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Bernward Engelke — 14 Patents

OEOtis Elevator: 14 patents #108 of 1,840Top 6%
Wien, AT: #130 of 3,624 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Bernward Engelke has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Otis Elevator. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in December 2017. Bernward Engelke ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Bernward Engelke in Wien, AT.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1997.peak 31997: 3 patents19972004: 1 patents20042006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents20072009: 2 patents20092010: 1 patents20102012: 2 patents20122014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9850099 Skirt for passenger conveyer Bruce E. Hoopes, Gero Gschwendtner, Daniel Rush, Qingdong Jiang, Yanying Chen 2017-12-26
9227818 Passenger conveyor with movable lateral panel members Alexander Turek, Alois Senger, Gero Gschwendtner, Detlev Lindemeier 2016-01-05
8701861 Passenger conveyor with movable lateral panel members Alexander Turek, Alois Senger, Gero Gschwendtner, Detlev Lindemeier 2014-04-22
8141693 Combined traffic flow and maintenance information display for a passenger conveyor Frank Sansevero, Carla Majuntke, Ralph S. Stripling, Scott Ashworth, Qingdong Jiang +1 more 2012-03-27
8123373 People conveyor glass balustrade lighting Andreas Vogt, Frank Wiegand, Frank Kirchhoff 2012-02-28
7681709 Balustrade fastening arrangement Andreas Vogt, Anne Chen Yangying, Ke Ye 2010-03-23 $133,823,000
7568570 Safety monitoring system for a people conveyor Ralph S. Stripling, Dietmar Thaler, Frank Sansevero, Andreas Stuffel, Peter von Riegen +5 more 2009-08-04 $60,940,000
7562759 Passenger conveyor handrail with sliding material on toothed driven surface Changsheng Guo, Klaus Seehausen, Detlev Lindemeier, John M. Milton-Benoit, Bryan Robert Siewert +5 more 2009-07-21 $131,236,000
7249667 Traffic flow indicator for a passenger conveyor Frank Sansevero, Carla Majuntke, Ralph S. Stripling, Thomas Swyst, Alexander Mueller 2007-07-31 $37,586,000
6997302 Escalator drive mechanism with failure detection and backup Richard N. Fargo, Jorg Ostermeier, Charles W. Darling, III, Ernst Führing, John M. Milton-Benoit 2006-02-14 $25,342,000
D490956 Escalator decking Frank Sansevero, Thomas Swyst, Andreas Vogt 2004-06-01
5697487 Pallet for a passenger conveyor Jorg Ostermeier, Peter Borchers 1997-12-16 $13,041,000
5634546 Newel guide for a handrail Jorg Ostermeier, Knuth Wallbaum 1997-06-03 $23,387,000
5595278 Pallet for a conveyor Jorg Ostermeier, Peter Borchers 1997-01-21 $25,259,000