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Lester J. Ott

WHWhirlpool: 26 patents #130 of 3,480Top 4%
MAMaytag: 5 patents #116 of 601Top 20%
ARAmana Refrigeration: 1 patents #39 of 71Top 55%
Swisher, IA: #4 of 36 inventorsTop 15%
Iowa: #262 of 15,303 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #113,271 of 4,157,543Top 3%
32 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–32 of 32 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7568354 Refrigerator with improved water fill tube for ice maker Tim L. Coulter, Thomas E. Gose, Steven G. Herndon, James H. Jenkins, Jr., Bill J. Koons +12 more 2009-08-04
7552594 Refrigerator ice maker with improved air impingement Tim L. Coulter, Thomas E. Gose, Steven G. Herndon, James H. Jenkins, Jr., Bill J. Koons +12 more 2009-06-30
7337620 Insulated ice compartment for bottom mount refrigerator Tim L. Coulter, Thomas E. Gose, Steven G. Herndon, James H. Jenkins, Jr., Bill J. Koons +12 more 2008-03-04
7287397 Refrigerator with modular water tank assembly Tim L. Coulter, Thomas E. Gose, Steven G. Herndon, James H. Jenkins, Jr., Bill J. Koons +12 more 2007-10-30
D549745 Ice compartment for a refrigerator fresh food compartment Tim L. Coulter, Steven G. Herndon, Bill J. Koons, Dean A. Martin, Kevin Lee Noel +2 more 2007-08-28
6810682 Refrigerator with internal water dispenser Ryan D. Schuchart 2004-11-02
4851662 Refrigerator ice dispenser light with photosensitive switch Brian M. Midlang 1989-07-25