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Kurt Estes — 29 Patents

MOMoshun: 18 patents #10 of 24Top 45%
WHWhirlpool: 6 patents #681 of 3,654Top 20%
Motorola: 3 patents #4,367 of 14,142Top 35%
Lake Zurich, IL: #20 of 484 inventorsTop 5%
Illinois: #2,153 of 84,256 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Kurt Estes has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at Moshun. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in October 2025. Kurt Estes ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Kurt Estes in Lake Zurich, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2025.peak 91998: 1 patents19981999: 2 patents2000: 1 patents20002002: 1 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092012: 1 patents2023: 5 patents20232024: 5 patents2025: 9 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12448991 Dilatant fluid based object movement control mechanism Tim J. Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2025-10-21
12410823 Dilatant fluid based object movement control mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2025-09-09
12392389 Environmental based shear thickening fluid control method and mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2025-08-19
12385546 Pattern based shear thickening fluid object control method and mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2025-08-12
12372134 Historical pattern based shear thickening fluid control method and mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2025-07-29
12331807 Shear thickening fluid based object movement control method and mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2025-06-17
12297875 Shear thickening fluid based rotary power shunt mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2025-05-13
12259014 Shear thickening fluid based rotary power coupler mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2025-03-25
12247434 Shear thickening fluid based door control method and mechanism John Edward Buchalo, Mario F. DeRango, Gary W. Grube, Jason K. Resch, Terence Michael Lydon +12 more 2025-03-11
12169013 Shear thickening fluid based object movement control method and mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2024-12-17
12038064 Pattern based shear thickening fluid object control method and mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2024-07-16
12025206 Environmental based shear thickening fluid control method and mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2024-07-02
11971056 Dilatant fluid based object movement control mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2024-04-30
11859642 Multi-shear thickening fluid enabled object movement control mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2024-01-02
11835109 Shear thickening fluid based object control method and mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2023-12-05
11835110 Shear thickening fluid based system control method and mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2023-12-05
11802605 Shear thickening fluid based object movement control method and mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2023-10-31
11592039 Dilatant fluid based object movement control mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2023-02-28
11566641 Shear thickening fluid enabled object movement control mechanism Timothy John Boundy, Steven Michael Barger, Terence Michael Lydon, Richard Michael Lang, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr. +10 more 2023-01-31
8262741 Non-aqueous washing apparatus and method Daniel C. Conrad, Mark B. Kovich, Tremitchell Wright 2012-09-11 $12,955,000
7534304 Non-aqueous washing machine and methods Daniel C. Conrad, Tremitchell Wright, Michael T. Dalton, Mark B. Kovich, Andrew Leitert +7 more 2009-05-19 $42,178,000
6766670 Non-aqueous washing cabinet and apparatus Daniel C. Conrad, Mark B. Kovich, Tremitchell Wright 2004-07-27 $18,108,000
6591638 Non-aqueous washing apparatus and method Daniel C. Conrad, Mark B. Kovich, Tremitchell Wright 2003-07-15 $9,598,000
6570362 Portable electronic device with enhanced battery life and cooling Debabrata Pal, Kevin J. McDunn, Irina Shmagin, Daniel Gamota 2003-05-27 $14,844,000
6451066 Non-aqueous washing apparatus and method Daniel C. Conrad, Mark B. Kovich, Tremitchell Wright 2002-09-17 $23,740,000