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Willard J. Dodds — 13 Patents

GE: 13 patents #2,462 of 36,430Top 7%
Sharonville, OH: #119 of 1,065 inventorsTop 15%
Ohio: #5,928 of 73,341 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Willard J. Dodds has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in March 2011. Willard J. Dodds ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Willard J. Dodds in Sharonville, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2011Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1993.peak 41992: 2 patents19921993: 4 patents19931994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents19962002: 1 patents20022003: 2 patents20032011: 1 patents2011

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7895841 Method and apparatus to facilitate reducing NOx emissions in turbine engines Arthur Wesley Johnson, Richard W. Stickles, David Louis Burrus 2011-03-01 $27,654,000
6546733 Methods and systems for cooling gas turbine engine combustors Gary Lee North 2003-04-15 $50,636,000
6530223 Multi-stage radial axial gas turbine engine combustor Paul V. Heberling, Jack R. Taylor, Ely E. Halila 2003-03-11 $76,264,000
6474070 Rich double dome combustor Allen Michael Danis, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr., Keith K. Taylor, Richard W. Stickles, Donald Lee Gardner 2002-11-05 $61,794,000
5540056 Cyclonic prechamber with a centerbody for a gas turbine engine combustor Paul V. Heberling, Mark Patrick Kelsey 1996-07-30 $28,579,000
5444982 Cyclonic prechamber with a centerbody Paul V. Heberling, Mark Patrick Kelsey 1995-08-29 $12,823,000
5307637 Angled multi-hole film cooled single wall combustor dome plate Richard W. Stickles, Howard L. Foltz, Keith K. Taylor, George E. Cook, Thomas MacLean 1994-05-03 $14,604,000
5239818 Dilution pole combustor and method Richard W. Stickles, Paul E. Sabla, George E. Cook, Craig L. Loconti, Gary MacHolloway 1993-08-31 $10,277,000
5220795 Method and apparatus for injecting dilution air Stanley Kevin Widener, Keith K. Taylor, Howard L. Foltz, Steven C. Steffens 1993-06-22 $19,294,000
5207064 Staged, mixed combustor assembly having low emissions John J. Ciokajlo 1993-05-04 $15,296,000
5197278 Double dome combustor and method of operation Paul E. Sabla, Donald W. Bahr 1993-03-30 $8,859,000
5099644 Lean staged combustion assembly Paul E. Sabla, Thomas Michael Tucker 1992-03-31 $10,232,000
5077967 Profile matched diffuser Stanley Kevin Widener, Jack R. Taylor 1992-01-07 $16,179,000