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Rainer B. Nees — 10 Patents

SHShape: 8 patents #18 of 150Top 15%
MPMascotech Tubular Products: 2 patents #3 of 6Top 50%
Brighton, MI: #83 of 809 inventorsTop 15%
Michigan: #9,527 of 86,293 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Rainer B. Nees has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Shape. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in September 2011. Rainer B. Nees ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Rainer B. Nees in Brighton, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2011Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2003.peak 31996: 1 patents19961998: 1 patents19982003: 3 patents20032004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents20052008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents20092011: 1 patents2011

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8011704 Bumper system providing storage and accessory functions Darin Evans, David B. Chon 2011-09-06
7559589 Bumper beam crush tower with corner impact attributes 2009-07-14
7461874 Selectively annealed bumper beam Melvin J. Guiles, David W. Heatherington, Thomas J. Johnson 2008-12-09
6915617 Variable thickness tubular doorbeam Melvin J. Guiles 2005-07-12
6722037 Variable thickness tubular doorbeam Melvin J. Guiles 2004-04-20
6648384 Bumper crush tower with rings of varied strength David W. Heatherington, Scott Glasgow, Jack Russell 2003-11-18
6643931 Method of manufacturing a one-piece tubular doorbeam 2003-11-11
6622450 Roll-formed and stamped doorbeam Melvin J. Guiles, David W. Heatherington 2003-09-23
5785376 Vehicle door beam Clark Alatalo 1998-07-28
5580120 Vehicle door intrusion beam Clark Alatalo 1996-12-03