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Niels Diffrient — 60 Patents

HUHumanscale: 20 patents #1 of 71Top 2%
HFHowe Furniture: 17 patents #1 of 8Top 15%
HAHauserman: 5 patents #2 of 17Top 15%
KNKnoll: 5 patents #44 of 44Top 100%
SPSoft/View Computer Products: 4 patents #1 of 6Top 20%
KIKrueger International: 3 patents #36 of 90Top 40%
New York, NY: #156 of 20,192 inventorsTop 1%
New York: #1,385 of 115,490 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #38,820 of 4,157,543Top 1%
60 Patents All Time
Niels Diffrient has been granted 60 US patents while listed as an inventor at Humanscale. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in October 2019. Niels Diffrient ranks #38,820 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.93%). Patent records list Niels Diffrient in New York, NY, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 60 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D864603 Chair Jeff Theesfeld 2019-10-29
10299595 Chair with articulating backrest James Sortor, Shaun Smith, Mesve Vardar, Jeff Theesfeld, Cory Brechbill 2019-05-28
D808699 Ottoman support Jeff Theesfeld 2018-01-30
D795622 Chair back Jim Sortor, Shaun Smith, Mesve Vardar, Cory Brechbill, Jeff Theesfeld 2017-08-29
8840188 Movable arm pad Emilian Dan Cartis, Mark McKenna, Steven R. Remy 2014-09-23
8777312 Seating apparatus with reclining movement 2014-07-15
D673401 Chair support structure 2013-01-01
8240771 Mesh chair component 2012-08-14
D661135 Pair of armrests for a chair or the like 2012-06-05
D660056 Chair 2012-05-22
8104837 Ergonomic chair arm 2012-01-31
8061775 Seating apparatus with reclining movement 2011-11-22
7980631 Ergonomic armrest 2011-07-19
D623449 Mesh backrest for a chair 2010-09-14
7581791 Ergonomic chair arm 2009-09-01
D584908 Twin arm headrest 2009-01-20
7475946 Ergonomic armrest 2009-01-13
D535432 Lamp shade 2007-01-16
6959965 Ergonomic chair 2005-11-01
6817149 Power and data supply column for a space dividing system Timothy J. Bouche, Andrew J. Kopish 2004-11-16
6754998 Partition panel for a space dividing system Timothy J. Bouche, Andrew J. Kopish 2004-06-29
6709058 Ergonomic chair 2004-03-23
6571519 Panel partition system with centralized power and communication distribution Timothy J. Bouche, Andrew J. Kopish 2003-06-03
D458401 Parallel arm lamp 2002-06-04
D453633 Chair 2002-02-19