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Christopher A. Jones — 42 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 23 patents #169 of 3,654Top 5%
KEKnowles Electronics: 5 patents #58 of 325Top 20%
MDMagna-Lastic Devices: 4 patents #1 of 4Top 25%
SASato: 2 patents #61 of 223Top 30%
CACarrier: 1 patents #1,349 of 2,507Top 55%
DPDell Products: 1 patents #4,903 of 6,855Top 75%
Uniontown, PA: #1 of 137 inventorsTop 1%
Pennsylvania: #1,017 of 74,527 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #72,062 of 4,157,543Top 2%
42 Patents All Time
Christopher A. Jones has been granted 42 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in December 2025. Christopher A. Jones ranks #72,062 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Christopher A. Jones in Uniontown, PA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2021.peak 81998: 1 patents19982003: 2 patents2004: 2 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122015: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162018: 3 patents2019: 6 patents20192020: 2 patents2021: 8 patents20212022: 2 patents2023: 8 patents20232024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 42 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12496719 Apparatus, system, and method of certifying sensing for autonomous robot navigation Charles E. Martin 2025-12-16
12058504 Loudspeaker for hearing device Charles King, Mekell Jiles, Evan Llamas-Young 2024-08-06 $10,353,000
11781258 Method of operating a fabric treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Dale E. Mueller, Zachary Bohenick 2023-10-10 $3,743,000
11770257 Blockchain incorporated system for verifying ingredients in agricultural products and byproducts Justin Kim 2023-09-26
11739472 Laundry appliance having a maintenance free lint removal system Jordan M. Grider, Alexander Halbleib, Roy E. Masters, Rodney M. Welch, Anthony B. Welsh +2 more 2023-08-29 $4,864,000
11697954 Adjustable door hinge system 2023-07-11 $16,790,000
11686032 User-interface system for a laundry appliance William Gregory, Alexander Halbleib, Barry Steven Hazell, James Mann, Dennis S. Prows 2023-06-27 $4,131,000
11683648 Acoustic microphone with integrated magnetic transducer Dean Badillo, Christopher Monti, Usha Murthy 2023-06-20 $12,739,000
11655582 Laundry appliance having an ultrasonic drying mechanism Mark J. Christensen, Donald E. Erickson, Jordan M. Grider, Alexander Halbleib, Christopher A. Hartnett +3 more 2023-05-23 $6,437,000
11647837 Top attachment for a laundry appliance 2023-05-16 $8,959,000
11332970 Door opening assembly for appliance 2022-05-17 $8,834,000
11301742 Smart patch Edward J. Kmet 2022-04-12
11203834 Laundry appliance having an ultrasonic drying mechanism Mark J. Christensen, Donald E. Erickson, Jordan M. Grider, Alexander Halbleib, Christopher A. Hartnett +3 more 2021-12-21 $39,831,000
11180885 Laundry treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, AARON A. LINDEN, Dale E. Mueller, Michele A. Paustian +1 more 2021-11-23 $21,565,000
11083296 Top attachment for a laundry appliance 2021-08-10 $20,177,000
11035063 Fabric treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Dale E. Mueller, Zachary Bohenick 2021-06-15 $13,441,000
11015281 Laundry appliance having a maintenance free lint removal system Jordan M. Grider, Alexander Halbleib, Roy E. Masters, Rodney M. Welch, Anthony B. Welsh +2 more 2021-05-25 $22,770,000
10939217 Audio device with acoustic valve Christopher Monti, Shehab Albahri, Erik Wiederholtz, Charles King, Timothy K. Wickstrom +2 more 2021-03-02 $4,509,000
10932069 Acoustic valve for hearing device Christopher Monti, Shehab Albahri 2021-02-23 $13,823,000
10907397 Door opening assembly for appliance 2021-02-02 $3,781,000
10704189 Laundry appliance having an ultrasonic drying mechanism Mark J. Christensen, Donald E. Erickson, Jordan M. Grider, Alexander Halbleib, Christopher A. Hartnett +3 more 2020-07-07 $8,157,000
10687153 Hearing device with contextually actuated valve Shehab Albahri, Christopher Monti, Thomas E. Miller, Charles King, Brenno Varanda +1 more 2020-06-16 $11,787,000
10438514 Identification band Ed Kmet, Kerry Ludden, Andre Cote 2019-10-08
10316451 Laundry treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, AARON A. LINDEN, Dale E. Mueller, Michele A. Paustian +1 more 2019-06-11 $7,079,000
10280544 Fabric treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Dale E. Mueller 2019-05-07 $15,675,000