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Ivan E. Bounds — 29 Patents

HCHerzog Contracting: 20 patents #1 of 25Top 4%
HSHerzog Railroad Services: 8 patents #1 of 23Top 5%
BRBurlington Northern Railroad: 1 patents #3 of 43Top 7%
Warrenton, MO: #4 of 181 inventorsTop 3%
Missouri: #448 of 23,789 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Ivan E. Bounds has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at Herzog Contracting. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in June 2017. Ivan E. Bounds ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Ivan E. Bounds in Warrenton, MO, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9676397 Clamp assembly Stanley M. Herzog, Steven R. Walton, Lawrence E. Guerra 2017-06-13
9404225 Rail drilling station for a rail loading and unloading machine Stanley M. Herzog 2016-08-02
9382670 Rail guide apparatus for a rail loading and unloading machine Stanley M. Herzog 2016-07-05
9382669 Rail loading and unloading machine Stanley M. Herzog 2016-07-05
9346473 Material transport and distribution consist with controlled gated hopper cars and conveyor systems Stanley M. Herzog, Jacob D. Herzog 2016-05-24
9051695 Automated track surveying and ballast replacement Nathan A. Landes 2015-06-09
8904942 System for guiding rails on a rail train Stanley M. Herzog 2014-12-09
8781655 Automated track surveying and ballast replacement Nathan A. Landes 2014-07-15
8615110 Automated track surveying and ditching Nathan A. Landes 2013-12-24
8607712 System for guiding rails on a rail train Stanley M. Herzog 2013-12-17
8590454 Clamp assembly 2013-11-26
8181577 Rail train 2012-05-22
7765935 Rail threading mechanism 2010-08-03
7707944 Method and apparatus for applying railway ballast 2010-05-04
7707943 Self-propelled rail unloading machine Stanley M. Herzog, Tony Shirk, Lawrence E. Guerra, Steven R. Walton 2010-05-04
7437997 Method for delivering replacement rail ties using GPS techniques Stanley M. Herzog, Timothy M. Beers, Steve Pete, Ron Schmitz, Stephen Bedingfield +2 more 2008-10-21
7152347 Method and apparatus for applying railway ballast Stanley M. Herzog, Ron Schmitz, Randy Pogglemiller, Stephen Bedingfield, Dan Laughlin +2 more 2006-12-26
6981452 Method and apparatus for unloading ribbon rails from rail cars Stanley M. Herzog, Timothy M. Beers, Wayne Gladden, Lawrence E. Guerra 2006-01-03
6704626 Logistics system and method with position control Stanley M. Herzog, Ronald Schmitz, Randy L. Poggemiller 2004-03-09
6526339 GPS controlled multiple source material application Stanley M. Herzog, Ronald Schmitz, Randy L. Poggemiller, Stephen Bedingfield, Patrick R. Harris +1 more 2003-02-25
RE36685 Railroad hopper car with ballast distributing blades and remote control system 2000-05-09
5657700 Railroad hopper car with ballast distributing blades and remote control system 1997-08-19
5423268 Railroad hopper car with ballast distributing blade and hopper door and blade control apparatus and method 1995-06-13
5361704 Railroad track laying system with multiple railroad tie handling 1994-11-08
5311822 Ballast hopper door control apparatus and method with independently and selectively actuated motors in response to uniquely coded signals 1994-05-17