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Lewis W. Ward — 8 Patents

STSpan Tech: 8 patents #7 of 21Top 35%
Glasgow, KY: #6 of 43 inventorsTop 15%
Kentucky: #1,428 of 11,577 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Lewis W. Ward has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Span Tech. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in May 2017. Lewis W. Ward ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Lewis W. Ward in Glasgow, KY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2010.peak 22007: 1 patents20072010: 2 patents20102012: 1 patents20122014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents20162017: 2 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9650211 Conveyor with enhanced cleaning capability James L. Layne, Scott Dayton Barbour 2017-05-16
9604258 Sortation systems and related methods James L. Layne, Brian Thomas, Steve C. Fye, Ervin Puskar 2017-03-28
9340362 Conveyor with improved cleaning capabilities James L. Layne, B. Keith Thomas, Scott Dayton Barbour 2016-05-17
8727109 Modular link conveyor drive arrangements James L. Layne, B. Keith Thomas, Michael Seiler, Stephen C. Fye 2014-05-20
D658842 Spiral conveyor frame James L. Layne, B. Keith Thomas, Stephen C. Fye 2012-05-01
7841462 Side-flexing conveyor chain with pivoting slats and related methods James L. Layne, B. Keith Thomas, Mark Russell 2010-11-30
7690496 High speed switch for a diverter conveyor, related article diverter, and related methods Stephen C. Fye, B. Keith Thomas, Ashok Anumula 2010-04-06
7308979 Self-tensioning conveyor with slave drive James L. Layne, Michael D. McDaniel, Stephen C. Fye, B. Keith Thomas 2007-12-18