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John C. Bierlein — 8 Patents

General Motors: 5 patents #3,105 of 18,328Top 20%
EAEaton: 3 patents #934 of 3,708Top 30%
Big Rapids, MI: #40 of 351 inventorsTop 15%
Michigan: #12,001 of 86,293 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
John C. Bierlein has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in April 2002. John C. Bierlein ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list John C. Bierlein in Big Rapids, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2002Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1985.peak 31980: 1 patents19801985: 3 patents19851986: 1 patents19861995: 1 patents19951998: 1 patents19982002: 1 patents2002

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6374951 Gear isolation shroud for transmission Thomas A. Michelhaugh 2002-04-23 $2,446,000
5842380 Shift yoke Alan R. Davis, Marcel Amsallen, Mark L. Lanting, Douglas C. Gooch 1998-12-01 $5,927,000
5466137 Roller gerotor device and pressure balancing arrangement therefor Wayne B. Wenker, Jerry L. Yoho 1995-11-14 $10,356,000
4618505 Method of making adherent score-resistant coating for metals Bernard A. MacIver, James C. Erskine 1986-10-21
4554208 Metal bearing surface having an adherent score-resistant coating Bernard A. MacIver, James C. Erskine 1985-11-19
4553856 Bearing having nickel-tin-copper barrier layer Arnold O. DeHart 1985-11-19
4540636 Metal bearing element with a score-resistant coating Bernard A. Mac Iver, James C. Erskine 1985-09-10
4233071 Bearing having iron sulfur matrix Edward J. Shipek 1980-11-11 $7,856,000