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Dale E. Mueller — 33 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 33 patents #95 of 3,654Top 3%
Benton Harbor, MI: #9 of 238 inventorsTop 4%
Michigan: #1,896 of 86,293 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #105,480 of 4,157,543Top 3%
33 Patents All Time
Dale E. Mueller has been granted 33 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in October 2023. Dale E. Mueller ranks #105,480 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.5%). Patent records list Dale E. Mueller in Benton Harbor, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2019.peak 61985: 1 patents19851987: 1 patents1988: 1 patents19881989: 2 patents1991: 1 patents19911995: 1 patents1996: 3 patents19961998: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002005: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 3 patents2019: 6 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 2 patents20212023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 33 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11781258 Method of operating a fabric treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Christopher A. Jones, Zachary Bohenick 2023-10-10 $3,743,000
11180885 Laundry treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Christopher A. Jones, AARON A. LINDEN, Michele A. Paustian +1 more 2021-11-23 $21,565,000
11035063 Fabric treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Christopher A. Jones, Zachary Bohenick 2021-06-15 $13,441,000
10704176 Clothes mover for an automatic washer David W. Carr, Basak Oguz, Jon D. Strait 2020-07-07 $8,157,000
10450686 Laundry treating appliance laundry mover with liquid diverter David W. Carr, Mary E. Zeitler 2019-10-22 $6,542,000
10316451 Laundry treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Christopher A. Jones, AARON A. LINDEN, Michele A. Paustian +1 more 2019-06-11 $7,079,000
10280544 Fabric treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Christopher A. Jones 2019-05-07 $15,675,000
10202719 Laundry treating appliance with tub having a flexible portion Benjamin E. Alexander, Prakash S. Amte, Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Nicholas C. Fugal +3 more 2019-02-12 $10,747,000
10179963 Fabric treating appliance Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Christopher A. Jones, Zachary Bohenick 2019-01-15 $8,910,000
10179962 Laundry treating appliance laundry mover with liquid diverter David W. Carr, Mary E. Zeitler 2019-01-15 $8,910,000
10100452 Impeller having a sweeper Brent M. Burgess, Nicholas B. Vaive 2018-10-16 $7,785,000
9926658 Clothes mover for an automatic washer Darryl C. Bodine, David W. Carr, Basak Oguz, Jon D. Strait 2018-03-27 $6,246,000
9909247 Laundry treating appliance with an oversized wash tub Benjamin E. Alexander, Brent M. Burgess, Michael K. Cluskey, Christopher A. Jones, AARON A. LINDEN +1 more 2018-03-06 $14,116,000
9777418 Laundry treating appliance laundry mover with liquid diverter David W. Carr, Mary E. Zeitler 2017-10-03 $17,321,000
9556549 Clothes mover for an automatic washer Darryl C. Bodine, David W. Carr, Basak Oguz, Jon D. Strait 2017-01-31 $7,633,000
9518349 Laundry treating appliance and method of control Scott A. Merkle 2016-12-13 $8,605,000
9347166 Clothes mover for an automatic washer David W. Carr, Basak Oguz, Jon D. Strait 2016-05-24 $15,263,000
9115452 Laundry treating appliance impeller David W. Carr, Joseph L. Moulton, Jon D. Strait 2015-08-25 $6,762,000
7934281 Stain removal process control method using BPM motor feedback Flavio Bernardino, Mary E. Zeitler, Erik K. Farrington, Leon H. Spindler 2011-05-03 $10,689,000
7793525 Washing machine agitator assembly Viktor N. Kopyrin, Robert J. Pinkowski, James J. Visin, Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, Mary E. Zeitler 2010-09-14 $9,950,000
6964360 Adjustable clothes hanger Casey J. Tubman, David Cockrell, Michael A. Dirlam 2005-11-15 $31,262,000
6065171 Detergent dispensing method and apparatus for a vertical axis washer Casey J. Tubman, Theodore D. Ernst, James W. Titus 2000-05-23 $46,443,000
5791167 Automatic washer and a wash plate clothes deflector therefor Vicki Lyn Wyatt, Gerald L. Kretchman, James W. Titus 1998-08-11 $32,501,000
5582039 Integrated tub ring with clothes diverter Gerald L. Kretchman, R. Bruce Sherer 1996-12-10 $5,082,000
5507053 Method of washing in a verticle axis washer R. Bruce Sherer, Gerald L. Kretchman, Kurt Werner, James W. Titus, Mark C. Celmer +1 more 1996-04-16 $23,801,000