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Michael D. McDaniel — 42 Patents

STSpan Tech: 23 patents #2 of 21Top 10%
Amazon: 13 patents #1,067 of 19,158Top 6%
Apple: 2 patents #9,294 of 18,612Top 50%
RERemo: 1 patents #6 of 25Top 25%
Lake Hughes, CA: #2 of 9 inventorsTop 25%
California: #10,667 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #72,062 of 4,157,543Top 2%
42 Patents All Time
Michael D. McDaniel has been granted 42 US patents while listed as an inventor at Span Tech. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in May 2018. Michael D. McDaniel ranks #72,062 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Michael D. McDaniel in Lake Hughes, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2001.peak 41999: 2 patents19992000: 2 patents2001: 4 patents20012002: 4 patents2003: 3 patents20032004: 1 patents2005: 3 patents20052006: 3 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 3 patents2009: 2 patents20092010: 2 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 3 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 2 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 2 patents2018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–42 of 42 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D505764 Modular guide link for conveyor chain Wendell S. Bell, Stephen C. Fye 2005-05-31
6758776 Split sprocket assembly, related apparatus, and related mounting method Stephen C. Fye, James L. Layne 2004-07-06
D483168 Modular guide link for conveyor chain Wendell S. Bell 2003-12-02
6585110 Modular conveyor system with side flexing belt having roller support James L. Layne, Mark Thomas Johnson, Wendell S. Bell 2003-07-01
6543609 Split sprocket housing for a conveyor system and related method James L. Layne, Stephen C. Fye 2003-04-08
6481567 Conveyor system with intermediate drive and related method James L. Layne, Stephen C. Fye 2002-11-19
6471046 Reduced drag side flexing conveyor system James L. Layne, Wendell S. Bell, Mark Thomas Johnson 2002-10-29
6364095 Modular conveyor system with side flexing belt having roller support James L. Layne, Mark Thomas Johnson, Wendell S. Bell 2002-04-02
6360254 System and method for providing secure URL-based access to private resources Gregory D. Linden, Ryan J. Snodgrass, Joel R. Spiegel 2002-03-19 $136,710,000
6298982 External guide assembly for reducing conveyor belt drag James L. Layne, Wendell S. Bell, Mark Thomas Johnson 2001-10-09
6253911 Reduced drag side flexing conveyor system James L. Layne, Wendell S. Bell, Mark Thomas Johnson 2001-07-03
6223889 Modular link conveyor with interdigitating grid and interleaving side wings James L. Layne 2001-05-01
6202834 Modular link conveyor with I-beam guide rail James L. Layne, Mark Thomas Johnson, Wendell S. Bell 2001-03-20
6129202 Reduced drag side flexing conveyor system James L. Layne, Wendell S. Bell, Mark Thomas Johnson 2000-10-10
6125995 External guide assembly for reducing conveyor belt drag James L. Layne, Wendell S. Bell, Mark Thomas Johnson 2000-10-03
5900866 Method and system for providing video graphics adapter functionality on a simple frame buffer James W. Osborne 1999-05-04 $19,050,000
5860006 Processor independent network operating system loadable modules James W. Osborne 1999-01-12 $6,901,000