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Michael H. Gaines — 12 Patents

NVIDIA: 12 patents #582 of 7,811Top 8%
Kalamazoo, MI: #141 of 1,283 inventorsTop 15%
Michigan: #7,722 of 86,293 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Michael H. Gaines has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at NVIDIA. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in November 2025. Michael H. Gaines ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Michael H. Gaines in Kalamazoo, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2007.peak 21996: 1 patents19961999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents20002002: 1 patents20022007: 2 patents20072010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents20112015: 1 patents20152022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12480916 Device monitoring systems and methods Thomas Secord, William Horton 2025-11-25
11726068 Steam/hot water device monitoring Shane Russell, William Horton, Glenn T. Leggett, Robert E. Carter, Kurt Armstrong +1 more 2023-08-15
11255823 Steam/hot water device monitoring Shane Russell, William Horton, Glenn T. Leggett, Robert E. Carter, Kurt Armstrong +1 more 2022-02-22
8935126 Steam trap monitoring David M. Armstrong, Rex Cheskaty, William Horton, Michael P. Hellman, Lawrence J. Grubka 2015-01-13
7912675 Method and apparatus for analyzing steam trap data Tom D. Quake, Robert H. Kerr, Rex Cheskaty, Michael Helman 2011-03-22
7702484 Steam trap monitoring David M. Armstrong, Rex Cheskaty, William Horton, Michael P. Hellman, Lawrence J. Grubka 2010-04-20
7246036 Remote monitor for steam traps Rex Cheskaty, William Horton, Michael P. Hellman, Lawrence J. Grubka 2007-07-17
7203626 Method and apparatus for analyzing steam trap data Tom D. Quake, Robert H. Kerr, Rex Cheskaty, Michael P. Hellman 2007-04-10
6446877 Gas fired humidifier Carl Suchovsky, Paul K. Holliday 2002-09-10
6070559 Annular tube heat exchanger Ronald D. Schlesch 2000-06-06
5942163 Low pressure jacketed steam manifold William C. Robinson, Jon Keith Bingaman 1999-08-24
5516466 Steam humidifier system Ronald D. Schlesch, Rex Cheskaty, Daniel R. Lane, Douglas K. Wagner 1996-05-14