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Brian A. Black — 8 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 7 patents #596 of 3,654Top 20%
Xerox: 1 patents #5,237 of 8,622Top 65%
Saint Joseph, MI: #67 of 173 inventorsTop 40%
Michigan: #12,001 of 86,293 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Brian A. Black has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 2015 and the most recent in June 2023. Brian A. Black ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Brian A. Black in Saint Joseph, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2015 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2015.peak 22015: 2 patents20152016: 2 patents20162018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents20192021: 1 patents20212023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11668041 Household appliance having a physical alteration element Benjamin E. Alexander, Thomas A. Latack, Matthew D. Rhodes 2023-06-06 $6,334,000
11111621 Household appliance having a physical alteration element Benjamin E. Alexander, Thomas A. Latack, Matthew D. Rhodes 2021-09-07 $11,454,000
10271708 Method of operating a household appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Thomas A. Latack, Matthew D. Rhodes 2019-04-30 $9,830,000
9970148 Household appliance having a physical alteration element Benjamin E. Alexander, Thomas A. Latack, Matthew D. Rhodes 2018-05-15 $12,598,000
9416482 Household appliances and methods of control Benjamin E. Alexander, Thomas A. Latack, Matthew D. Rhodes 2016-08-16 $13,252,000
9271627 Household appliance having a physical alteration element Benjamin E. Alexander, Thomas A. Latack, Matthew D. Rhodes 2016-03-01 $8,883,000
9139951 Laundry treating appliance and method of controlling the heater thereof Ryan R. Bellinger 2015-09-22 $8,517,000
9082069 Relocation of blank pages in booklet making Lee D. Roche 2015-07-14 $2,590,000