Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

James R. Schmidt

29Patents
10h-index
20Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 5, 2000 → Dec 22, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6384844B1 Method and apparatus for use in entering financial data into an electronic device Physics 134 Expired
US9011222B2 Combine harvester and associated method for gathering grain Human Necessities 76 Active
US7937920B2 Combine harvester draper header having flexible cutterbar Human Necessities 22 Active
US6893340B1 Rotary accelerating apparatus for a vertical straw and chaff spreader of an agricultural combine Human Necessities 18 Expired
US7886512B2 Draper belt interlocking guards Human Necessities 15 Active
US7207882B2 Textured auger trough element for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine Human Necessities 14 Expired
US7926248B2 Combine harvester draper header having flexible cutterbar Human Necessities 10 Active
US7921627B2 Interlocking belt guards for a draper header Human Necessities 10 Active
US8091330B2 Draper header with a belt guard and a draper belt having a crop-retaining rib Human Necessities 10 Active
US7025673B2 Tailings conveyor system Human Necessities 10 Expired
US7297051B1 Clean grain and tailings conveying system for an agricultural combine Human Necessities 9 Active
US6974384B2 Tailings conveyor with rotary impellers disposed and rotatable at progressively faster speeds for threshing and conveying tailings through the conveyor and method of operation of the same Human Necessities 8 Expired
US7632183B2 Collecting trough construction easily accessible for cleaning Human Necessities 6 Active
US8534037B2 Flexible cutterbar stop structure for draper header Human Necessities 6 Active
US7357711B1 Sieve support structure for an agricultural combine Human Necessities 6 Active
US7427232B2 Clean grain and tailings conveying system for an agricultural combine Human Necessities 5 Active
US8230670B2 Flexible combine harvester draper header with pivoting structure within side draper Human Necessities 4 Active
US7028457B2 Threshing plate for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine Human Necessities 3 Expired
US6991537B2 Deflector for a discharge outlet of a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine Human Necessities 3 Expired
US8601780B2 Combine harvester draper header with pivoting structure within side draper Human Necessities 3 Active
US6976914B2 Impeller with swept back blades for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine Human Necessities 2 Expired
US9615511B2 Combine harvester and associated method for gathering grain Human Necessities 1 Active
US7979773B2 RAID array auto-initialization (RAAI) Physics 1 Active
US8266880B2 Interlocking belt guards for a draper header Human Necessities 1 Active
US8240116B2 Interlocking belt guards for a draper header Human Necessities 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.