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Kirk Gee Pierce — 23 Patents

GE: 19 patents #1,485 of 36,430Top 5%
SESiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy: 4 patents #63 of 493Top 15%
Lafayette, CO: #38 of 681 inventorsTop 6%
Colorado: #1,612 of 40,980 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Kirk Gee Pierce has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in January 2025. Kirk Gee Pierce ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Kirk Gee Pierce in Lafayette, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2006 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2006.peak 42006: 4 patents20062007: 3 patents2008: 2 patents20082009: 2 patents2010: 2 patents20102011: 2 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142024: 3 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12203446 Controlling a wind turbine using blade pitch angle setting and blade add-on setting Fiona Dunne, Thomas Esbensen, Gustav Hoegh, Brian Willum Solberg 2025-01-21
12088226 Estimation of rotor operational characteristics for a wind turbine Jared Frank 2024-09-10
12055126 Determination of wind parameter values for use in wind turbine control systems Thomas Esbensen, Jared Frank 2024-08-06
11927173 Imbalance estimation for the wind rotor of a wind turbine 2024-03-12
8649911 System and method for operating a wind farm under high wind speed conditions Aaron John Avagliano, Ralph Teichmann, Paul Hopewell, Ameet Shridhar Deshpande, Sukru Eker 2014-02-11 $20,601,000
8360722 Method and system for validating wind turbine Till Hoffmann, Gert Torbohm, Jignesh Gandhi, Robert Peter Slack 2013-01-29 $14,856,000
8215906 Variable tip speed ratio tracking control for wind turbines Brandon Shane Gerber, Stefan Herr 2012-07-10 $21,644,000
8096761 Blade pitch management method and system Thomas Frank Fric, Kevin J. Standish, Bernard Landa 2012-01-17 $37,773,000
7999406 Wind turbine plant high wind derating control Mark Edward Cardinal 2011-08-16 $22,402,000
7874797 Methods and apparatus for balancing a rotor Robert Peter Slack 2011-01-25 $37,532,000
7845236 Resistive contact sensors for large blade and airfoil pressure and flow separation measurements Danian Zheng, Brandon Shane Gerber, Robert P. Grimley, Jay F. Leonard 2010-12-07 $24,593,000
7679215 Wind farm power ramp rate control system and method Robert William Delmerico, Mark Edward Cardinal 2010-03-16 $50,360,000
7581921 Methods and apparatus for controlling rotary machines Bharat Sampathkumaran Bagepalli, Patrick Lee Jansen, Gary Randall Barnes, Thomas Frank Fric, James P. Lyons +2 more 2009-09-01 $86,598,000
7488155 Method and apparatus for wind turbine braking Corneliu Barbu, Ralph Teichmann, Aaron John Avagliano, Leonardo Cesar Kammer, David Samuel Pesetsky +1 more 2009-02-10 $38,566,000
7437264 Methods and apparatus for balancing a rotor Robert Peter Slack 2008-10-14 $63,845,000
7352075 Methods and apparatus for controlling rotational speed of a rotor Lawrence D. Willey, John Cunningham, Eric Gebhardt, Ulrich Uphues, William E. Holley 2008-04-01 $64,206,000
7298059 System and method for operating a wind farm under high wind speed conditions Robert William Delmerico, Mark Edward Cardinal 2007-11-20 $29,872,000
7220104 Vibration reduction system for a wind turbine Danian Zheng, Mohamed Ahmed Ali, Vasanth Srinivasa Kothnur 2007-05-22 $62,569,000
7160083 Method and apparatus for wind turbine rotor load control David LeMieux 2007-01-09 $74,328,000
7121795 Method and apparatus for reducing rotor blade deflections, loads, and/or peak rotational speed Emilian Mieczyslaw Moroz 2006-10-17 $28,044,000
7118338 Methods and apparatus for twist bend coupled (TCB) wind turbine blades Emilian Mieczyslaw Moroz, David LeMieux 2006-10-10 $40,218,000
7118339 Methods and apparatus for reduction of asymmetric rotor loads in wind turbines Emilian Mieczyslaw Moroz 2006-10-10 $40,218,000
7004724 Method and apparatus for wind turbine rotor load control based on shaft radial displacement David LeMieux, Ralph W. Blakemore 2006-02-28 $38,180,000