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Donald Maynard — 17 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 4 patents #999 of 3,654Top 30%
Toyota: 3 patents #8,470 of 26,838Top 35%
Ypsilanti, MI: #69 of 1,007 inventorsTop 7%
Michigan: #5,079 of 86,293 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Donald Maynard has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in April 2023. Donald Maynard ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Donald Maynard in Ypsilanti, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2010.peak 21980: 1 patents19802002: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052008: 1 patents2010: 2 patents20102013: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142016: 2 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 1 patents20192021: 1 patents2022: 2 patents20222023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11628447 Plastic granulator stationary cutting segment 2023-04-18
11539104 Battery pillar protector Matthew C. Tier, Valerie Schnabelrauch, Ziwei Zeng, Ryan A. Mikolaizik 2022-12-27 $539,000
11446705 Dust and particle separator with vortical action 2022-09-20
11025447 User controllable filter system for an appliance Matthew P. Ebrom, Mark E. Glotzbach, Richard A. McCoy, Andrew D. Whipple, Matthew J. Nibbelink 2021-06-01 $15,194,000
10333731 Methods and apparatus for communicatively coupling internal components within appliances, and appliances with external components and accessories Matthew P. Ebrom, Mark E. Glotzbach, Richard A. McCoy, Andrew D. Whipple, Matthew J. Nibbelink 2019-06-25 $13,364,000
10156370 Air conditioner debris cone 2018-12-18
9616935 Vehicle structures and methods of assembling the same Tyler E. Schnug, Kuo Sun, Mark D. Clauser, Yizhou Fan, Kevin O'Beirne 2017-04-11 $601,000
9487239 Vehicle structures and methods of assembling the same Tyler E. Schnug, Kuo Sun, Yizhou Fan, Mark D. Clauser, Corinne D. Uskali +1 more 2016-11-08 $719,000
9370796 Particle separator 2016-06-21
8656647 Gutter protector David J. Bath 2014-02-25
8556082 Rotary particle separator Scott T. Merchant 2013-10-15
7831321 Appliance and accessory for controlling a cycle of operation Matthew P. Ebrom, Wallace J. Elston, III, Mark E. Glotzbach, Anthony E. Jenkins, Richard A. McCoy 2010-11-09 $40,669,000
7808368 Appliance network for a networked appliance and an audio communication accessory Matthew P. Ebrom, Mark E. Glotzbach, Richard A. McCoy, Matthew J. Nibbelink, Andrew D. Whipple 2010-10-05 $43,436,000
7334748 Method and apparatus for granulating plastic 2008-02-26
6978956 Method and apparatus for granulating plastic 2005-12-27
6450427 Method and apparatus for granulating plastic 2002-09-17
4228752 Surface effect boat Theodore E. Sladek 1980-10-21