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Thomas P. Steffes — 11 Patents

STSteffes: 10 patents #1 of 8Top 15%
Dickinson, ND: #8 of 78 inventorsTop 15%
North Dakota: #148 of 2,395 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Thomas P. Steffes has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Steffes. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in August 2023. Thomas P. Steffes ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Thomas P. Steffes in Dickinson, ND, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2017.peak 21991: 1 patents19912014: 1 patents20142015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents20162017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents20192021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11740646 Flow-based energy management Austin P. Zeller, Joshua P. Vetter, Todd C. Mayer, Paul J. Steffes 2023-08-29
11306942 Heat pump water heater Paul J. Steffes, Austin P. Zeller, Joshua P. Vetter 2022-04-19
11209852 Flow-based energy management Austin P. Zeller, Joshua P. Vetter, Todd C. Mayer, Paul J. Steffes 2021-12-28
10186879 Energy storage device power consumption management Paul J. Steffes, Austin P. Zeller 2019-01-22
10101712 Energy storage device control based on commands from an electrical power distribution system Paul J. Steffes, Austin P. Zeller, Joe E. Fude 2018-10-16
9791842 Electrical appliance energy consumption control Paul J. Steffes 2017-10-17
9732983 Hot water service monitoring Austin P. Zeller 2017-08-15
9478988 Electrical appliance energy consumption control Paul J. Steffes 2016-10-25
9037308 Electrical appliance energy consumption control Paul J. Steffes 2015-05-19
8805597 Electrical appliance energy consumption control Paul J. Steffes 2014-08-12
5042081 Electrical thermal storage heating unit with easily replaced heating Paul J. Steffes, Brian A. Fosaaen 1991-08-20