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Michael Wheaton — 9 Patents

FOFoster-Miller: 3 patents #57 of 327Top 20%
QAQinetiq North America: 3 patents #3 of 33Top 10%
Newton, MA: #619 of 2,747 inventorsTop 25%
Massachusetts: #14,291 of 88,656 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Michael Wheaton has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Foster-Miller. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in September 2016. Michael Wheaton ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Michael Wheaton in Newton, MA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2016Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2012.peak 22001: 1 patents20012003: 1 patents20032011: 1 patents20112012: 2 patents20122013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents20142015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2016

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9441919 RPG defeat method and system Michael D. Farinella, Robert Lee Cardenas, William R. Lawson, Brendan LaBrecque, Frances Rush +5 more 2016-09-13
9052167 RPG defeat method and system Michael D. Farinella, Robert Lee Cardenas, William R. Lawson, Brendan LaBrecque, Frances Rush +5 more 2015-06-09
8733225 RPG defeat method and system Michael D. Farinella, Robert Lee Cardenas, William R. Lawson, Brendan LaBrecque, Frances Rush +5 more 2014-05-27
8443709 Vehicle and structure shield hard point Michael D. Farinella, Robert Lee Cardenas, William R. Lawson, Brendan LaBrecque, Frances Rush +5 more 2013-05-21
8245621 Vehicle and structure shield Michael D. Farinella, Robert Lee Cardenas, William R. Lawson, Brendan LaBrecque, Frances Rush +5 more 2012-08-21
8245622 Vehicle and structure shield method Michael D. Farinella, Robert Lee Cardenas, William R. Lawson, Brendan LaBrecque, Frances Rush +5 more 2012-08-21
8011285 Vehicle and structure shield Michael D. Farinella, Robert Lee Cardenas, William R. Lawson, Brendan LaBrecque, Frances Rush +5 more 2011-09-06
6571403 Poolside accessory attachment system 2003-06-03
6209147 Underwater attachment system 2001-04-03