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Eric M. Plate — 15 Patents

KOKohler: 11 patents #155 of 998Top 20%
GE: 3 patents #10,387 of 36,430Top 30%
SEShanghai Kohler Electronics: 1 patents #36 of 78Top 50%
Plymouth, WI: #22 of 153 inventorsTop 15%
Wisconsin: #2,950 of 40,088 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Eric M. Plate has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Kohler. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in September 2024. Eric M. Plate ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Eric M. Plate in Plymouth, WI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2017.peak 32005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents20062009: 1 patents20092012: 2 patents20122015: 2 patents20152016: 1 patents20162017: 3 patents20172020: 2 patents20202023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12098534 Touchless flushing systems and methods Peter W. Denzin, Jeffrey C. Hildebrand, Brian D. Renzelman, Clayton C. Garrels, Joseph L. Stauber 2024-09-24
11560702 Touchless flushing systems and methods Peter W. Denzin, Jeffrey C. Hildebrand, Brian D. Renzelman, Clayton C. Garrels, Joseph L. Stauber 2023-01-24
10851532 Touchless flushing systems and methods Peter W. Denzin, Jeffrey C. Hildebrand, Brian D. Renzelman, Clayton C. Garrels, Joseph L. Stauber 2020-12-01
10663938 Power operation of intelligent devices Rafael A. Rexach, Jessica Schroeder, Miguel Arciniega, Ashley Springer, Shi Chao Zhang +1 more 2020-05-26
9689156 Plumbing fixture having modular control housing Peter W. Denzin, Joseph L. Stauber 2017-06-27
9657471 Touchless flushing systems and methods Peter W. Denzin, Jeffrey C. Hildebrand, Brian D. Renzelman, Clayton C. Garrels, Joseph L. Stauber 2017-05-23
9657472 Smart toilet systems and methods Michael R. Bates, Fei Shen, Xue Jiongjun, Andy Zhu, Michael Cao +1 more 2017-05-23
9339156 Cover installation Yihua Wang, Nicholas W. Paterson 2016-05-17
9170720 Smart toilet systems and methods Michael R. Bates, Fei Shen, Xue Jiongjun, Andy Zhu, Michael Cao +1 more 2015-10-27
8978172 Plumbing fixture having modular control housing Peter W. Denzin, Joseph L. Stauber 2015-03-17
D672022 Toilet seat Erich D. Slothower 2012-12-04
D663396 Toilet seat Erich D. Slothower 2012-07-10
7519157 Systems, methods and apparatus for attachment of an X-ray tube to an X-ray tube collimator frame Ron Kent Hockersmith, Edward Emaci, James L. Dodge 2009-04-14 $44,802,000
7012986 Method and system for calibrating a computed tomography system Edward Henry Chao, Michael Ronald Miller, Tara Janon Mahan, Thomas John Myers 2006-03-14 $48,247,000
6890100 CT gantry balance system Mark Reznicek, Shawn P. Faessler 2005-05-10 $31,661,000

Frequent Collaborators

Joseph L. Stauber6 shared
Peter W. Denzin6 shared
Jeffrey C. Hildebrand4 shared
Clayton C. Garrels4 shared
Brian D. Renzelman4 shared
Fei Shen2 shared

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