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David Hoffman — 9 Patents

Ford: 4 patents #4,046 of 17,473Top 25%
RHRite-Hite Holding: 2 patents #122 of 246Top 50%
Boston Scientific Scimed: 1 patents #3,930 of 4,174Top 95%
Westland, MI: #40 of 501 inventorsTop 8%
Michigan: #10,673 of 86,293 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
David Hoffman has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in July 2014. David Hoffman ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list David Hoffman in Westland, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1997.peak 11997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents19992001: 1 patents20012004: 1 patents20042009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents20112014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8771257 Drug delivery sheath 2014-07-08 $10,216,000
7926190 Dual interchangeable type bow sight 2011-04-19
7695048 Seal for an open door of a vehicle 2010-04-13
7568764 Reclining rear seat for vehicle having four-bar link Kendrick Alden Harper, Anton Crainic, Jay Erickson 2009-08-04 $45,830,000
6681969 Container assembly Louis Albert Giedeman, III 2004-01-27 $13,273,000
6253713 Pet restraint system Louis Albert Giedeman, III, Irmina Reyes-Helfrich, Jeffery Kim, Gary Wight 2001-07-03 $48,482,000
5953868 Loading dock seal assembly Jon Giuliani, William Triervieler, Thomas J. Boffeli, Thomas J. Medley, Robert J. Frommelt +2 more 1999-09-21
5777562 Centering device and method for centering 1998-07-07
5683133 Theft prevention feature using power driver seat Thomas M. Frusti 1997-11-04 $33,731,000