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Robert J. Pinkowski — 55 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 53 patents #33 of 3,480Top 1%
MEMultibras S.A. Electrodomesticos: 1 patents #19 of 64Top 30%
Baroda, MI: #1 of 24 inventorsTop 5%
Michigan: #779 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #45,454 of 4,157,543Top 2%
55 Patents All Time
Robert J. Pinkowski has been granted 55 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in December 2022. Robert J. Pinkowski ranks #45,454 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.1%). Patent records list Robert J. Pinkowski in Baroda, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 55 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11519129 Separation of lint from an exhaust airstream within a laundry appliance Roy E. Masters, Brian K. Rogers, Erica L. Roberts 2022-12-06 $8,164,000
11073141 Pressure-driven metered mixing dispensing pumps and methods Matthew Parsons, NICHOLAS E. RIGHETTI, Ricardo N. Schiesser 2021-07-27 $24,480,000
10914028 Laundry treating appliance with stain station ERIC A. GALLAGHER, Kurt L. Masciovecchio, Michael Todd Moore, Brian K. Rogers, David Scharich, III +2 more 2021-02-09 $10,849,000
10329707 Laundry treating appliance with pre-filter backwashing Gregory R. Fulmer, Kaustav Ghosh, Nicholas Leep, William L. Murch, Matthew Parsons +1 more 2019-06-25 $13,364,000
10202717 Fabric enhancer and laundry additive dispensation in laundry appliances Benjamin E. Alexander, Gregory R. Fulmer, Kaustav Ghosh, Kurt L. Masciovecchi, Brian K. Rogers +1 more 2019-02-12 $10,747,000
10072373 Methods and compositions for treating laundry items Gregory R. Fulmer, Kaustav Ghosh, William L. Murch, Mir A. Quddus 2018-09-11 $10,403,000
10066611 Pressure-driven metered mixing dispensing pumps and methods Matthew Parsons, NICHOLAS E. RIGHETTI, Ricardo N. Schiesser 2018-09-04 $6,162,000
10017893 Methods and compositions for treating laundry items Gregory R. Fulmer, Kaustav Ghosh, Nicholas Leep, Jason Schneemann 2018-07-10 $6,884,000
9790935 Pressure-driven metered mixing dispensing pumps and methods Matthew Parsons, NICHOLAS E. RIGHETTI, Ricardo N. Schiesser 2017-10-17 $8,676,000
9758914 Methods and compositions for treating laundry items Benjamin E. Alexander, Kaustav Ghosh, Brian K. Rogers 2017-09-12 $7,438,000
9732957 Fabric treatment appliance with steam backflow device Markus Beck, Raveedran Vaidhyanathan, Alvaro Vallejo Noriega, Nyik Siong Wong 2017-08-15 $9,689,000
9702074 Methods and compositions for treating laundry items Benjamin E. Alexander, David Scharich, III 2017-07-11 $11,689,000
9689101 Methods and compositions for treating laundry items Benjamin E. Alexander, Ricardo N. Schiesser 2017-06-27 $10,144,000
9663886 Laundry treating appliance having a dispensing drawer Michael R. Mackay 2017-05-30 $12,708,000
9644301 Methods and compositions for treating laundry items Gregory R. Fulmer, Kaustav Ghosh, Nicholas Leep, William L. Murch, Mir A. Quddus +2 more 2017-05-09 $24,425,000
9631310 Methods and compositions for treating laundry items Benjamin E. Alexander, Ricardo N. Schiesser 2017-04-25 $19,647,000
9420937 Dishwasher with dynamically controlled cycle of operation Brent A. DeWeerd, Brooke L. Lau, Robert J. Rolek 2016-08-23 $19,246,000
9212442 Laundry treating appliance with controlled reciprocating movement Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Luiz V. Dokonal 2015-12-15 $10,244,000
9035785 Graphic for use in determining a characteristic of a consumable Kirk M. Dunsbergen, Kaustav Ghosh 2015-05-19 $9,953,000
8974546 Method for treating laundry in a clothes dryer Kaustav Ghosh, Thomas A. Latack, Karl David McAllister, Prithi Rao 2015-03-10 $72,843,000
8967489 Removable component for a consumable with identifying graphic Kirk M. Dunsbergen, Kaustav Ghosh 2015-03-03 $15,658,000
8914989 Clothes dryer and method for adjusting a dilution of a treating solution based on a detected clothes load size Kaustav Ghosh, Thomas A. Latack, Brian K. Rogers 2014-12-23 $18,814,000
8881330 Method of operating a laundry treating appliance Kaustav Ghosh, Thomas A. Latack 2014-11-11 $22,150,000
8844156 Laundry treating appliance with purged chemistry conduits Kaustav Ghosh, Thomas A. Latack 2014-09-30 $5,160,000
8800084 Method for determining a characteristic of a consumable Kirk M. Dunsbergen, Kaustav Ghosh 2014-08-12 $13,563,000