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Patrick Joseph Howard — 17 Patents

GE: 17 patents #1,729 of 36,430Top 5%
Cincinnati, OH: #529 of 8,043 inventorsTop 7%
Ohio: #4,176 of 73,341 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Patrick Joseph Howard has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in August 2022. Patrick Joseph Howard ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Patrick Joseph Howard in Cincinnati, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2009.peak 21994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022006: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 2 patents20092011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2019: 2 patents20192022: 2 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11408836 Method for inspecting components using computed tomography John Charles Janning, Andrew Joseph Galish, Kevin Moermond 2022-08-09 $21,516,000
11301977 Systems and methods for automatic defect recognition Alberto Santamaria-Pang, Yousef Al-Kofahi, Aritra Chowdhury, Shourya Sarcar, Michael John MacDonald +3 more 2022-04-12 $25,280,000
10481108 System for defect indication detection Andrew Frank Ferro, Xingwei Yang, Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Christopher Allen Nafis 2019-11-19 $24,658,000
10203290 Method for defect indication detection Andrew Frank Ferro, Xingwei Yang, Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Christopher Allen Nafis 2019-02-12 $31,508,000
8442301 Nondestructive inspection method and system Matthew Edward Dragovich, Joshua Brian Jamison, Toby George Darkins, Jr., Joseph Manuel Portaz 2013-05-14 $27,384,000
8238642 Methods and apparatus for measuring 3D dimensions on 2D images Yanyan Wu, Donald Robert Howard, Harry Israel Ringermacher, Robert August Kaucic, Zhaohui Sun +4 more 2012-08-07 $21,386,000
7995829 Method and apparatus for inspecting components Andrew Frank Ferro 2011-08-09 $12,151,000
7606445 Methods and systems for ultrasound inspection 2009-10-20 $53,289,000
7503218 Methods and system for ultrasound inspection Richard Eugene Klaassen 2009-03-17 $78,950,000
7328620 Methods and system for ultrasound inspection Richard Eugene Klaassen 2008-02-12 $31,619,000
7263888 Two dimensional phased arrays for volumetric ultrasonic inspection and methods of use James Norman Barshinger, Thomas James Batzinger, Wei Li, John Broddus Deaton, Jr., David Paul Lappas +4 more 2007-09-04 $64,686,000
7082403 System and method for managing customer productivity through central repository Michael Wagner, Craig Brocklehurst, Dwight Wilson, Michael Godbey, James Geoffrey Chirumbolo McKee 2006-07-25 $58,817,000
6457898 Ultrasonic transducer connector assembly James M. Donovan 2002-10-01 $47,424,000
5608814 Method of dynamic thresholding for flaw detection in ultrasonic C-scan images Robert S. Gilmore 1997-03-04 $44,956,000
5549002 Method for detecting and characterizing flaws in engineering materials Richard Yung Chiao 1996-08-27 $36,796,000
5471878 Method of suppressing grain noise in ultrasonic waveform data by 3D filtering Richard Yung Chiao 1995-12-05 $20,431,000
5371462 Eddy current inspection method employing a probe array with test and reference data acquisition and signal processing Kristina Helena Valborg Hedengren 1994-12-06 $17,062,000