mao 2023-06-13
11179074 Probe for monitoring wet or moist environments Robert E. Lash, Larry C. Heaton, II 2021-11-23
10835227 Retractor systems with sensors Larry C. Heaton, II, Robert E. Lash, Jimmy Jian-min Mao 2020-11-17
10675013 Retractor systems with closed loop control Larry C. Heaton, II, Robert E. Lash, Jimmy Jian-min Mao 2020-06-09
10358314 Method and device for creating packs of printed products 2019-07-23
10266290 Method for producing collections from a plurality of different printed products and device for performing the method 2019-04-23
9636096 Retractor systems with closed loop control Larry C. Heaton, II, Robert E. Lash, Jimmy Jian-min Mao 2017-05-02
9486196 Retractor systems with sensors Larry C. Heaton, II, Robert E. Lash, Jimmy Jian-min Mao 2016-11-08
9051142 Apparatus for separating individual flat, bendable objects from the underside of a stack of such objects 2015-06-09
8376348 Device and method for the transfer of flexible, elongate objects 2013-02-19
8240458 Device and method for the transfer of flexible flat articles 2012-08-14
7758043 Apparatus for the timed deflection of planar objects 2010-07-20
6666447 Method and device for transporting flat products away 2003-12-23
6554268 Apparatus for transporting flexible, sheet-like products Roberto Fenile 2003-04-29
6196538 Apparatus for processing flexible, sheet-like products Hans-Ulrich Stauber 2001-03-06
6182960 Apparatus for processing flexible, sheet-like products Roberto Fenile 2001-02-06
6003854 Apparatus for individually separating stacked printed products 1999-12-21
5664770 Apparatus for delivering printed products to a further-processing location 1997-09-09
4750728 Apparatus for loading a processing means for processing flexible flat products, especially printed products 1988-06-14
4510647 Method and apparatus for controlling fiber density Akiva Pinto 1985-04-16
4507826 Method and apparatus for opening fiber bales Akiva Pinto 1985-04-02
4476611 Fiber feeding apparatus with fiber leveling means Akiva Pinto 1984-10-16
4448272 Method and apparatus for feeding, weighing and releasing fiber Joseph R. Williams, Erhard A. Fechner, Akiva Pinto, James A. King, Charles Crawford +1 more 1984-05-15