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George Foster — 56 Patents

UNUnknown: 41 patents #40 of 83,584Top 1%
RDRudell Design: 3 patents #2 of 8Top 25%
Placerville, CA: #4 of 209 inventorsTop 2%
California: #6,620 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #44,020 of 4,157,543Top 2%
56 Patents All Time
George Foster has been granted 56 US patents while listed as an inventor at Unknown. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in October 2025. George Foster ranks #44,020 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.1%). Patent records list George Foster in Placerville, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 1998.peak 61987: 1 patents19871988: 1 patents1989: 2 patents1990: 1 patents19901991: 2 patents1992: 3 patents1993: 5 patents19931994: 2 patents1995: 5 patents1996: 3 patents19961997: 4 patents1998: 6 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 4 patents2001: 2 patents2002: 2 patents20022003: 1 patents2004: 3 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents2007: 1 patents2010: 2 patents20102017: 1 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 56 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12443806 Machine translation using neural network models Zhenxiang Chen, Macduff Richard Hughes, Yongfeng Wu, Michael Schuster, Xujian Chen +6 more 2025-10-14
12420162 Golf ball return system and method Victor Leon, Ian Osborne 2025-09-23
9840017 Device and method for creating partial cuts in food products Ian Osborne, Elliot Rudell, Tom Grimm 2017-12-12
7677576 Electronic last-to-answer timed response game Julio Sandoval 2010-03-16
7669857 Electronic last-to-answer timed response game Julio Sandoval, Tom Grimm 2010-03-02
7156779 Power unit for jumping rope Elliot Rudell, Ian Osborne 2007-01-02
7018264 Rolling vehicle that launches a flying vehicle Joseph Cernansky, Ian Osborne, Steve Conrad 2006-03-28
6838607 Motorized percussion devices Daniel Elliot 2005-01-04
6796671 Contact activated sound and light generating novelty food containers Elliot Rudell, Raymond Earl Fisher 2004-09-28
6715763 Electronic toys that activate via a signal beam Elliot Rudell, Ian Osborne 2004-04-06
6699097 Toys with timer-activated controllable operation time Elliot Rudell 2004-03-02
6533282 Electronic water-emitting toys that activate via a signal beam Elliot Rudell, Ian Osborne 2003-03-18
6422566 Toy gun game set that activates a gun via a signal beam Elliot Rudell, Ian Osborne 2002-07-23
6359559 Toy that provides an indication when an end user consumes a consumable substance Elliot Rudell, Raymond Earl Fisher 2002-03-19
6200219 Toy vehicles with integral motion sensitive game display Elliot Rudell, Richard P. Kamrath 2001-03-13
6171172 Toy that senses obstacles to activate sound and turning Elliot Rudell, Roger Gardner, Raymond Earl Fisher 2001-01-09
6163258 Toy that provides an indication when an end user consumes a consumable substance Elliot Rudell, Raymond Earl Fisher 2000-12-19
6089586 Convertible scooter/trike Elliot Rudell, Joseph Cemansky 2000-07-18
6062936 Toy that closes an electrical circuit when an end user consumes a consumable substance Elliot Rudell, Raymond Earl Fisher 2000-05-16
6054156 Contact activated sound and light generating novelty food containers Elliot Rudell, Raymond Earl Fisher 2000-04-25
5939983 Toy that provides an indication when an end user consumes a consumable substance Elliot Rudell, Raymond Earl Fisher 1999-08-17
5842899 Footprint generating toy Joseph Cernansky, Elliot Rudell 1998-12-01
5839981 Projectile activated water release game Elliot Rudell, Joseph Cernansky 1998-11-24
5839964 Water toy release mechanism Elliot Rudell, Joseph Cernansky 1998-11-24
5816887 Radio controlled toy with remote accessory activation Elliot Rudell 1998-10-06