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Gerald Hess — 12 Patents

GE: 12 patents #2,731 of 36,430Top 8%
Erie, PA: #72 of 1,097 inventorsTop 7%
Pennsylvania: #6,679 of 74,527 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Gerald Hess has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in June 2014. Gerald Hess ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Gerald Hess in Erie, PA, US.

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Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8751073 Method and apparatus for optimizing a train trip using signal information Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Wolfgang Daum, Tom Otsubo, John Erik Hershey 2014-06-10 $24,937,000
8463469 Digital railroad system Wolfgang Daum, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Gerald Douglas Rose, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Tom Otsubo +1 more 2013-06-11 $18,026,000
8406940 Methods and systems for mapping railroad tracks Tom Otsubo, Wolfgang Daum, Craig Alan Stull, Andrew David Caple, Misty Chambers +3 more 2013-03-26 $18,336,000
8370006 Method and apparatus for optimizing a train trip using signal information Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Wolfgang Daum, Tom Otsubo, John Erik Hershey 2013-02-05 $20,690,000
7500436 System and method for managing emissions from mobile vehicles Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Steven Matthew Pelkowski, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Glen Paul Peltonen, James Kiss +7 more 2009-03-10 $75,174,000
7131614 Locomotive control system and method Jeffrey James Kisak, Bradley Hendrickson, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Daniel Ballesty, Stephen Pelkowski 2006-11-07 $46,509,000
7021589 Control system for optimizing the operation of two or more locomotives of a consist Jan Nagle, Shuo Chen 2006-04-04 $32,265,000
7021588 System and method for managing two or more locomotives of a consist Jan Nagle, Shuo Chen, Randall Slomski, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar 2006-04-04 $32,265,000
6941218 Automatic start/stop system and method for locomotive engines Daniel Wolf, Jeffrey Twichel 2005-09-06 $43,705,000
6691957 Control and method for optimizing the operation of two or more locomotives of a consist Jan Nagle, Shuo Chen 2004-02-17 $62,647,000
6671591 System and method for monitoring locomotive operation Daniel Wolf, John L. Caporale 2003-12-30 $42,246,000
6650993 Automatic start/stop system and method for locomotive engines Daniel Wolf, Jeffrey Twichel 2003-11-18 $61,756,000