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Benjamin E. Howell — 17 Patents

HSHill-Rom Services: 14 patents #115 of 861Top 15%
ASAllen Medical Systems: 2 patents #45 of 69Top 70%
Fuquay-Varina, NC: #27 of 309 inventorsTop 9%
North Carolina: #2,803 of 45,564 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Benjamin E. Howell has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Hill-Rom Services. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in November 2025. Benjamin E. Howell ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Benjamin E. Howell in Fuquay-Varina, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2010 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2019.peak 32010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 3 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 2 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12482548 Location based home screens for caregiver portable wireless devices Thomas F. Heil, Eric D. Agdeppa, Steven A. Dixon, Charles A. Howell, Thomas M. Gillis +10 more 2025-11-25
11791055 Discriminating patient care communications system Stephen R. Embree, Frederick Collin Davidson, Theophile R. Lerebours, Phillip Maloney, Bruno J. Filliat +8 more 2023-10-17
D951935 Communication console Gerald Ushery, Jr., Theophile R. Lerebours, Kiana M. Dezelon, Patrice Etchison, Nelda Johnson 2022-05-17
D925517 Communication console Gerald Ushery, Jr., Theophile R. Lerebours, Kiana M. Dezelon, Patrice Etchison, Nelda Johnson 2021-07-20
10881328 Systems and methods for determining and tracking subject positioning Yongji Fu, Jeffrey C. Marrion, Todd P. O'Neal, Joshua A. Williams 2021-01-05
10709630 Spine table positioner pad with pressure sensing and cooling features Joshua A. Williams, Todd P. O'Neal, Jeffrey C. Marrion, Yongji Fu, Joshua C. Hight +1 more 2020-07-14
10548475 Method of hospital bed network connectivity Williams F. Collins, Jr., James M. Allen, Keith A. Huster, Carl W. Riley, Patricia A. Glidewell +3 more 2020-02-04 $14,229,000
10360787 Discriminating patient care communications system Stephen R. Embree, Frederick Collin Davidson, Theophile R. Lerebours, Phillip Maloney, Bruno J. Filliat +8 more 2019-07-23 $16,890,000
10290071 Universal caregiver interface Thomas F. Heil, Eric D. Agdeppa, Steven A. Dixon, Charles A. Howell, Thomas M. Gillis +10 more 2019-05-14 $15,019,000
10278582 Hospital bed having wired and wireless network connectivity Williams F. Collins, Jr., James M. Allen, Keith A. Huster, Carl W. Riley, Patricia A. Glidewell +3 more 2019-05-07 $31,935,000
10070789 Hospital bed having wired and wireless network connectivity Williams F. Collins, Jr., James M. Allen, Keith A. Huster, Carl W. Riley, Patricia A. Glidewell +3 more 2018-09-11 $13,366,000
9775519 Network connectivity unit for hospital bed Williams F. Collins, Jr., James M. Allen, Keith A. Huster, Carl W. Riley, Patricia A. Glidewell +3 more 2017-10-03 $12,810,000
9513899 System wide firmware updates to networked hospital beds Williams F. Collins, Jr., James M. Allen, Keith A. Huster, Carl W. Riley, Patricia A. Glidewell +3 more 2016-12-06 $10,280,000
8917166 Hospital bed networking system and method Williams F. Collins, Jr., James M. Allen, Keith A. Huster, Carl W. Riley, Patricia A. Glidewell +3 more 2014-12-23 $12,764,000
8604917 Hospital bed having user input to enable and suspend remote monitoring of alert conditions Williams F. Collins, Jr., James M. Allen, Keith A. Huster, Carl W. Riley, Patricia A. Glidewell +3 more 2013-12-10 $2,955,000
8284047 Wireless bed connectivity Williams F. Collins, Jr., James M. Allen, Keith A. Huster, Carl W. Riley, Patricia A. Glidewell +3 more 2012-10-09 $6,780,000
7852208 Wireless bed connectivity Williams F. Collins, Jr., James M. Allen, Keith A. Huster, Carl W. Riley, Patricia A. Glidwell +3 more 2010-12-14 $3,234,000