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John William Brand — 40 Patents

GE: 28 patents #800 of 36,430Top 3%
PSProgress Rail Services: 9 patents #3 of 125Top 3%
PLProgress Rail Locomotive: 2 patents #19 of 86Top 25%
THTransportation Ip Holdings: 1 patents #357 of 657Top 55%
Merritt Island, FL: #7 of 257 inventorsTop 3%
Florida: #830 of 67,251 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #78,057 of 4,157,543Top 2%
40 Patents All Time
John William Brand has been granted 40 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2012 and the most recent in April 2025. John William Brand ranks #78,057 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.9%). Patent records list John William Brand in Merritt Island, FL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 40 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12286146 Synchronized control messages for starting and stopping independently controlled locomotives in a train Evan Paul Sevel 2025-04-29
12208828 System and method for modeling in-train forces with multiple locomotives interspersed evenly along train Evan Paul Sevel 2025-01-28
12172684 Managing vehicle energy use based on future energy demand Sammy Akif, Sidarta Fornari Beltramin, Evan Paul Sevel 2024-12-24
11919552 System and method for scoring train runs Sammy Akif, Marcos Blanco Fernandes, Joseph M White 2024-03-05
11858543 System and method for controlling operations of a train using energy management machine learning models Sammy Akif, Evan Paul Sevel, Frederick Gary Silcox, Jr. 2024-01-02
11787453 Maintenance of distributed train control systems using machine learning Bradley Howard 2023-10-17
11529979 Systems and methods for adjusting train operation Bradley Howard, Marc D. Miller, Gabriel G. Abreo 2022-12-20
11472452 Machine learning based train handling evaluation Bradley Howard 2022-10-18
11453421 System and method for predicting failures of train components Bradley Howard 2022-09-27
11447164 Artificial intelligence watchdog for distributed system synchronization Bradley Howard 2022-09-20
11332173 Train control with centralized and edge processing handovers Bradley Howard 2022-05-17
10855768 Method and system for vehicle communications Jared Klineman Cooper, Todd William Goodermuth, Scott Daniel Nelson, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Nick David Nagrodsky +1 more 2020-12-01
10469579 Method and system for data processing in a vehicle group Jared Klineman Cooper, Todd William Goodermuth, Scott Daniel Nelson, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Nick David Nagrodsky +1 more 2019-11-05 $18,505,000
9815470 Energy management system and method for vehicle systems Juli-Ann Luther, Jeffrey Twichel, Brian Nedward Meyer, Joseph Daniel Wakeman, Swapna Rameshbabu Gaikwad +9 more 2017-11-14 $22,081,000
9694835 Detection system and method for rail vehicle Jared Klineman Cooper, Robert Francis Bryant, Scott William Dulmage, David Allen Eldredge, Robert James Foy +2 more 2017-07-04
9493143 System and method for controlling velocity of a vehicle Jared Klineman Cooper, David Allen Eldredge, David Michael Peltz, Frank Wawrzyniak, Robert Bremmer +2 more 2016-11-15 $28,580,000
9376971 Energy management system and method for vehicle systems Juli-Ann Luther, Jeffrey Twichel, Brian Nedward Meyer, Joseph Daniel Wakeman, Swapna Rameshbabu Gaikwad +9 more 2016-06-28 $20,130,000
9221477 Communications system and method for a rail vehicle Jared Klineman Cooper, Nick David Nagrodsky, Keith Gilbertson 2015-12-29 $43,592,000
9126608 Systems and methods for operating a vehicle system in response to a plan deviation Kevin Kapp, David Allen Eldredge, Robert James Foy, Joseph Daniel Wakeman 2015-09-08 $16,151,000
8843419 Method and system for rail vehicle reconfiguration Jared Klineman Cooper, David Allen Eldredge, Robert James Foy, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Todd William Goodermuth +1 more 2014-09-23 $20,547,000
8825239 Communication system and method for a rail vehicle consist Jared Klineman Cooper, Todd William Goodermuth, David Michael Peltz, David Lowell McKay, Scott C. Sherin +4 more 2014-09-02 $20,539,000
8719382 Method and system for data processing Jared Klineman Cooper, Todd William Goodermuth, Scott Daniel Nelson 2014-05-06 $15,205,000
8702043 Rail vehicle control communication system and method for communicating with a rail vehicle Wolfgang Daum, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Jared Klineman Cooper, Todd William Goodermuth, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling 2014-04-22 $15,916,000
8655515 Communication system for a rail vehicle consist and method for communicating with a rail vehicle consist Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Robert James Foy, Brian Joseph McManus, Stephen Smith, Jared Klineman Cooper +2 more 2014-02-18 $14,966,000
8655517 Communication system and method for a rail vehicle consist Todd William Goodermuth, David Michael Peltz, Jared Klineman Cooper, David Lowell McKay, Eugene Smith +1 more 2014-02-18 $14,966,000