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Benjamin E. Alexander — 33 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 33 patents #88 of 3,480Top 3%
Stevensville, MI: #20 of 246 inventorsTop 9%
Michigan: #1,896 of 86,293 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #105,480 of 4,157,543Top 3%
33 Patents All Time
Benjamin E. Alexander has been granted 33 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 2016 and the most recent in April 2024. Benjamin E. Alexander ranks #105,480 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.5%). Patent records list Benjamin E. Alexander in Stevensville, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 33 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11946188 Retrofit auxiliary device for supporting operations of a cleaning appliance Joel M. Sells, Eric J. Schuh 2024-04-02 $5,692,000
11781258 Method of operating a fabric treating appliance Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Christopher A. Jones, Dale E. Mueller, Zachary Bohenick 2023-10-10 $3,743,000
11668041 Household appliance having a physical alteration element Brian A. Black, Thomas A. Latack, Matthew D. Rhodes 2023-06-06 $6,334,000
11624140 Retrofittable bulk dispensing system for household appliances Joel M. Sells, Eric J. Schuh 2023-04-11 $4,392,000
11357385 Learning dispensing system for water inlet hose Joel M. Sells, Eric J. Schuh 2022-06-14 $12,546,000
11180885 Laundry treating appliance Brent M. Burgess, Christopher A. Jones, AARON A. LINDEN, Dale E. Mueller, Michele A. Paustian +1 more 2021-11-23 $21,565,000
11111621 Household appliance having a physical alteration element Brian A. Black, Thomas A. Latack, Matthew D. Rhodes 2021-09-07 $11,454,000
11035063 Fabric treating appliance Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Christopher A. Jones, Dale E. Mueller, Zachary Bohenick 2021-06-15 $13,441,000
10988888 Retrofittable bulk dispensing system for household appliances Joel M. Sells, Eric J. Schuh 2021-04-27 $12,280,000
10731284 Clothes washer with a clothes mover having a removable cap Scott E. Carpenter, Mark Alan Davis 2020-08-04 $13,143,000
10456008 Learning dispensing system for water inlet hose Joel M. Sells, Eric J. Schuh 2019-10-29 $11,869,000
10422071 Retrofittable bulk dispensing system for household appliances Joel M. Sells, Eric J. Schuh 2019-09-24 $8,497,000
10316451 Laundry treating appliance Brent M. Burgess, Christopher A. Jones, AARON A. LINDEN, Dale E. Mueller, Michele A. Paustian +1 more 2019-06-11 $7,079,000
10280544 Fabric treating appliance Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Christopher A. Jones, Dale E. Mueller 2019-05-07 $15,675,000
10273625 Retrofittable bulk dispensing system for household appliances Joel M. Sells, Eric J. Schuh 2019-04-30 $9,830,000
10271708 Method of operating a household appliance Brian A. Black, Thomas A. Latack, Matthew D. Rhodes 2019-04-30 $9,830,000
10266978 Laundry treating appliance Michael K. Cluskey, John M. Hunnell, Christopher A. Jones, Brenner M. Sharp 2019-04-23 $15,427,000
10202719 Laundry treating appliance with tub having a flexible portion Prakash S. Amte, Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Nicholas C. Fugal, Christopher A. Jones +3 more 2019-02-12 $10,747,000
10202717 Fabric enhancer and laundry additive dispensation in laundry appliances Gregory R. Fulmer, Kaustav Ghosh, Kurt L. Masciovecchi, Robert J. Pinkowski, Brian K. Rogers +1 more 2019-02-12 $10,747,000
10179963 Fabric treating appliance Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Christopher A. Jones, Dale E. Mueller, Zachary Bohenick 2019-01-15 $8,910,000
10010236 Household appliance and method of opening the same 2018-07-03 $5,307,000
9970148 Household appliance having a physical alteration element Brian A. Black, Thomas A. Latack, Matthew D. Rhodes 2018-05-15 $12,598,000
9909247 Laundry treating appliance with an oversized wash tub Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Christopher A. Jones, AARON A. LINDEN, Dale E. Mueller +1 more 2018-03-06 $14,116,000
9758914 Methods and compositions for treating laundry items Kaustav Ghosh, Robert J. Pinkowski, Brian K. Rogers 2017-09-12 $7,438,000
9723967 Household appliance and method of opening the same 2017-08-08 $13,257,000