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Blayne C. Smith — 17 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 17 patents #240 of 3,654Top 7%
Saint Joseph, MI: #31 of 173 inventorsTop 20%
Michigan: #5,079 of 86,293 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Blayne C. Smith has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 2015 and the most recent in July 2022. Blayne C. Smith ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Blayne C. Smith in Saint Joseph, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2015 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2016.peak 62015: 1 patents20152016: 6 patents20162017: 2 patents20172018: 2 patents20182019: 3 patents20192020: 2 patents20202022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D959066 Light for dishwasher William K. Kangas, Praveen Poojary, Michael S. Seeley 2022-07-26
10631704 Dishwasher with integrated closure element having an antenna Wyndham F. Gary, Jr. 2020-04-28 $8,961,000
10631705 Household appliance having antennas Nicholas J. Cottrell, Jason R. Gries, Vince Ireland 2020-04-28 $8,961,000
D866884 Light for dishwasher William K. Kangas, Praveen Poojary, Michael S. Seeley 2019-11-12
10307034 Household appliance having antennas Nicholas J. Cottrell, Jason R. Gries, Vince Ireland 2019-06-04 $7,404,000
10271709 Dishwasher with integrated closure element having an antenna Wyndham F. Gary, Jr. 2019-04-30 $9,830,000
10004376 Household appliance having antennas Nicholas J. Cottrell, Jason R. Gries, Vince Ireland 2018-06-26 $8,279,000
9924849 Dishwasher with integrated closure element having an antenna Wyndham F. Gary, Jr. 2018-03-27 $6,246,000
D784633 Light for dishwasher William K. Kangas, Praveen Poojary, Michael S. Seeley 2017-04-18
9572475 Appliance with closure element having an operative device Jonathan D. Gephart, Andrew T. Middleton, Anthony B. Welsh 2017-02-21 $18,222,000
9510723 Household appliance having antennas Nicholas J. Cottrell, Jason R. Gries, Vince Ireland 2016-12-06 $9,829,000
9462926 System for establishing communication between a user interface and a controller of a dishwasher Mark W. Baldwin, Marcus R. Fischer, Mike S. Hemry, Saadat Hussain, Duane M. Kobos +7 more 2016-10-11 $17,330,000
9445706 Dishwasher William K. Kangas, Praveen Poojary, Michael S. Seeley 2016-09-20 $8,537,000
9375125 Household appliance having antennas Nicholas J. Cottrell, Jason R. Gries, Vince Ireland, Gregory S. Lieto, Daniel Plach +1 more 2016-06-28 $10,805,000
9378630 Method for preventing input on an apparatus having a user interface — 2016-06-28 $10,805,000
9307888 System for charging a power supply in a closure element of a household appliance Mark W. Baldwin, Marcus R. Fischer, Saadat Hussain, Justin D. McIver, Elizabeh A. Moit +6 more 2016-04-12 $9,526,000
9198556 Method of determining a blocked rotating spray arm in a dishwasher Douglas T. Allen, Paul R. Johnson 2015-12-01 $10,800,000

Frequent Collaborators

Nicholas J. Cottrell5 shared
Jason R. Gries5 shared
Vince Ireland5 shared
Praveen Poojary4 shared
Michael S. Seeley4 shared
William K. Kangas4 shared

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