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BNSF RAILWAY CO

Overview
  • Total Patents
    96
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    20,134
  • Filing trend
    ⇧ 314.0%
About

BNSF RAILWAY CO has a total of 96 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 314.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 2003. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Canada. Its main competitors in its focus markets transport, measurement and computer technology are UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL INC, SAFETRAN SYSTEMS CORP and KIM BONG TAEK.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing BNSF RAILWAY COs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Harris Paul 10
#2 Paul James 10
#3 Fleming Matthew 10
#4 Graetz Todd 7
#5 Shue Kent Robert 7
#6 Grissum Gary 7
#7 Specht Jerry Wade 7
#8 Mischke Michael 7
#9 Barrett James M 7
#10 Krueger Darrell Robert 7

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US10946878B1 Wireless slide fence system and method
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US2021088419A1 Systems and methods for confining ballast samples
US2021049783A1 Systems and methods for locating objects
US2020346676A1 Systems and methods for controlling railroad highway crossing flashers
US2020284818A1 Systems and methods for communicating information associated with wind pressures
US2020284817A1 Pressure sensing probe
US2020283037A1 Systems and methods for measuring wind velocity for vehicles traversing a curve
US2020284819A1 Systems and methods for determining wind velocity
US2020284816A1 Systems and methods for converting wind pressure to wind velocity
US2020160505A1 Systems and methods for determining defects in physical objects
US2019130477A1 Systems and methods for managing certificates of transporation
US2019054937A1 Unmanned aerial vehicle system for inspecting railroad assets
US2019316299A1 System, method and appartus for in-situ, dynamic repair of a railroad
US2018319413A1 Railroad virtual track block system
US2019101651A1 Optimized global positioning system correction message for interoperable train control messaging transport
MX2017012501A System, method and apparatus for lading measurement in a rail car.
US2018057024A1 Railcar towing systems and railcar towing methods using the same