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Brian Hachtmann — 23 Patents

Google: 10 patents #2,593 of 22,993Top 15%
XDX Development: 6 patents #132 of 653Top 25%
MTMakani Technologies: 4 patents #3 of 24Top 15%
Tesla: 1 patents #515 of 838Top 65%
San Martin, CA: #5 of 93 inventorsTop 6%
California: #24,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Brian Hachtmann has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Google. The first was granted in 2015 and the most recent in October 2025. Brian Hachtmann ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Brian Hachtmann in San Martin, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2015 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2015.peak 62015: 6 patents20152016: 5 patents20162017: 5 patents20172018: 2 patents20182019: 3 patents20192020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12446997 Handle for an oral health device Marisa Taylor, Bruce M. Schena 2025-10-21
10533537 Airborne wind turbine tether termination systems Bryan Christopher GilroySmith, Elias Wolfgang Patten 2020-01-14
10518876 Offshore wind kite with seafloor mooring Fort Felker, Charles Nordstrom 2019-12-31
10309374 Energy kite winching using buoyancy Robert Nelson 2019-06-04
10301143 Sensor equipped tether guide with open tether channel Abhimanyu Belani, Elias Wolfgang Patten, Robert Nelson, Gabriel Murphy 2019-05-28
9972814 Embedded optics in modular assemblies Mark Riegel, David Elias Hegeman, William Christopher Bishop, William Vucich Beecher 2018-05-15
9884692 Systems and methods for controlling rotation and twist of a tether Elias Wolfgang Patten, Damon Vander Lind, Bryan Christopher GilroySmith 2018-02-06 $23,403,000
9771925 Tether termination systems and methods Bryan Christopher GilroySmith, Elias Wolfgang Patten 2017-09-26 $20,862,000
9732731 Pivoting perch for flying wind turbine parking Damon Vander Lind, Maaike Evers, Michael Simonian 2017-08-15 $15,186,000
9676496 Ground station with shuttled drum for tethered aerial vehicles Damon Vander Lind 2017-06-13 $14,485,000
9650157 Drive mechanisms for use in controlling rotation and twist of a tether Bryan Christopher GilroySmith, Elias Wolfgang Patten, Damon Vander Lind 2017-05-16 $14,499,000
9604733 Systems and methods for a winch drum and drum door Gabe Murphy, Damon Vander Lind 2017-03-28 $13,010,000
9475589 Systems and apparatus for winch drum mechanism 2016-10-25 $11,956,000
9429954 Flight control for an airborne wind turbine Erik Chubb, Damon Vander Lind 2016-08-30 $16,189,000
9403296 Embedded optics in modular assemblies Mark Riegel, David Elias Hegeman, William Christopher Bishop, William Vucich Beecher 2016-08-02 $324,266,000
9352930 Methods and systems for winding a tether Damon Vander Lind, Elias Wolfgang Patten 2016-05-31 $17,733,000
9353792 Biased compound radial plain bearing for increased life in oscillating pivot motion 2016-05-31 $17,733,000
9216824 Systems and apparatus for tether termination mount for tethered aerial vehicles Corwin Hardham, Damon Vander Lind, Rob Nelson 2015-12-22 $36,501,000
9212032 Extruded drum surface for storage of tether Damon Vander Lind 2015-12-15 $23,405,000
9212033 Extruded drum surface for storage of tether Damon Vander Lind 2015-12-15 $23,405,000
9214022 Enhanced accuracy for tracking tethered airborne vehicles Kurt Hallamask, Rob Nelson, Corwin Hardham, Kenny Jensen, Elias Wolfgang Patten 2015-12-15 $23,405,000
9211951 Systems and apparatus for tether termination mount for tethered aerial vehicles Corwin Hardham, Damon Vander Lind, Rob Nelson 2015-12-15 $23,405,000
9156565 Methods for perching Damon Vander Lind 2015-10-13 $21,342,000