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Thomas Kessler — 6 Patents

WHWhirlpool: 5 patents #891 of 3,654Top 25%
UUUniversity Of Utah: 1 patents #109 of 382Top 30%
Salt Lake City, UT: #798 of 4,590 inventorsTop 20%
Utah: #3,432 of 19,430 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Thomas Kessler has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Whirlpool. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in August 2023. Thomas Kessler ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Thomas Kessler in Salt Lake City, UT, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2021.peak 21980: 1 patents19802021: 2 patents20212022: 1 patents20222023: 2 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11739472 Laundry appliance having a maintenance free lint removal system Jordan M. Grider, Alexander Halbleib, Christopher A. Jones, Roy E. Masters, Rodney M. Welch +2 more 2023-08-29 $4,864,000
11708656 Laundry treating appliance Donald E. Erickson, Steven Fricke, CHRISTIAN GIANNI, Praveen Poojary, Erica L. Roberts +2 more 2023-07-25 $5,546,000
11512421 Laundry treating appliance Donald E. Erickson, Steven Fricke, CHRISTIAN GIANNI, Praveen Poojary, Erica L. Roberts +2 more 2022-11-29 $27,420,000
11015281 Laundry appliance having a maintenance free lint removal system Jordan M. Grider, Alexander Halbleib, Christopher A. Jones, Roy E. Masters, Rodney M. Welch +2 more 2021-05-25 $22,770,000
10907290 Laundry treating appliance Donald E. Erickson, Steven Fricke, CHRISTIAN GIANNI, Praveen Poojary, Erica L. Roberts +2 more 2021-02-02 $3,781,000
4184497 Peritoneal dialysis catheter Willem J. Kolff 1980-01-22