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Eric W. Kost — 8 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 3 patents #1,522 of 3,654Top 45%
BGBerry Global: 2 patents #35 of 117Top 30%
BPBerry Plastics: 2 patents #66 of 189Top 35%
RPRexam Plastics: 1 patents #9 of 19Top 50%
Evansville, IN: #116 of 911 inventorsTop 15%
Indiana: #4,660 of 33,936 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Eric W. Kost has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in March 2025. Eric W. Kost ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Eric W. Kost in Evansville, IN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1999.peak 11999: 1 patents19992013: 1 patents20132016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents20192020: 1 patents20202025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
RE50333 Package Jeffrey C. Minnette 2025-03-11
10532872 Package Jeffrey C. Minnette 2020-01-14 $14,174,000
10518942 Package fitment having a biasing member Bryan K. Seibert 2019-12-31 $40,832,000
10132546 Two-plane door for refrigerator compartment Deron M. Drach, ERIC D. LIVELY, Garett Strandemo, JULIE A. MANN 2018-11-20 $6,715,000
9833799 Container closure with product-discharge control system Jeffrey C. Minnette 2017-12-05 $29,460,000
9441873 Two-plane door for refrigerator compartment Deron M. Drach, ERIC D. LIVELY, Garett Strandemo, JULIE A. MANN 2016-09-13 $6,288,000
D695323 Ice bucket Garett Strandemo 2013-12-10
6000566 Tamper indicating bridged fitment 1999-12-14 $59,000