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Eric A. Hill — 18 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 18 patents #228 of 3,654Top 7%
Chicago, IL: #594 of 13,327 inventorsTop 5%
Illinois: #4,428 of 84,256 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Eric A. Hill has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in February 2025. Eric A. Hill ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Eric A. Hill in Chicago, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2006 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2014.peak 52006: 3 patents20062007: 1 patents20072009: 2 patents20092014: 5 patents20142018: 1 patents20182020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents20212023: 1 patents20232024: 2 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12215451 Laundry appliance Darryl C. Bodine, Donald E. Erickson, Gregg P. Fitzgerald, Patrick A. McCormick, Stephen D. Ostdiek +5 more 2025-02-04
12084803 Laundry appliance with sliding door system Darryl C. Bodine, J. Carroll Mays, Patrick A. McCormick, Sayer J. Murphy 2024-09-10 $8,860,000
12018423 User interface solutions for accessing appliance control through cosmetic outer cabinet Kevin B. Ayers, Seth E. Bixby, Donald E. Erickson, Dennis Kehl, Andrew C. Kubasiak +2 more 2024-06-25 $4,460,000
11761134 Laundry appliance Darryl C. Bodine, Gregg P. Fitzgerald, Patrick A. McCormick, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Anna C. Schelling +3 more 2023-09-19 $8,458,000
11193229 User interface solutions for accessing appliance control through cosmetic outer cabinet Kevin B. Ayers, Seth E. Bixby, Donald E. Erickson, Dennis Kehl, Andrew C. Kubasiak +2 more 2021-12-07 $19,692,000
10640393 Faucet conversion system Dominique Cobb, Erdogan Ergican, Wyndham F. Gary, Jr., Mark C. Graff, Beth Jackson +5 more 2020-05-05 $10,367,000
9955844 Methods of operating dishwasher with illuminable user interface Joel Fletty 2018-05-01 $18,344,000
D707073 Cooktop with graphically-simulated three-dimensional effect — 2014-06-17
D707072 Cooktop with graphically-simulated three-dimensional effect — 2014-06-17
D701414 Cooktop with graphically-simulated three-dimensional effect — 2014-03-25
D701413 Cooktop with graphically-simulated three-dimensional effect — 2014-03-25
D697092 Extruded handle Daniel H. Quinlan, Joshua Jun 2014-01-07
7617570 Double-pivot, constrained kinematic hinge for a front-loading laundry machine — 2009-11-17 $16,247,000
7554463 Appliance information communication system Sara Beth Ulius-Sabel 2009-06-30 $44,615,000
D538488 Laundry appliance Michael R. Carey, Darryl C. Bodine 2007-03-13
D532941 Laundry appliance Michael R. Carey, Darryl C. Bodine 2006-11-28
D527853 Laundry appliance Michael R. Carey, Darryl C. Bodine 2006-09-05
D523595 Laundry appliance Michael R. Carey, Darryl C. Bodine 2006-06-20

Frequent Collaborators

Darryl C. Bodine7 shared
Michael R. Carey4 shared
Andrew C. Kubasiak3 shared
Patrick A. McCormick3 shared
Donald E. Erickson3 shared
Sayer J. Murphy3 shared

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