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Richard K. Gresens — 67 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 52 patents #35 of 3,654Top 1%
Ford: 11 patents #1,653 of 17,473Top 10%
NUNustep: 1 patents #13 of 26Top 50%
Saint Joseph, MI: #3 of 173 inventorsTop 2%
Michigan: #532 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #31,718 of 4,157,543Top 1%
67 Patents All Time
Richard K. Gresens has been granted 67 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in December 2025. Richard K. Gresens ranks #31,718 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.76%). Patent records list Richard K. Gresens in Saint Joseph, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 11 patents in 2016.peak 112000: 1 patents20002006: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 7 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 8 patents2011: 1 patents20112016: 11 patents2017: 5 patents20172018: 9 patents2019: 6 patents20192020: 4 patents2021: 2 patents20212022: 3 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 3 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 67 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D1104380 Topload washing appliance Seth E. Bixby, Samuel B. Breneman, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone 2025-12-02
D1104379 Topload washing appliance Seth E. Bixby, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone, Samuel B. Breneman 2025-12-02
D1102687 Fabric care appliance Luis Alarcon, Seth E. Bixby, Marco Ali Curti Espinosa, Brandon Hengesbach, Sayer J. Murphy +2 more 2025-11-18
D1022359 Topload washing appliance Seth E. Bixby, Samuel B. Breneman, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone 2024-04-09
D1022358 Fabric care appliance Luis Alarcon, Seth E. Bixby, Marco Ali Curti Espinosa, Brandon Hengesbach, Sayer J. Murphy +2 more 2024-04-09
D1015654 Topload washing appliance Seth E. Bixby, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone, Samuel B. Breneman 2024-02-20
11739469 Integrated single dose and bulk dispenser for a laundry treating appliance Kevin B. Ayers, Seth E. Bixby, Sayer J. Murphy, Anna C. Schelling 2023-08-29 $4,864,000
D958479 Laundry treating appliance Anna C. Schelling, Gregg P. Fitzgerald, Jose Aldo Ramirez, Seth E. Bixby 2022-07-19
D949496 Topload washing appliance Seth E. Bixby, Samuel B. Breneman, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone 2022-04-19
D942716 Topload washing appliance Seth E. Bixby, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone, Samuel B. Breneman 2022-02-01
11105033 Integrated single dose and bulk dispenser for a laundry treating appliance Kevin B. Ayers, Seth E. Bixby, Sayer J. Murphy, Anna C. Schelling 2021-08-31 $48,262,000
D916401 Topload washing appliance Seth E. Bixby, Samuel B. Breneman, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone 2021-04-13
D899720 Laundry treating appliance Anna C. Schelling, Gregg P. Fitzgerald, Jose Aldo Ramirez, Seth E. Bixby 2020-10-20
D878686 Fabric care appliance Luis Alarcon, Seth E. Bixby, Marco Ali Curti Espinosa, Brandon Hengesbach, Sayer J. Murphy +2 more 2020-03-17
D877431 User interface Anna C. Schelling, Scott T. Thalls, Daniel Polonsky, Patrick J. Schiavone, Wei Zheng 2020-03-03
D873515 Topload washing appliance Seth E. Bixby, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone, Samuel B. Breneman 2020-01-21
10422070 Laundry treating appliance and dispenser Seth E. Bixby, Todd W. Lambkin, Michael R. Mackay, Sayer J. Murphy, Anna C. Schelling 2019-09-24 $8,497,000
D858914 Topload washing appliance Seth E. Bixby, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone, Samuel B. Breneman 2019-09-03
D858916 Frontload drying appliance Seth E. Bixby, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone, Samuel B. Breneman 2019-09-03
D858015 Frontload drying appliance Seth E. Bixby, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone, Samuel B. Breneman 2019-08-27
10253444 Integrated single dose and bulk dispenser for a laundry treating appliance Kevin B. Ayers, Seth E. Bixby, Sayer J. Murphy, Anna C. Schelling 2019-04-09 $13,268,000
D840614 Frontload drying appliance Seth E. Bixby, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone, Samuel B. Breneman 2019-02-12
D831907 Frontload drying appliance Seth E. Bixby, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone, Samuel B. Breneman 2018-10-23
10077526 Laundry treating appliance and dispenser Seth E. Bixby, Todd W. Lambkin, Michael R. Mackay, Sayer J. Murphy, Anna C. Schelling 2018-09-18 $10,174,000
D827526 Vehicle windshield James Grake, Shawn Wehrly 2018-09-04