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Vicky Ann Michael — 53 Patents

MEMelnor: 49 patents #1 of 40Top 3%
RIRubbermaid Incorporated: 3 patents #229 of 574Top 40%
Winchester, VA: #3 of 199 inventorsTop 2%
Virginia: #243 of 34,511 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #48,528 of 4,157,543Top 2%
53 Patents All Time
Vicky Ann Michael has been granted 53 US patents while listed as an inventor at Melnor. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in February 2025. Vicky Ann Michael ranks #48,528 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list Vicky Ann Michael in Winchester, VA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2011.peak 91996: 1 patents19961998: 2 patents2008: 3 patents20082009: 2 patents2010: 4 patents20102011: 9 patents2012: 6 patents20122013: 8 patents2014: 5 patents20142015: 2 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 2 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 3 patents2024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 53 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12220720 Angularly adjusted spray nozzle Ha Van Duong, Juergen Nies, Mark Hoyle 2025-02-11
11992853 Sprinkler nozzle spray width indicator apparatus and method Mark Tanner, John Cataldo, Thomas Murray, Christopher J. Murray, Breanna Stachowski +1 more 2024-05-28
D1002801 Water sprinkler Christopher J. Murray, Thomas Murray, Cody Chapman, Jason Zerweck 2023-10-24
D1002800 Water-discharge sprinkler Mark Tanner, John Cataldo, Thomas Murray, Christopher J. Murray, Breanna Stachowski +1 more 2023-10-24
11766691 Angularly adjusted spray nozzle Ha Van Duong, Juergen Nies, Mark Hoyle 2023-09-26
11517930 Angularly adjusted spray nozzle Ha Van Duong, Juergen Nies, Mark Hoyle 2022-12-06
10945109 Wireless apparatus, system, and method for controlling a valve Juergen Nies, Ha Van Duong, Stephen Campbell Brass, Shishir Jha, Alexander Preston Athey 2021-03-09
10610879 Angularly adjusted spray nozzle Ha Van Duong, Juergen Nies, Mark Hoyle 2020-04-07
D783775 Sprinkler base Juergen Nies 2017-04-11
D780288 Sprinkler base Juergen Nies 2017-02-28
D748758 Spray nozzle Ha Van Duong, Juergen Nies, Christopher Daniels, Eric Fickas 2016-02-02
D745419 Control unit Ha Van Duong 2015-12-15
9022300 Vertical rising sprinkler apparatus with stabilized base unit Juergen Nies, Ha Van Duong 2015-05-05
D720431 Faucet unit Ha Van Duong 2014-12-30
D704013 Pruner Juergen Nies, Ha Van Duong, Sean W. Svendsen, Eric Fickas 2014-05-06
D704012 Pruner Juergen Nies, Ha Van Duong, Sean W. Svendsen, Eric Fickas 2014-05-06
D702524 Pruner Juergen Nies, Ha Van Duong, Sean W. Svendsen, Eric Fickas 2014-04-15
8684283 Variable range sprinkler apparatus and variable range sprinkler pattern method Juergen Nies, Ha Van Duong 2014-04-01
D691435 Lopper Juergen Nies, Ha Van Duong, Sean W. Svendsen, Eric Fickas 2013-10-15
D691434 Lopper Juergen Nies, Ha Van Duong, Sean W. Svendsen, Eric Fickas 2013-10-15
D691433 Pruner Juergen Nies, Ha Van Duong, Sean W. Svendsen, Eric Fickas 2013-10-15
D691436 Lopper Juergen Nies, Ha Van Duong, Sean W. Svendsen, Eric Fickas 2013-10-15
8468787 Stackable sprinkler Juergen Nies, Ha Van Duong, Richard King Boyle 2013-06-25
D681778 Rear trigger water nozzle device Juergen Nies, Ha Van Duong, Sean W. Svendsen, Dana J. Koppes, Ryan S. Crisp +1 more 2013-05-07
D681777 Front trigger water nozzle device Juergen Nies, Ha Van Duong, Sean W. Svendsen, Dana J. Koppes, Ryan S. Crisp +1 more 2013-05-07