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Ronald W. Poling — 12 Patents

GE: 11 patents #3,022 of 36,430Top 9%
Morrison, IL: #1 of 39 inventorsTop 3%
Illinois: #7,339 of 84,256 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Ronald W. Poling has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in October 2001. Ronald W. Poling ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Ronald W. Poling in Morrison, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2001Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1980.peak 21980: 2 patents19801981: 1 patents19811982: 2 patents19821987: 1 patents19871989: 1 patents19891990: 2 patents19901999: 1 patents19992001: 2 patents2001

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6307461 Spring load reduction thermostat James P. Frank, Manuel Gonzalez 2001-10-23 $110,673,000
6252492 Condition-responsive electric switch mechanism James P. Frank, Ted P. Struttmann 2001-06-26
5974819 Refrigeration thermostat with controlled pressure equalization Manuel Gonzalez, Kenneth R. Renkes 1999-11-02 $74,349,000
4931604 Control device 1990-06-05 $12,888,000
4920240 Method of operating an electric circuit controlling device 1990-04-24 $8,696,000
4835348 Electrical switch device James P. Frank 1989-05-30 $10,744,000
4703140 Electric circuit controlling device 1987-10-27 $17,271,000
4351105 Method of making a control device 1982-09-28 $3,629,000
4330695 Control device 1982-05-18 $3,915,000
4287780 Snap-action member 1981-09-08 $1,849,000
4200776 Control device with grain oriented snap disk 1980-04-29 $4,016,000
4188145 Assembly and method of assembling 1980-02-12 $3,127,000