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Christopher Hsu — 94 Patents

Illinois Tool Works: 46 patents #19 of 4,311Top 1%
LGLincoln Global: 42 patents #9 of 485Top 2%
NWNelson Stud Welding: 4 patents #3 of 19Top 20%
HBHobart Brothers: 1 patents #40 of 79Top 55%
LELincoln Electronic: 1 patents #31 of 70Top 45%
Appleton, WI: #6 of 1,506 inventorsTop 1%
Wisconsin: #93 of 40,088 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #16,422 of 4,157,543Top 1%
94 Patents All Time
Christopher Hsu has been granted 94 US patents while listed as an inventor at Illinois Tool Works. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in March 2025. Christopher Hsu ranks #16,422 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.39%). Patent records list Christopher Hsu in Appleton, WI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 14 patents in 2020.peak 141999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 3 patents2002: 2 patents20022003: 5 patents2004: 6 patents2005: 3 patents20052006: 3 patents2007: 6 patents2008: 4 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 3 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 1 patents2013: 2 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2019: 7 patents2020: 14 patents20202021: 7 patents2022: 3 patents2023: 9 patents20232024: 6 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 94 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12240063 Welding power supplies, wire feeders, and systems to compensate a weld voltage via communications over a weld circuit Peter Donald Mehn, Maxwell Bode Brock, Quinn William Schartner 2025-03-04
12208476 Systems, methods, and apparatus to preheat welding wire Jake Zwayer, Steven Edward Barhorst, James Lee Uecker, Dennis Sigl, Jon M. Patterson 2025-01-28
12168270 Manual tool tracking and guidance with inertial measurement unit 2024-12-17 $66,967,000
12145223 Metal manufacturing systems and methods using mechanical oscillation Todd Earl Holverson 2024-11-19 $43,666,000
12145226 Sensor-based power controls for a welding system Marc Lee Denis 2024-11-19 $43,666,000
12083633 Additive manufacturing heating control systems and methods Bruce Patrick Albrecht 2024-09-10 $58,541,000
11969836 Reciprocating wire feed welding system and method Dennis Sigl, Herbert A. Bankstahl 2024-04-30 $78,829,000
11862035 Methods and apparatus to provide visual information associated with welding operations Scott Nicholas Schmidt 2024-01-02 $26,771,000
11833623 Additive manufacturing system for joining and surface overlay Bruce Patrick Albrecht 2023-12-05 $29,366,000
11819959 Systems, methods, and apparatus to preheat welding wire James Lee Uecker, Jake Zwayer 2023-11-21 $25,963,000
11759879 Synchronized rotating arc welding method and system Richard Martin Hutchison, Kevin Michael Scott, Kevin Pagano, James Lee Uecker 2023-09-19 $32,304,000
11691213 Methods and apparatus to determine and display heat input to a weld Jake Zwayer 2023-07-04
11691198 Wire manufactured by additive manufacturing methods 2023-07-04
11679452 Wind turbine blade and wind turbine power generating apparatus 2023-06-20 $62,400,000
11638968 Low energy, motion-assist, point-and-shoot welding torch 2023-05-02 $233,260,000
11565337 Welding power supplies, wire feeders, and systems to compensate a weld voltage via communications over a weld circuit Peter Donald Mehn, Maxwell Bode Brock, Quinn William Schartner 2023-01-31 $36,785,000
11545045 Methods and apparatus to provide visual information associated with welding operations Scott Nicholas Schmidt 2023-01-03 $28,158,000
11426814 Systems and methods for providing location services for a welding power supply Marc Lee Denis 2022-08-30 $56,578,000
11347191 System and method to facilitate welding software as a service 2022-05-31 $39,139,000
11260466 Wire shuttle for use in welding applications 2022-03-01 $55,713,000
11185941 Welding-type devices having configurable interfaces 2021-11-30 $39,313,000
11140939 Sensor assisted head mounted displays for welding 2021-10-12 $46,341,000
11065706 Hybrid manual and automated welding Dennis Sigl, Herbert A. Bankstahl 2021-07-20 $34,553,000
10987765 Induction weld bead shaping Dennis Sigl, Dustin Wagner 2021-04-27 $55,847,000
10974337 Additive manufacturing systems and methods Todd Earl Holverson 2021-04-13 $76,373,000