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Christopher Coates — 8 Patents

JMJoy Global Underground Mining: 4 patents #22 of 130Top 20%
JDJoy Mm Delaware: 1 patents #73 of 162Top 50%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Christopher Coates has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Joy Global Underground Mining. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in August 2025. Christopher Coates ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Christopher Coates in Saxby, WA, AU.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2016.peak 22014: 1 patents20142016: 2 patents20162018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents20192022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12385395 Cutter head for mining machine Russell P. Smith, Andrew D. Hunter, Peter A. Lugg, Ian B. Schirmer, Geoffrey W. Keech +1 more 2025-08-12
11725512 Method for removing material from a rock wall Russell P. Smith, Andrew D. Hunter, Peter A. Lugg, Ian B. Schirmer, Geoffrey W. Keech +1 more 2023-08-15
11371346 Cutter head for mining machine Russell P. Smith, Andrew D. Hunter, Peter A. Lugg, Ian B. Schirmer, Geoffrey W. Keech +1 more 2022-06-28
10472961 Cutter head for mining machine Russell P. Smith, Andrew D. Hunter, Peter A. Lugg, Ian B. Schirmer, Geoffrey W. Keech +1 more 2019-11-12
D822219 Adhesive foot support strap Lori Suzanne Coates 2018-07-03
9470087 Cutter head for mining machine Russell P. Smith, Andrew D. Hunter, Peter A. Lugg, Ian B. Schirmer, Geoffrey W. Keech +1 more 2016-10-18
D762865 Adhesive foot support strap Lori Suzanne Coates 2016-08-02
8672866 Foot support strap Lori Suzanne Coates 2014-03-18