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Mark Hinkle — 9 Patents

Merck: 8 patents #1,417 of 9,382Top 20%
DPDell Products: 1 patents #6,086 of 6,855Top 90%
Austin, TX: #3,583 of 18,064 inventorsTop 20%
Texas: #16,980 of 125,132 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Mark Hinkle has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Merck. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in December 2025. Mark Hinkle ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Mark Hinkle in Austin, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2020.peak 32005: 1 patents20052020: 3 patents20202021: 1 patents20212022: 3 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D1103798 Thin layer chromatography device Andreas Ries, Dirk Einspänner, Monika Bäumle, Michaela Oberle 2025-12-02
D969605 Packaging Jeffrey Whitford 2022-11-15
D951768 Packaging Jeffrey Whitford 2022-05-17
D942268 Packaging Jeffrey Whitford 2022-02-01
D922197 Packaging Jeffrey Whitford 2021-06-15
D902710 Packaging Jeffrey Whitford 2020-11-24
D893998 Packaging Jeffrey Whitford 2020-08-25
D893999 Packaging Jeffrey Whitford 2020-08-25
6869316 Three contact barrel power connector assembly Christopher H. Muenzer 2005-03-22 $130,745,000