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Charles R. Elder — 11 Patents

PPPlug Power: 5 patents #13 of 157Top 9%
LPLatham Plastics: 2 patents #1 of 7Top 15%
GIGarden Way Incorporated: 1 patents #15 of 33Top 50%
MPMtd Products: 1 patents #143 of 250Top 60%
Hollidaysburg, PA: #3 of 94 inventorsTop 4%
Pennsylvania: #7,414 of 74,527 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Charles R. Elder has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Plug Power. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in May 2022. Charles R. Elder ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Charles R. Elder in Hollidaysburg, PA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2020.peak 21997: 1 patents19971999: 1 patents19992003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents20042006: 1 patents20062014: 1 patents20142017: 1 patents20172019: 1 patents20192020: 2 patents20202022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11335940 Fuel cell stack Charles M. Carlstrom, Jr., Michael Anthony Cacioppo, James M. D'Aleo 2022-05-17 $153,490,000
10615445 Fuel cell stack Charles M. Carlstrom, Jr., Michael Anthony Cacioppo, James M. D'Aleo 2020-04-07 $16,332,000
10547061 Fuel cell stack James M. D'Aleo 2020-01-28 $17,038,000
10381658 Fuel cell stack James M. D'Aleo 2019-08-13
9538743 Multidirectional windsock style decoy 2017-01-10
8771884 Reactant conditioning scheme for fuel cell systems Michael Anthony Cacioppo, Ranjieve A. Williams 2014-07-08 $29,664,000
7150129 Modular step system for pools Thomas E. Lucas, Peter G. Moran, Sr., Donald J. Nicoll 2006-12-19
D485914 Pool step Thomas E. Lucas, Peter G. Moran, Sr. 2004-01-27
6510677 Adjustable mowing and trimming apparatus Mathieu Grumberg 2003-01-28
5862655 Adjustable mowing and trimming apparatus Rolando Altamirano, James M. D'Aleo, Mathieu Grumberg, Bruce E. Roberts 1999-01-26
5605009 Protective covering for plants and trees 1997-02-25