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Vinod John — 10 Patents

GE: 5 patents #6,849 of 36,430Top 20%
WARF: 2 patents #1,011 of 4,123Top 25%
NSNorthern Power Systems: 1 patents #21 of 30Top 70%
NSNorthern Power Systems Utility Scale: 1 patents #10 of 23Top 45%
Madison, WI: #487 of 4,527 inventorsTop 15%
Wisconsin: #4,756 of 40,088 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Vinod John has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in October 2025. Vinod John ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Vinod John in Madison, WI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2001.peak 22000: 1 patents20002001: 2 patents20012002: 1 patents20022003: 2 patents20032006: 1 patents20062008: 1 patents20082012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12437915 Simple litz planar architecture with minimal vias to reduce AC resistance Sudheer George, Reuben Chacko, Akhila Elappully Manikandan, Seena Somarajan, Anuraag Singh 2025-10-07
8331071 Interconnection switching system and method for connecting a distributed energy resource to an electrical power system Eric L. Benedict 2012-12-11
7355309 Permanent magnet rotor for a direct drive generator or a low speed motor Daniel P. Costin 2008-04-08
7016793 Method and apparatus for anti-islanding protection of distributed generations Zhihong Ye, Changyong Wang, Luis Jose Garces, Rui Zhou, Lei Li +5 more 2006-03-21 $33,083,000
6563722 System and method for compensating for line imbalances in line commutated converters Luis Jose Garces, Peter Claudius Sanza, Paul Michael Szczesny 2003-05-13 $55,705,000
6556462 High power factor converter with a boost circuit having continuous/discontinuous modes Robert Louis Steigerwald, Milan Ilic 2003-04-29 $55,961,000
6385066 Method and system for detecting a zero current level in a line commutated converter Luis Jose Garces, Peter Claudius Sanza, Paul Michael Szczesny 2002-05-07 $50,140,000
6278623 System and method for compensating for voltage notches in two-phase phase locked loops Luis Jose Garces, Peter Claudius Sanza, Paul Michael Szczesny 2001-08-21 $192,066,000
6208185 High performance active gate drive for IGBTs Bum Seok Suh, Thomas A. Lipo 2001-03-27
6097582 Short circuit protection of IGBTs and other power switching devices Bum Seok Suh, Thomas A. Lipo 2000-08-01

Frequent Collaborators

Luis Jose Garces4 shared
Peter Claudius Sanza4 shared
Paul Michael Szczesny3 shared
Thomas A. Lipo2 shared
Bum Seok Suh2 shared
Daniel P. Costin1 shared

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