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David J. Schaefer — 8 Patents

SHShur-Co: 2 patents #7 of 18Top 40%
ALAstec International Limited: 2 patents #93 of 87Top 110%
Yankton, SD: #8 of 93 inventorsTop 9%
South Dakota: #196 of 2,308 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
David J. Schaefer has been granted 8 US patents. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in October 2014. David J. Schaefer ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list David J. Schaefer in Yankton, SD, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2010.peak 22000: 1 patents20002002: 1 patents20022010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents20122014: 2 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8869711 Control system for rail car cover system Jerry R. Dimmer, Troy Knouse, Steven J. Knight 2014-10-28
8826827 Rail car cover system Jerry R. Dimmer, Troy Knouse, Steven J. Knight, Nathan P. Dimmer, Kevin J. Kleinsasser 2014-09-09
8141498 Rail car extension system Derrick K. Barr, Christopher J. McCallum 2012-03-27
7967363 Rail car cover system Nathan P. Dimmer, Steven J. Knight, Jerry R. Dimmer, Michael P. Krajewski, Kevin J. Kleinsasser +1 more 2011-06-28
7841642 Retractable tarping system 2010-11-30
7823515 Rail car cover system Nathan P. Dimmer, Steven J. Knight, Jerry R. Dimmer, Michael P. Krajewski, Kevin J. Kleinsasser +1 more 2010-11-02
6336560 Grizzly screening apparatus 2002-01-08 $3,333,000
6098811 Grizzly screening apparatus 2000-08-08 $6,139,000