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STEELCASE INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    1,536
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    4,480
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 21.0%
About

STEELCASE INC has a total of 1,536 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 21.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1952. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets furniture and games, machines and civil engineering are MILLER HERMAN INC, STEELCASE DEV CORP and KOENIG & NEURATH AG.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing STEELCASE INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Heidmann Kurt R 156
#2 Battey Robert J 132
#3 Peterson Gordon J 122
#4 Knoblock Glenn A 64
#5 Deevers Nickolaus William Charles 59
#6 Andres Todd T 58
#7 Hall Jeffrey A 44
#8 Holdredge Russell T 43
#9 Faiks Frederick S 43
#10 Karsten Gary L 43

Latest patents

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US2019169756A1 Systems and methods for in-line thermal flattening and enameling of steel sheets
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US2018352961A1 Seating arrangement and method of construction
US2018348536A1 Multiple-Polarization Cloaking
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US2018255921A1 Multi-tiered workstation assembly
WO2018183109A1 Room scheduling system