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Edward G. Nielsen — 12 Patents

LALaser Alignment: 11 patents #1 of 20Top 5%
Grand Rapids, MI: #151 of 1,824 inventorsTop 9%
Michigan: #7,722 of 86,293 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Edward G. Nielsen has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Laser Alignment. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in July 1995. Edward G. Nielsen ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Edward G. Nielsen in Grand Rapids, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 1995Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1989.peak 41981: 1 patents19811983: 1 patents19831989: 4 patents19891990: 1 patents19901993: 1 patents19931994: 3 patents19941995: 1 patents1995

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
5430651 Position control system for a construction implement such as a road grader Ross C. Stoepker, Fred D. Litty 1995-07-04
5327345 Position control system for a construction implement such as a road grader Ross C. Stoepker, Fred D. Litty 1994-07-05
D348227 Laser beacon Willard G. Vogelaar, Philip O. Gerard 1994-06-28
5287365 Compact laser apparatus Willard G. Vogelaar, Philip O. Gerard 1994-02-15
5243398 Surveying instrument including low power light plane generator 1993-09-07
4945221 Apparatus and method for controlling a hydraulic excavator Timothy E. Steenwyk 1990-07-31
4884939 Self-contained laser-activated depth sensor for excavator 1989-12-05
4866641 Apparatus and method for controlling a hydraulic excavator Timothy E. Steenwyk 1989-09-12
4829418 Apparatus and method for controlling a hydraulic excavator Timothy E. Steenwyk 1989-05-09
4805086 Apparatus and method for controlling a hydraulic excavator Timothy E. Steenwyk 1989-02-14
4395831 Dryer vent 1983-08-02
4293218 Reference light beam projector Kenneth C. Mosley, Louis M. Chatterson 1981-10-06