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Stephen L. Nelson — 40 Patents

PIPolaris Industries: 40 patents #3 of 746Top 1%
Osceola, WI: #1 of 56 inventorsTop 2%
Wisconsin: #616 of 40,088 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #78,057 of 4,157,543Top 2%
40 Patents All Time
Stephen L. Nelson has been granted 40 US patents while listed as an inventor at Polaris Industries. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in September 2025. Stephen L. Nelson ranks #78,057 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.9%). Patent records list Stephen L. Nelson in Osceola, WI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2009 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2024.peak 82009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents2013: 5 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 3 patents20152016: 2 patents2017: 3 patents20172019: 2 patents2020: 4 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 4 patents2024: 8 patents20242025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 40 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12420624 Hybrid utility vehicle Beat R. Kohler, David F. Buehler, Markus Hoffet, Aaron D. Deckard 2025-09-23
12385429 Powertrain for a utility vehicle Steven M. Tittl, Andrew C. Schleif, Kevin J. Rodel, William L. Barbrey, Paul W. Barton +2 more 2025-08-12
12325432 System and method for controlling a vehicle Tim P. Norstad, Louis J. Brady, Brian R. Gillingham, Jason R. Fields 2025-06-10
12172518 Vehicle Joshua A. Rasa, David D. Helgeson, Donald S. Hansen, Alex R. Scheuerell, Steven R. Franker +4 more 2024-12-24 $23,896,000
12122228 Utility vehicle Anthony J. Ripley, Daniel J. Nugteren, Andrew C. Schleif 2024-10-22 $26,689,000
12092198 Continuously variable transmission Amery D. Kuhl, Narender Bejawada, Bruce E. Herrala, David J. Hicke, Paul Averillo +2 more 2024-09-17 $16,963,000
12072018 Continuously variable transmission Amery D. Kuhl, Jacob R. Jain, David J. Hicke, Anthony J. Ripley 2024-08-27 $16,262,000
12007014 Continuously variable transmission Amery D. Kuhl, Narender Bejawada, Bruce E. Herrala, David J. Hicke, Ryan A. Tholen 2024-06-11 $8,794,000
11919524 System and method for controlling a vehicle Tim P. Norstad, Louis J. Brady, Brian R. Gillingham, Jason R. Fields 2024-03-05 $30,872,000
11884148 Utility vehicle Anthony J. Ripley 2024-01-30 $14,971,000
11879542 Continuously variable transmission Amery D. Kuhl, Jacob R. Jain, David J. Hicke, Anthony J. Ripley 2024-01-23 $9,636,000
11649889 Continuously variable transmission Amery D. Kuhl, Narender Bejawada, Bruce E. Herrala, David J. Hicke, Ryan A. Tholen 2023-05-16 $19,497,000
11628722 Vehicle Joshua A. Rasa, David D. Helgeson, Donald S. Hansen, Alex R. Scheuerell, Steven R. Franker +4 more 2023-04-18 $43,453,000
11623487 All terrain vehicle Benjamin J. Dieter, Alan S. Olson, Brian L. Thompson, Jeffrey D. Bennett, Ronnie R. Danielson +3 more 2023-04-11 $20,494,000
11578793 Continuously variable transmission Amery D. Kuhl, Narender Bejawada, Bruce E. Herrala, David J. Hicke, Paul Averillo +2 more 2023-02-14 $25,418,000
11285964 System and method for controlling a vehicle Tim P. Norstad, Louis J. Brady, Brian R. Gillingham, Jason R. Fields 2022-03-29 $14,227,000
10974595 All terrain vehicle Jeffrey D. Bennett, Daniel E. Erickson, Benjamin J. Dieter, John Schreier, Louis J. Brady 2021-04-13 $37,693,000
10800250 Utility vehicle Daniel J. Nugteren, Andrew C. Schleif, Anthony J. Ripley 2020-10-13 $64,161,000
10780770 Hybrid utility vehicle Beat R. Kohler, David F. Buehler, Markus Hoffet, Aaron D. Deckard 2020-09-22 $29,800,000
10672207 Diagnostic systems and methods of a continuously variable transmission Ryan D. Carlson, Brian R. Gillingham, Amery D. Kuhl, John F. Kallis, Bruce E. Herrala +2 more 2020-06-02 $63,086,000
10641366 Engine braking system for continuously variable transmission Amery D. Kuhl, Anthony J. Ripley 2020-05-05 $14,401,000
10493846 All terrain vehicle Jeffrey D. Bennett, Louis J. Brady, John Schreier 2019-12-03 $45,916,000
10457140 All terrain vehicle Jeffrey D. Bennett, John Schreier 2019-10-29 $49,872,000
9759313 Electronic shifting of a transmission Donovan L. Fredrickson, David J. Koenig, Ryan D. Carlson, Aaron D. Deckard 2017-09-12 $46,960,000
9718351 Utility vehicle Anthony J. Ripley 2017-08-01 $18,846,000