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Michael Cummer — 12 Patents

STStarbucks: 12 patents #7 of 263Top 3%
Seattle, WA: #2,444 of 21,776 inventorsTop 15%
Washington: #8,631 of 76,902 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Michael Cummer has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Starbucks. The first was granted in 2018 and the most recent in January 2025. Michael Cummer ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Michael Cummer in Seattle, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2018 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2021.peak 42018: 1 patents20182019: 2 patents20192020: 1 patents20202021: 4 patents20212023: 2 patents20232024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12207755 Apparatus and method for foaming a beverage Izaak Koller 2025-01-28
12108906 Beverage preparation systems and methods Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, William George Crossland 2024-10-08 $903,911,000
11723487 Apparatus and method for foaming a beverage Izaak Koller 2023-08-15 $566,936,000
11554352 Method and apparatus for injecting a gas into a beverage Alexander Schacht 2023-01-17 $706,695,000
11147294 Method and apparatus for injecting a gas into a beverage Alexander Schacht 2021-10-19 $583,017,000
11089901 Beverage dispensing systems and methods Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Richard B. Riday, William George Crossland 2021-08-17 $605,126,000
11083328 Apparatus and method for foaming a beverage Izaak Koller 2021-08-10 $595,616,000
11051650 Beverage dispensing systems and methods Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, William George Crossland 2021-07-06 $649,782,000
10531761 Beverage preparation systems and methods Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, William George Crossland 2020-01-14 $437,880,000
10362896 Beverage dispensing systems Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Richard B. Riday, William George Crossland 2019-07-30 $544,569,000
10258191 Beverage dispensing systems and methods Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Richard B. Riday, William George Crossland 2019-04-16 $459,839,000
9862589 Chilled beverage dispenser Izaak Koller, Alexander Schacht 2018-01-09 $337,895,000