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Ferrell Mercer — 9 Patents

GE: 9 patents #3,767 of 36,430Top 15%
Charlottesville, VA: #140 of 1,304 inventorsTop 15%
Virginia: #3,423 of 34,511 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Ferrell Mercer has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in March 2011. Ferrell Mercer ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Ferrell Mercer in Charlottesville, VA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2011Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2007.peak 21990: 1 patents19902007: 2 patents20072008: 1 patents20082009: 2 patents20092010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents2011

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7904583 Methods and systems for managing and controlling an automation control module system Robert Chambers 2011-03-08
7836347 Service and diagnostic logic scan apparatus and method Daniel Miller, Judy Popelas 2010-11-16
7734716 Methods and systems for management and control of an automation control module David Collier, Bill Hannold, Jason Kandingo, Brad Bolfing, Bob Newman +4 more 2010-06-08 $26,106,000
7590712 Methods and systems for management and control of an automation control module Robert Chambers, David Collier, Jason Kadingo, Robert Francis Newman, David Charles Elliott +1 more 2009-09-15 $123,798,000
7536475 Method and system for management and control of an automation control module David Collier, Daniel Miller, Robert Chambers, Jason Kadingo, Brad Bolfing +1 more 2009-05-19 $83,337,000
7441114 Methods and systems for management and control of an automation control module David Collier, Jason Kadingo, Brad Bolfing 2008-10-21 $75,307,000
7269640 Methods and systems for management and control of an automation control module William M. Huntley, Jr., Carrie Brownhill, Robert Chambers, Misty Chambers, David Collier +2 more 2007-09-11 $80,011,000
7266589 Service-portal enabled automation control module (ACM) Carrie Brownhill, Bill Huntley, David Collier, Jason Kadingo, Brad Bolfing +1 more 2007-09-04 $64,686,000
4926375 Multiple nodes broadcast communication method with receiver identification by bit position in transferred massage Earl J. Whitaker, Christopher P. Cuthbert 1990-05-15 $12,168,000