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Daniel M. Putnam — 13 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 12 patents #362 of 3,654Top 10%
Holland, MI: #131 of 1,299 inventorsTop 15%
Michigan: #7,031 of 86,293 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Daniel M. Putnam has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in June 2023. Daniel M. Putnam ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Daniel M. Putnam in Holland, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2011.peak 21996: 1 patents19962011: 2 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 1 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11686037 Method and apparatus for drying articles Mark L. Herman 2023-06-27 $4,131,000
11519130 Method and apparatus for detecting an energized e-field Mark L. Herman, GARRY L. PETERMAN 2022-12-06 $8,164,000
11029088 Method and apparatus for drying articles Mark L. Herman 2021-06-08 $19,275,000
10816586 Method and apparatus for detecting an energized e-field Mark L. Herman, GARRY L. PETERMAN 2020-10-27 $4,905,000
10323881 Method and apparatus for drying articles Mark L. Herman 2019-06-18 $15,914,000
10024899 Method and apparatus for detecting an energized e-field Mark L. Herman, GARRY L. PETERMAN 2018-07-17 $6,676,000
9645182 Method and apparatus for detecting an energized E-field Mark L. Herman, GARRY L. PETERMAN 2017-05-09 $24,425,000
9540759 Method and apparatus for drying articles Mark L. Herman 2017-01-10 $6,052,000
9410282 Method and apparatus for drying articles Mark L. Herman 2016-08-09 $13,172,000
9009811 Network system with electronic credentials and authentication for appliances Matthew P. Ebrom, Mark E. Glotzbach, Patrick J. Glotzbach, Richard A. McCoy, Andrew D. Whipple 2015-04-14 $7,031,000
7921429 Data acquisition method with event notification for an appliance Richard A. McCoy, Joshua Carroll, Matthew P. Ebrom, David J. Kmet, Andrew D. Whipple +1 more 2011-04-05 $22,559,000
7917914 Event notification system for an appliance Richard A. McCoy, Joshua Carroll, Matthew P. Ebrom, David J. Kmet, Andrew D. Whipple +1 more 2011-03-29 $5,843,000
5481243 Braking system having variable intensity light and sound warning Ranan R. Lurie, Isac Tabib 1996-01-02