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Barry J. Nield — 15 Patents

UNUnknown: 2 patents #12,644 of 83,584Top 20%
Greenville, SC: #126 of 1,770 inventorsTop 8%
South Carolina: #888 of 15,501 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Barry J. Nield has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Unknown. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in July 2024. Barry J. Nield ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Barry J. Nield in Greenville, SC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2022.peak 31982: 1 patents19821990: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042006: 1 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 3 patents20222023: 2 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12031392 Interlock for a drill rig and method for operating a drill rig George A. Nield 2024-07-09
11739743 System and method for monitoring a skid module George A. Nield 2023-08-29
11608733 System and method for monitoring a drill rig George A. Nield 2023-03-21
11488266 System for communicating between equipment on a plurality of skids on a drill rig George A. Nield 2022-11-01
11448019 Interlock for a drill rig and method for operating a drill rig George A. Nield 2022-09-20
11441413 Apparatus and method for monitoring a power swivel system George A. Nield 2022-09-13
11180964 Interlock for a drill rig and method for operating a drill rig George A. Nield 2021-11-23
10683731 Drill rig and method for operating a drill rig George A. Nield 2020-06-16
10035687 Braking system for a draw works used for drilling operations G. Alexander Nield 2018-07-31
9845664 System and method for communicating with a drill rig 2017-12-19
9815671 System and method for operating a brake lever 2017-11-14
7138925 Microprocessor integrated multifunction hoist system controller 2006-11-21
6745487 Downhole cable length measuring apparatus 2004-06-08
4906981 Method and apparatus for monitoring the effective load carried by a crane 1990-03-06
4334217 Electronic control indicator for cable hoist equipment Roy R. Earnshaw 1982-06-08