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Michael John Franks — 16 Patents

GE: 13 patents #2,462 of 36,430Top 7%
CECertainteed: 1 patents #267 of 431Top 65%
Cincinnati, OH: #559 of 8,043 inventorsTop 7%
Ohio: #4,521 of 73,341 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Michael John Franks has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in October 2025. Michael John Franks ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Michael John Franks in Cincinnati, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2011 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2019.peak 32011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents20122015: 1 patents20152017: 1 patents20172019: 3 patents20192020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents20212023: 2 patents20232024: 2 patents20242025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12448891 Turbine engine airfoil with a woven core Arthur William Sibbach, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Nicholas Joseph Kray 2025-10-21
12286903 Turbine engine including a composite airfoil assembly having a dovetail portion Benjamin Thomas Van Oflen, Gary Willard Bryant, Jr., Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Arthur William Sibbach 2025-04-29
12241383 Turbine engine with a composite-airfoil assembly having a dovetail portion Benjamin Thomas Van Oflen, Gary Willard Bryant, Jr., Nicholas Joseph Kray, Arthur William Sibbach, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos 2025-03-04
12157605 Stackable fluid containers with attachable wheel assembly 2024-12-03
12123321 Composite airfoil assembly having a dovetail portion Nicholas Joseph Kray 2024-10-22 $51,154,000
11668207 Shroud hanger assembly Jason David Shapiro, Jan Christopher Schilling 2023-06-06 $32,155,000
11623430 Metal surface preparation Manuel Acosta, Gregory Carl Gemeinhardt, Joshua Leigh Miller, Lara Liou, James Hahn 2023-04-11 $42,223,000
10907302 Roofing product including roofing-grade asphalt mixture and methods of making the roofing product and the roofing-grade asphalt mixture 2021-02-02
10563662 Metal surface preparation Manuel Acosta, Gregory Carl Gemeinhardt, Joshua Leigh Miller, Lara Liou, James Hahn 2020-02-18 $20,719,000
10465558 Multi-piece shroud hanger assembly Jason David Shapiro, David Scott Stapleton 2019-11-05 $18,505,000
10309244 CMC shroud support system Jason David Shapiro, Roger Lee Doughty 2019-06-04 $24,165,000
10196937 Method and system for improving structural characteristics of composite component corners John Joseph Wunsch, Danielle Marie Greenfield, Michael Bodey, Randall Maurice Prather 2019-02-05 $13,878,000
9726043 Mounting apparatus for low-ductility turbine shroud Jason David Shapiro, Samuel Ross Rulli, Roger Lee Doughty 2017-08-08 $19,150,000
9175579 Low-ductility turbine shroud Jason David Shapiro, Samuel Ross Rulli, Roger Lee Doughty, Joshua Brian Jamison 2015-11-03 $27,068,000
8123463 Method and system for manufacturing a blade Nicholas Joseph Kray, Tod Winton Davis, Christopher Lee McAfee, Kevin Lee Kirkeng, David William Crall 2012-02-28 $15,281,000
7882731 System for accurately measuring and regulating air pressure in tires Norman A. Franks 2011-02-08