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Roy Bates — 13 Patents

HPHill Phoenix: 6 patents #10 of 94Top 15%
FMFmc: 4 patents #305 of 1,735Top 20%
HBHamilton Beach Brands: 2 patents #58 of 131Top 45%
HSHamilton Beach/Proctor Silex: 1 patents #82 of 141Top 60%
Swift Creek Farms, VA: #13 of 46 inventorsTop 30%
Virginia: #2,253 of 34,511 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Roy Bates has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Hill Phoenix. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in July 2025. Roy Bates ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Roy Bates in Swift Creek Farms, VA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2020.peak 21989: 1 patents19891997: 1 patents1998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102019: 1 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 1 patents2024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12349815 Configuration for a heat exchanger in a temperature controlled case Lawrence W. Eget, Karuna Kumari Lade 2025-07-08
11892210 Valve and capillary tube system for refrigeration systems Timothy D. Swofford 2024-02-06
11029066 Valve and capillary tube system for refrigeration systems Timothy D. Swofford 2021-06-08
10765231 Discharge air straightener Lawrence W. Eget, T. Dean Swofford 2020-09-08
10588429 Refrigerated case with an induced airflow system Trifon Mirtchev 2020-03-17
10203145 Systems and methods for reducing air losses in refrigerated cases Lawrence W. Eget 2019-02-12
7644653 Coffee maker brew basket 2010-01-12
7540232 Hot beverage maker brew basket adaptor Steve Williamson, William D. Starr 2009-06-02
6680551 Electric motor muffler John Robert Bohannon, Jr., Brian Williamson 2004-01-20
6007048 Satellite seal arrangement for plug valve, ball valve or gate valve Tep Ungchusri, Robert Witt 1999-12-28 $5,114,000
5713389 Check valve and check valve seat Michael E. Wilson, Jr. 1998-02-03 $11,942,000
5676348 Asymmetric seal segment configuration Tep Ungchusri, Michael E. Wilson, Jr. 1997-10-14 $3,960,000
4867483 Pipe connector device Robert Witt, Stephen P. Barrett, Tep Ungchusri 1989-09-19 $2,586,000