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Samuel L. Block — 13 Patents

The Boeing: 8 patents #1,422 of 15,756Top 10%
Bothell, WA: #231 of 2,342 inventorsTop 10%
Washington: #7,874 of 76,902 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Samuel L. Block has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at The Boeing. The first was granted in 2021 and the most recent in December 2025. Samuel L. Block ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Samuel L. Block in Bothell, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2021 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2025.peak 92021: 1 patents20212023: 1 patents20232024: 2 patents20242025: 9 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12509213 Auxiliary flap assembly Kevin R. Tsai 2025-12-30
12486020 Leading-edge droop actuation system Kyle Steven Wydock, Ramon A. Burin, John A. Standley, Mark S. Good 2025-12-02
12448109 Auxiliary flap assembly for aircraft Kevin R. Tsai 2025-10-21
12441455 Wing assemblies and aircraft with gap-adjustment assemblies for slats Steven Scott Heer, Ramon A. Burin, Kyle Steven Wydock 2025-10-14
12434811 Flap support systems and methods for a wing of an aircraft Ryan Joseph Cazin, Kevin R. Tsai 2025-10-07
12371149 Multi-functional trailing edge apparatus and methods for aircraft Seiya Sakurai, Bret Alan Bowers, Bryan J. Gruner 2025-07-29
12358610 Mechanism for moving and maintaining position of an aircraft wing slat Ramon A. Burin 2025-07-15
12252235 Linear actuator driven flap mechanism Kevin R. Tsai 2025-03-18
12188511 Nut cap assembly Colin L. Farr 2025-01-07
12103703 Systems and methods for detecting a jam of a flap of a wing of an aircraft Bret Alan Bowers, Kevin R. Tsai 2024-10-01 $34,732,000
12024288 Failsafe determinate flap support underwing attachment 2024-07-02 $61,149,000
11834178 Flap assemblies with failsafe jam-resistant flap tracks Kevin R. Tsai 2023-12-05 $59,082,000
11167840 Aircraft main landing gear drag brace backup fitting assemblies and related methods Orion P. Watson, Daniel Fletcher, Michael R. Rush, Elizabeth Rose Benson 2021-11-09 $36,287,000