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Howard A. Kell — 3 Patents

Ford: 3 patents #4,990 of 17,473Top 30%
Farmington Hills, MI: #654 of 2,032 inventorsTop 35%
Michigan: #27,426 of 86,293 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
Howard A. Kell has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in July 1999. Howard A. Kell ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list Howard A. Kell in Farmington Hills, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 1999Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1985.peak 11985: 1 patents19851995: 1 patents19951999: 1 patents1999

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5924057 Method of preventing odometer fraud 1999-07-13 $40,915,000
5397239 Molded hinged connector Victor Zaderej, Michael P. Coletta, Daniel Frank Sheldon 1995-03-14 $32,640,000
4494712 Tape deck with non-contacting unidirectional rotation sensor configured to prevent capstan tape windup Paul Godwin 1985-01-22 $9,057,000