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James Kerner — 36 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 15 patents #266 of 3,654Top 8%
UCUnited States Thermoelectric Consortium: 12 patents #1 of 12Top 9%
UNUnknown: 6 patents #2,010 of 83,584Top 3%
RIRubbermaid Incorporated: 2 patents #334 of 574Top 60%
Indianapolis, IN: #90 of 5,011 inventorsTop 2%
Indiana: #570 of 33,936 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #92,222 of 4,157,543Top 3%
36 Patents All Time
James Kerner has been granted 36 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in February 2022. James Kerner ranks #92,222 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.2%). Patent records list James Kerner in Indianapolis, IN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2017.peak 51988: 2 patents19881989: 1 patents1993: 1 patents19931994: 2 patents1995: 2 patents19952006: 2 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents2011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 4 patents2016: 3 patents20162017: 5 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 2 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 2 patents2022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 36 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11235965 Hands free, controlled autofill for a dispenser Kevin M. Chase, Brian P. Janke, Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Shreecharan Kanchanavally 2022-02-01 $6,478,000
10940725 Device and method for inflating and repairing tires and other inflatables Ryan B. Kerner, James R. Shary 2021-03-09
10913317 Device and method for inflating and repairing tires and other inflatables Ryan B. Kerner, James R. Shary 2021-02-09
10850967 Hands free, controlled autofill for a dispenser Kevin M. Chase, Brian P. Janke, Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Shreecharan Kanchanavally 2020-12-01 $116,763,000
10821789 Device and method for inflating and repairing tires and other inflatables 2020-11-03
10399397 Device and method for inflating and repairing tires and other inflatables Ryan B. Kerner, James R. Shary 2019-09-03
10233069 Hands free, controlled autofill for a dispenser Kevin M. Chase, Brian P. Janke, Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Shreecharan Kanchanavally 2019-03-19 $15,569,000
10084249 Electrical connector for adjustable refrigerator shelf 2018-09-25 $49,819,000
9828228 Hands free, controlled autofill for a dispenser Kevin M. Chase, Brian P. Janke, Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Shreecharan Kanchanavally 2017-11-28 $12,604,000
9719719 Configurable power supply circuit for lighted shelves in a refrigerator 2017-08-01 $13,492,000
9705210 Electrical connector for adjustable refrigerator shelf 2017-07-11 $11,689,000
9651297 Power supplies for lighted shelves in a refrigerator 2017-05-16 $16,752,000
9541328 Power supplies for lighted shelves in a refrigerator 2017-01-10 $6,052,000
9528754 Configurable power supply circuit for lighted shelves in a refrigerator 2016-12-27 $12,266,000
9499384 Hands free, controlled autofill for a dispenser Kevin M. Chase, Brian P. Janke, Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Shreecharan Kanchanavally 2016-11-22 $9,806,000
9455506 Electrical connector for adjustable refrigerator shelf 2016-09-27 $11,248,000
9157678 Power supplies for lighted shelves in a refrigerator 2015-10-13 $7,308,000
9126818 Hands free, controlled autofill for a dispenser Kevin M. Chase, Brian P. Janke, Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Shreecharan Kanchanavally 2015-09-08 $9,531,000
9067368 Tire repair kit 2015-06-30
8967740 Electrical connector for adjustable refrigerator shelf 2015-03-03 $15,658,000
8813794 Hands free, controlled autofill for a dispenser Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Kevin M. Chase, Brian P. Janke, Shreecharan Kanchanavally 2014-08-26 $10,017,000
8707829 Tire repair kit 2014-04-29
8141620 Method for conditioning a cooling loop of a heat exchange system Volodymyr Zrodnikov, Michael Spokoiny 2012-03-27
7992625 Fluid-operated heat transfer device Michael Spokoiny, Xinliang Qiu, James W. Maurus, Boris M. Spokoyny 2011-08-09
7814965 Airflow heat dissipation device Michael Spokoiny, Xinliang Qiu, Craig J. Lux, James W. Maurus 2010-10-19