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Robert E. Hetrick — 25 Patents

Ford: 23 patents #713 of 17,473Top 5%
Dearborn Heights, MI: #13 of 429 inventorsTop 4%
Michigan: #2,912 of 86,293 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Robert E. Hetrick has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in October 2014. Robert E. Hetrick ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Robert E. Hetrick in Dearborn Heights, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1981.peak 31981: 3 patents19811982: 1 patents1983: 2 patents19831984: 1 patents1985: 1 patents19851986: 1 patents1988: 1 patents19881989: 3 patents1991: 1 patents19911994: 2 patents1995: 1 patents19951997: 1 patents1998: 2 patents19982000: 2 patents2002: 1 patents20022010: 1 patents2014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8857279 Analyte screening and detection systems and methods William P. Hanson, Maureen A. Dyer, Jennifer A. Oberholtzer 2014-10-14
7691602 Agricultural screening system and method for detection of infectious microorganisms William P. Hanson, Maureen A. Dyer, Jennifer A. Oberholtzer, David E. Young 2010-04-06
6404028 Adhesion resistant micromachined structure and coating Xia Zhang 2002-06-11 $80,763,000
6145763 Carbonaceous deposit-resistant coating for fuel injectors Jonathan Edward Fleming, Michael H. Parsons, William Martin Sheeran, Xia Zhang 2000-11-14 $64,792,000
6096149 Method for fabricating adhesion-resistant micromachined devices Xia Zhang 2000-08-01 $33,370,000
5771873 Carbonaceous deposit-resistant coating for engine components Timothy J. Potter, Xia Zhang, William C. Vassell, Michael Raymond Rigley 1998-06-30 $41,334,000
5725151 Electrospray fuel injection Michael H. Parsons 1998-03-10 $42,389,000
5671716 Fuel injection system and strategy Harold Sean Hilbert, Michael H. Parsons, William Francis Stockhausen 1997-09-30 $39,674,000
5389224 Capacitive A/F sensor 1995-02-14 $20,330,000
5310474 Workfunction based A/F sensor Allen L. Schamp 1994-05-10 $17,141,000
5275712 Wide range workfunction based A/F sensor Allen L. Schamp 1994-01-04 $19,009,000
5000050 Mass-flow sensor using aerodynamic damping 1991-03-19 $13,335,000
4887032 Resonant vibrating structure with electrically driven wire coil and vibration sensor 1989-12-12 $17,248,000
4841934 Oxygen pumping device for control of the air fuel ratio Eleftherios M. Logothetis, Richard E. Soltis, William C. Vassell 1989-06-27 $13,555,000
4806859 Resonant vibrating structures with driving sensing means for noncontacting position and pick up sensing 1989-02-21 $9,671,000
4739664 Absolute fluid pressure sensor 1988-04-26 $31,670,000
4615772 Electrochemical gas sensor 1986-10-07 $9,016,000
4544470 Electrochemical photocatalytic structure 1985-10-01 $6,572,000
4435742 Electrochemical transistor structure with two spaced electrochemical cells 1984-03-06 $7,002,000
4396466 Absolute pressure sensor William A. Fate 1983-08-02 $8,978,000
4381224 Step function lean burn oxygen sensor William A. Fate 1983-04-26 $20,638,000
4332003 Electrochemical analog transistor structure with two spaced solid electrochemical cells 1982-05-25 $4,417,000
4272329 Steady state mode oxygen sensor and method William A. Fate 1981-06-09 $3,081,000
4272330 Transient mode oxygen sensor and method 1981-06-09 $3,081,000
4272331 Oscillatory mode oxygen sensor and method 1981-06-09 $3,081,000