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Robert E. Porter — 12 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 2 patents #1,524 of 3,480Top 45%
PMPorter Sewing Machines: 1 patents #8 of 8Top 100%
PFPurdue Research Foundation: 1 patents #1,409 of 3,174Top 45%
Newburgh, IN: #24 of 240 inventorsTop 10%
Indiana: #3,005 of 33,936 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Robert E. Porter has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in August 2016. Robert E. Porter ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Robert E. Porter in Newburgh, IN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9429351 Demand air door heater for refrigerator 2016-08-30 $37,010,000
9375125 Household appliance having antennas Nicholas J. Cottrell, Jason R. Gries, Vince Ireland, Gregory S. Lieto, Daniel Plach +1 more 2016-06-28 $10,805,000
9180478 Method and apparatus for spray painting soil of a golf hole 2015-11-10
8763554 Method and apparatus for spray painting soil of a golf hole 2014-07-01
6767289 Golf cup 2004-07-27
5674495 Alginate-based vaccine compositions Terry L. Bowersock, Kinam Park 1997-10-07
4733807 Container for medicinals Richard Reube 1988-03-29
4546716 Double overlock seamer Edward S. Babson, Michael R. Porter 1985-10-15
D276413 Container for medicinals Richard Reube 1984-11-20
4449464 Walking foot feed for sewing machines 1984-05-22
4448140 Recessed top feed for sewing machines 1984-05-15
4241681 Tubular work feeder for sewing machine 1980-12-30