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Eric K. Watson — 27 Patents

GE: 23 patents #1,114 of 36,430Top 4%
HSHaier Us Appliance Solutions: 2 patents #354 of 889Top 40%
IBM: 1 patents #44,878 of 70,183Top 65%
Crestwood, KY: #5 of 180 inventorsTop 3%
Kentucky: #253 of 11,577 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Eric K. Watson has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in April 2019. Eric K. Watson ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Eric K. Watson in Crestwood, KY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2013.peak 81988: 1 patents19882008: 1 patents20082012: 5 patents20122013: 8 patents20132014: 7 patents20142015: 2 patents20152016: 1 patents20162019: 2 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10257047 Service availability risk Eric M. Anderson, Robert A. Davis, Terry L. Keebaugh 2019-04-09 $2,400,000
10206551 Motor detection methodology and system Lijie Hao 2019-02-19
9470225 Compressors and methods for determining optimal parking positions for compressor pistons Richard Dana Brooke, Timothy Neal Johnson, Meher Prasadu Kollipara 2016-10-18
9145976 Valve assembly for use with a washing appliance Ronald Scott Tarr 2015-09-29 $17,806,000
9029743 Heating apparatus for an appliance Timothy Allen Hamel, Denis Alagic 2015-05-12 $31,062,000
8867906 Dry fire protection system Jonathan D. Nelson, Denis Alagic, David Hicks, Neil Philip Smith, Frederick Pizzella 2014-10-21 $12,219,000
8853991 Phase angle detection in an inverter Mingwei Shan, William Hull Bicknell, Richard Dean Suel, II 2014-10-07 $19,524,000
8845326 Gas burner assembly Timothy Scott Shaffer, Brian Michael Schork, Paul Bryan Cadima, Paul E. McCrorey 2014-09-30 $14,904,000
8793021 Energy management of household appliances John K. Besore, Brice Alan Bowley, Jeff Donald Drake, Michael F. Finch, John Joseph Roetker +3 more 2014-07-29 $19,393,000
8627689 Energy management of clothes washer appliance Michael F. Finch, John K. Besore, Jeff Donald Drake, Darin Franks, Chad Michael Helms +4 more 2014-01-14 $42,701,000
8626347 Demand side management module John K. Besore, Michael Thomas Beyerle, David Bingham, Darin Franks, Byron K. Guernsey +3 more 2014-01-07 $23,149,000
8624430 Standby power reduction Steven Keith Root, Jeff Donald Drake, Ashley Wayne Burt, Jeffrey S. Weber, Donald Ganiere 2014-01-07 $23,149,000
8617316 Energy management of dishwasher appliance Michael F. Finch, John K. Besore, Jeff Donald Drake, Darin Franks, Erick Graven +5 more 2013-12-31 $27,454,000
8599008 Appliance monitoring system and method Timothy Allen Hamel, Richard DeVos, Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Charles Dawes, Michael Kello +3 more 2013-12-03 $25,876,000
8548635 Energy management of household appliances Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich, Anthony Austin Cooper, Martin Christopher Severance, Chris George Bissig, Timothy Allen Hamel +3 more 2013-10-01 $25,574,000
8499577 Ice making and water delivery apparatus Omar Haidar, Kenneth U. Nsofor, Matthew W. Davis, Ronald Scott Tarr, Joseph Thomas Waugh 2013-08-06 $23,544,000
8474279 Energy management of household appliances John K. Besore, Richard DeVos, Jeff Donald Drake, Michael F. Finch, Ronald Gary Foster +5 more 2013-07-02 $14,581,000
8465704 Method and apparatus for disinfecting and/or deodorizing an article John K. Besore, Subhash Viswanathan Kollengode, Christopher Durand, Brian Michael Schork, Sarah Lynn Kirchoff 2013-06-18 $27,922,000
8367984 Energy management of household appliances John K. Besore, Jeff Donald Drake, Michael F. Finch, Darin Franks, John Joseph Roetker +2 more 2013-02-05 $20,690,000
8355826 Demand side management module John K. Besore, Michael Thomas Beyerle, David Bingham, Darin Franks, Byron K. Guernsey +3 more 2013-01-15 $31,678,000
8256234 Method and apparatus for coolant control within refrigerators Omar Haidar, Matthew W. Davis, Ronald Scott Tarr 2012-09-04 $21,680,000
8245414 Drying drawer and method of drying Derek Lee Watkins, John K. Besore, Subhash Viswanathan Kollengode, Yogesh Kumar Allimalli, Sarah Lynn Kirchoff +3 more 2012-08-21 $18,821,000
8171744 Method and apparatus for controlling temperature for forming ice within an icemaker compartment of a refrigerator Matthew W. Davis, Omar Haidar, Ronald Scott Tarr, Joseph Thomas Waugh 2012-05-08 $13,545,000
8099968 Method and apparatus for circulating air within an icemaker compartment of a refrigerator Omar Haidar, Kenneth U. Nsofor, Matthew W. Davis, Ronald Scott Tarr, Joseph Thomas Waugh 2012-01-24 $23,420,000
8087184 Clothes dryer with extendable rack Mark A. Banta, Randall W. Calmeise, Michael Thomas Beyerle, Jason E. King, Rebecca Eakins +1 more 2012-01-03 $28,580,000