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John S. Mears — 12 Patents

GE: 9 patents #3,767 of 36,430Top 15%
WHWoodward Hrt: 2 patents #5 of 32Top 20%
MSMra Systems: 1 patents #25 of 42Top 60%
Cincinnati, OH: #793 of 8,043 inventorsTop 10%
Ohio: #6,508 of 73,341 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
John S. Mears has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in October 2023. John S. Mears ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list John S. Mears in Cincinnati, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2019.peak 21993: 1 patents19931998: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11791571 Crimp pin electrical connector Brian Matthew Maupin 2023-10-17 $21,964,000
11381142 Rotor assembly Austin Michael Cobert, Todd Rook 2022-07-05 $24,803,000
11002191 Electric machine with non-contact interface Samuel Robert Hathaway, Clifford D. Westerlund, Jason D. Wilkening, Robert Donald Grennan, David George Kloos 2021-05-11 $42,056,000
10720728 Electrical connector sealing system Samuel Robert Hathaway, Daniel Alan Niergarth, David George Kloos 2020-07-21 $22,910,000
10348162 Method and assembly of an electric machine Hao Huang, Xiaochuan Jia, Samuel Robert Hathaway 2019-07-09 $16,723,000
10197176 Thermally-controlled fluid supply assembly Samuel Robert Hathaway 2019-02-05
10161356 Integrated thrust reverser actuation system George Stephen Billisits, Chad Russell Wentling 2018-12-25
9790892 Engine thrust reverser lock Kenneth Willett, George Conway, Brent Michael Ozanich, Michael Alan Stieg, Jesus Anaya +1 more 2017-10-17
9273705 Aircraft hydraulic system 2016-03-01 $34,518,000
9109536 Engine thrust reverser lock Kenneth Willett, George Conway, Brent Michael Ozanich, Michael Alan Stieg, Jesus Anaya +1 more 2015-08-18
5752674 Sensor ice shield Ronald A. Bulow, David L. Joyce, Kevin H. Kast 1998-05-19 $112,614,000
5213471 Propeller pitch control Edwin K. Miller, Robert L. Roberts, Petr Hora, David L. Joyce 1993-05-25 $8,883,000