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Michael S. Tignor — 17 Patents

GE: 15 patents #2,042 of 36,430Top 6%
BDBlack & Decker: 2 patents #1,562 of 2,745Top 60%
Watertown, CT: #10 of 149 inventorsTop 7%
Connecticut: #2,507 of 34,797 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Michael S. Tignor has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in November 2016. Michael S. Tignor ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Michael S. Tignor in Watertown, CT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9506284 Automatic door system with door system user interface Jonathan M. Braverman, Michael Arthur Salvietti, Anthony R. Ranaudo 2016-11-29 $64,215,000
8365469 Door operating system Thomas M. Kowalczyk 2013-02-05 $60,785,000
7839617 Electronic trip unit for circuit breakers Nataniel Barbosa Vicente, John James Dougherty 2010-11-23 $19,181,000
7463989 Waveform recorder apparatus and method Geoff Butland, John James Dougherty, Craig Benjamin Williams, Mark Fredrick Culler 2008-12-09 $94,204,000
7430482 Waveform recorder apparatus and method Geoff Butland, John James Dougherty, Craig Benjamin Williams, Mark Fredrick Culler 2008-09-30 $86,821,000
7369389 Electronic trip unit for circuit breakers Nataniel Barbosa Vicente, John James Dougherty 2008-05-06 $52,585,000
7301742 Method and apparatus for accessing and activating accessory functions of electronic circuit breakers Michael Bradley, LeeAnne Wambolt, Geoffrey F. Butland, Michael H. Thomas, Paul T. Rajotte 2007-11-27 $45,891,000
7075310 Device and method for testing for a wiring fault condition Henry Hall Mason, Jr., Craig Benjamin Williams, Geoff Butland, Michael Bradley, Greg Lavoie +1 more 2006-07-11 $38,154,000
6836396 World wide web enabled and digital rating plug Patrick Salas, Craig Benjamin Williams, Michael Bradley, David Fletcher 2004-12-28 $82,529,000
6804101 Digital rating plug for electronic trip unit in circuit breakers Patrick Salas, Craig Benjamin Williams, Michael Bradley 2004-10-12 $83,103,000
6771170 Power system waveform capture Thomas Frederick Papallo, Jr., Mark Fredrick Culler, David Fletcher, Gregory P. Lavoie, John James Dougherty 2004-08-03 $51,410,000
6757626 Trip unit and circuit breaker to prevent nuissance tripping John James Dougherty 2004-06-29 $72,983,000
6678135 Module plug for an electronic trip unit Michael Bradley, LeeAnne Wambolt, Geoffrey F. Butland, Michael H. Thomas, Paul T. Rajotte 2004-01-13 $51,424,000
6611411 Trip signal verifying method and apparatus Craig Benjamin Williams, Michael Bradley 2003-08-26 $52,903,000
6546342 Adaptive algorithm to prevent nuissance tripping John James Dougherty 2003-04-08 $63,517,000
6535782 Automatic optioning method for printed circuit boards Marshall B. Hart, LeAnne Wambolt 2003-03-18 $50,547,000
6469882 Current transformer initial condition correction 2002-10-22 $51,300,000