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Seth E. Bixby — 133 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 129 patents #2 of 3,480Top 1%
JTJohnson Controls Technology: 1 patents #1,122 of 2,110Top 55%
Stevensville, MI: #1 of 246 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #141 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #8,033 of 4,157,543Top 1%
133 Patents All Time
Seth E. Bixby has been granted 133 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in December 2025. Seth E. Bixby ranks #8,033 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.19%). Patent records list Seth E. Bixby in Stevensville, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 133 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D1104380 Topload washing appliance Samuel B. Breneman, Richard K. Gresens, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone 2025-12-02
D1104379 Topload washing appliance Richard K. Gresens, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone, Samuel B. Breneman 2025-12-02
D1102687 Fabric care appliance Luis Alarcon, Marco Ali Curti Espinosa, Richard K. Gresens, Brandon Hengesbach, Sayer J. Murphy +2 more 2025-11-18
12371841 Dispenser cup Kevin B. Ayers, Sayer J. Murphy 2025-07-29
D1062122 Filter for filtering agitator Chloe Condon, James Jeffery, Sayer J. Murphy, Jonathan D. Pugh, Ryan James Rutter +2 more 2025-02-11
12157964 Detachable pretreat sink for laundry appliance having an operable washboard Sayer J. Murphy, Giuseppe Netti, Jun Young Park, Jeremy D. Watkins 2024-12-03 $10,544,000
12018423 User interface solutions for accessing appliance control through cosmetic outer cabinet Kevin B. Ayers, Donald E. Erickson, Eric A. Hill, Dennis Kehl, Andrew C. Kubasiak +2 more 2024-06-25 $4,460,000
11982039 Pet hair filter Sayer J. Murphy, Thomas D. Spicer, Eric J. Vasko, Heather A. Hellmuth, Michael A. Ledford +1 more 2024-05-14 $9,197,000
D1022359 Topload washing appliance Samuel B. Breneman, Richard K. Gresens, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone 2024-04-09
D1022358 Fabric care appliance Luis Alarcon, Marco Ali Curti Espinosa, Richard K. Gresens, Brandon Hengesbach, Sayer J. Murphy +2 more 2024-04-09
D1015654 Topload washing appliance Richard K. Gresens, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone, Samuel B. Breneman 2024-02-20
D1014979 Combined dispensing brush and holder for fabric care appliance Marcus A. Cannon, Sayer J. Murphy, Jun Young Park, Joel R. Shinaberry 2024-02-20
11851809 Removable basket for laundry appliance Sayer J. Murphy, Kartik Sadanand Vastrad 2023-12-26 $4,684,000
D1007085 Fabric care appliance Luis Alarcon, Marcos L. Costa, Marco Ali Curti Espinosa, Sayer J. Murphy, Jun Young Park +3 more 2023-12-05
11767633 Drying appliance having an accessory port for providing external airflow for powered accessories Ryan R. Bellinger, Timothy E. Heater, Jacob Charles Ickes, Sayer J. Murphy, Giuseppe Netti +1 more 2023-09-26 $8,453,000
11739469 Integrated single dose and bulk dispenser for a laundry treating appliance Kevin B. Ayers, Richard K. Gresens, Sayer J. Murphy, Anna C. Schelling 2023-08-29 $4,864,000
11708657 Laundry treating appliance and dispenser Kevin B. Ayers, Sayer J. Murphy 2023-07-25 $5,546,000
11613839 Laundry treating appliance having a hanging bar Sayer J. Murphy, Giuseppe Netti, Jeremy D. Watkins 2023-03-28 $8,908,000
D974770 Dispensing brush Marcus A. Cannon, Sayer J. Murphy, Jun Young Park, Joel R. Shinaberry 2023-01-10
11499259 Detachable pretreat sink for laundry appliance having an operable washboard Sayer J. Murphy, Giuseppe Netti, Jun Young Park, Jeremy D. Watkins 2022-11-15 $18,492,000
11492746 Dispenser cup Kevin B. Ayers, Sayer J. Murphy 2022-11-08 $28,088,000
D961871 Washing machine Kevin B. Ayers, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Andrew C. Kubasiak, Michael R. Mackay, David M. Miller 2022-08-23
D958479 Laundry treating appliance Anna C. Schelling, Gregg P. Fitzgerald, Jose Aldo Ramirez, Richard K. Gresens 2022-07-19
11346039 Door assembly for a laundry treating appliance Jun Young Park, Dario Grasselli, Andrew C. Kubasiak, Giuseppe Netti, Anna C. Schelling +3 more 2022-05-31 $12,670,000
D949496 Topload washing appliance Samuel B. Breneman, Richard K. Gresens, John W. McConnell, Patrick J. Schiavone 2022-04-19