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Michael Heaton — 9 Patents

Lockheed Martin: 7 patents #338 of 6,507Top 6%
Owego, NY: #29 of 203 inventorsTop 15%
New York: #16,392 of 115,490 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Michael Heaton has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Lockheed Martin. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in October 2025. Michael Heaton ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Michael Heaton in Owego, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2006 to 2010Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2008.peak 32006: 2 patents20062007: 2 patents20072008: 3 patents20082010: 1 patents2010

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12450198 Systems and methods for generation of metadata by an artificial intelligence model based on context Noah Deutsch, Benjamin Zweig, Valerie Zerfas, Madeline Simens, Nicholas TURLEY 2025-10-21
RE41591 System and method for detecting hazardous materials using agitation Allen Mark Jones, Clifford A. Megerle, John Swider, Barry Wake, Michael Finney +1 more 2010-08-31
7461032 Detection methods and systems using sequenced technologies David Most, Shawn Younkin 2008-12-02 $35,424,000
7363053 System for integrated mobile devices Bryan Dalton 2008-04-22 $32,049,000
7353990 Portable transaction terminal having an image recognition system Russell Elliot, Jeffrey S. Poulin 2008-04-08 $31,330,000
7262690 Method and system for monitoring events Jonathan Beardmore, Andrew Eccleston 2007-08-28
7183906 Threat scanning machine management system Joseph P. Zanovitch, Susan Douglas, Tonya Bender 2007-02-27 $11,890,000
7118032 Portable transaction terminal having an image recognition system Russell Elliot, Jeffrey S. Poulin 2006-10-10 $16,585,000
7023956 Detection methods and system using sequenced technologies Munther M. Hindi, Lee M. Klynn, David Most, Shawn Younkin 2006-04-04 $14,673,000