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Gerald E. Peterson — 31 Patents

RBRain Bird: 20 patents #6 of 274Top 3%
TTThe Toro: 5 patents #88 of 552Top 20%
WTWagner Spray Tech: 4 patents #40 of 165Top 25%
AMAnthony Manufacturing: 1 patents #9 of 32Top 30%
JGJ. Wagner Gmbh: 1 patents #49 of 112Top 45%
Riverside, CA: #16 of 1,241 inventorsTop 2%
California: #16,606 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #115,823 of 4,157,543Top 3%
31 Patents All Time
Gerald E. Peterson has been granted 31 US patents while listed as an inventor at Rain Bird. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in August 2025. Gerald E. Peterson ranks #115,823 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.8%). Patent records list Gerald E. Peterson in Riverside, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2010.peak 31985: 2 patents19851986: 2 patents1988: 1 patents19881989: 1 patents1990: 2 patents19901991: 2 patents1994: 1 patents19942007: 1 patents2010: 3 patents20102011: 1 patents2013: 2 patents20132014: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 2 patents2022: 2 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 1 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 31 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12392928 Sensor device for use in controlling irrigation Randall A. Hern, David G. Fern, David M. Redmond 2025-08-19
12364219 User interface for a sensor-based interface device for interrupting an irrigation controller David M. Redmond, Michael J. Tennyson, Randall A. Hern, David G. Fern 2025-07-22
11957083 User interface for a sensor-based interface device for interrupting an irrigation controller David M. Redmond, Michael J. Tennyson, Randall A. Hern, David G. Fern 2024-04-16
11822048 Sensor device for use in controlling irrigation Randall A. Hern, David G. Fern, David M. Redmond 2023-11-21
11346981 Sensor device for use in controlling irrigation Randall A. Hern, David G. Fern, David M. Redmond 2022-05-31
11297786 User interface for a sensor-based interface device for interrupting an irrigation controller David M. Redmond, Michael J. Tennyson, Randall A. Hern, David G. Fern 2022-04-12
10849287 User interface for a sensor-based interface device for interrupting an irrigation controller David M. Redmond, Michael J. Tennyson, Randall A. Hern, David G. Fern 2020-12-01
10732320 Sensor device for use in controlling irrigation Randall A. Hern, David G. Fern, David M. Redmond 2020-08-04
10345487 Sensor device for use in controlling irrigation Randall A. Hern, David G. Fern, David M. Redmond 2019-07-09
10206342 User interface for a sensor-based interface device for interrupting an irrigation controller David M. Redmond, Michael J. Tennyson, Randall A. Hern, David G. Fern 2019-02-19
9500770 Sensor device for use in controlling irrigation Randall A. Hern, David G. Fern, David M. Redmond 2016-11-22
9144204 User interface for a sensor-based interface device for interrupting an irrigation controller David M. Redmond, Michael J. Tennyson, Randall A. Hern 2015-09-29
8733165 Sensor device for use in controlling irrigation Randall A. Hern, David G. Fern, David M. Redmond 2014-05-27
8439282 Low flow irrigation emitter Kirk Andrew Allen, Raymond P. Feith, Samir Shah 2013-05-14
8371065 Root watering system and method therefor 2013-02-12
7949433 Sensor device for interrupting irrigation Randall A. Hern, David G. Fern, Jordan S. Kutzarov, David M. Redmond 2011-05-24
D625622 Wireless rain sensor Venkat Mallela 2010-10-19
D616962 Low flow irrigation emitter Kirk Andrew Allen, Raymond P. Feith, Samir Shah 2010-06-01
D615151 Low flow irrigation emitter Kirk Andrew Allen, Raymond P. Feith, Samir Shah 2010-05-04
7243810 Interlocking valve box and lid Kevin O'Brien, James G. Coates, Beatrice John, Barbara E. Booth, Mark M. Ensworth 2007-07-17
5288023 Over-center biasing spring for part circle gear driven rotary irrigation sprinklers Joseph Han 1994-02-22
5027850 Debris arrestor for valve bleed hole Gregory B. Holcomb, James Zimmerman 1991-07-02 $1,980,000
D315030 Mini-spotlight Richard H. Jacobs, Ronald T. Keagle, Robert W. Beachy 1991-02-26
D312053 Infrared motion detector Richard H. Jacobs, Ronald T. Keagle 1990-11-13
4930047 Apparatus for interconnecting components of a power outlet strip 1990-05-29 $1,601,000