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Michael A. Balzer — 13 Patents

The Boeing: 13 patents #721 of 15,756Top 5%
Kirkland, WA: #445 of 3,517 inventorsTop 15%
Washington: #7,874 of 76,902 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Michael A. Balzer has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at The Boeing. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in May 2024. Michael A. Balzer ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Michael A. Balzer in Kirkland, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2010 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2020.peak 42010: 2 patents20102011: 1 patents20112013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents20142017: 1 patents20172019: 1 patents20192020: 4 patents20202023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11981431 Wing flap deflection control removal Jan A. Kordel, Jacob D. Virnig, Bruce R. Detert, Emanuel Rizal Setiawan 2024-05-14 $50,966,000
11623734 Apparatus, system and method for supporting a wing flap of an aircraft Christopher G. Glassmoyer, Jan A. Kordel 2023-04-11 $54,820,000
10759516 Wing flap with torque member and method for forming thereof Jan A. Kordel, Mark M. Bleazard, Jacob D. Virnig, Wendell C. K. Choy, Gregory M. Santini 2020-09-01 $71,967,000
10647407 Wing flap with torque member and method for forming thereof Jan A. Kordel, Mark M. Bleazard, Jacob D. Virnig, Wendell C. K. Choy, Gregory M. Santini 2020-05-12 $25,835,000
10597141 Wing flap with torque member and method for forming thereof Jan A. Kordel, Mark M. Bleazard, Jacob D. Virnig, Wendell C. K. Choy, Gregory M. Santini 2020-03-24 $84,389,000
10538306 Wing flap deflection control removal Jan A. Kordel, Jacob D. Virnig, Bruce R. Detert, Emanuel Rizal Setiawan 2020-01-21 $36,893,000
10501166 Methods and apparatus to control a gap between movable aircraft wing components Jan A. Kordel 2019-12-10 $48,460,000
9688384 Methods and apparatus to control a gap between movable aircraft wing components Jan A. Kordel 2017-06-27 $13,529,000
8870125 Trailing edge split flap with pneumatic actuation Gregory M. Santini, Michael Klein 2014-10-28 $16,162,000
8567726 Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices having forwardly positioned hinge lines, and associated methods Douglas S. Lacy, Jan A. Kordel, John V. Dovey, Seiya Sakurai, Neal V. Huynh 2013-10-29 $19,036,000
8038103 Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices having forwardly positioned hinge lines, and associated methods Douglas S. Lacy, Jan A. Kordel, John V. Dovey, Seiya Sakurai, Neal V. Huynh 2011-10-18 $13,034,000
7766282 Trailing edge device catchers and associated systems and methods Jan A. Kordel, Seiya Sakurai, John V. Dovey 2010-08-03 $12,023,000
7708231 Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices having forwardly positioned hinge lines, and associated methods Douglas S. Lacy, Jan A. Kordel, John V. Dovey, Seiya Sakurai, Neal V. Huynh 2010-05-04 $30,358,000