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Michael Thomas — 11 Patents

GTGreat Dane Trailers: 4 patents #2 of 6Top 35%
ASAktiebolaget Skf: 3 patents #388 of 1,598Top 25%
GDGreat Dane: 1 patents #22 of 42Top 55%
Sycamore, IL: #20 of 168 inventorsTop 15%
Illinois: #8,093 of 84,256 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Michael Thomas has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Great Dane Trailers. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in October 2018. Michael Thomas ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Michael Thomas in Sycamore, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1995.peak 21994: 1 patents19941995: 2 patents19951996: 1 patents19961998: 1 patents19982007: 1 patents20072012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents20132017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
10088052 Method of manufacturing a seal 2018-10-02
9784370 Seal with one or more engaging features Todd Buehrer 2017-10-10
9719598 Seal with connecting insert 2017-08-01
8567350 Dog boot Mary Kathleen Wrenwood Maloney, Jay Garcia 2013-10-29
8109241 Dog boot Mary Kathleen Wrenwood Maloney, Jay Garcia 2012-02-07
D542483 Dog boot Mary Kathleen Wrenwood Maloney, Jay Garcia 2007-05-08
5772276 Composite floor Charles R. Fetz, Daniel J. McCormack, John M. Jones, James T. Colling 1998-06-30
5507405 Thermally insulated cargo container Charles R. Fetz, Daniel J. McCormack 1996-04-16
5454597 Lightweight chassis-container construction Charles R. Fetz, Daniel J. McCormack 1995-10-03
5433501 Post construction and sidewall for cargo container Richard S. Durke, Charles R. Fetz, Raymond Augustus McDonald, JR. 1995-07-18
5351990 Insulating floor forming trailer main beam upper flange 1994-10-04