Inventor · Anoka, MN, US

Kevin Ward

32Patents
14h-index
35Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 9, 1994 → Sep 11, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6832397B2 Bed foundation Human Necessities 208 Expired
US6883191B2 Leg and bracket assembly for a bed foundation Human Necessities 187 Expired
US5967195A Multi-layer forming fabric with stitching yarn pairs integrated into papermaking surface Textiles; Paper 58 Expired
US5709250A Papermakers' forming fabric having additional fiber support yarns Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Expired
US5881764A Multi-layer forming fabric with stitching yarn pairs integrated into papermaking surface Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US6123116A Low caliper mechanically stable multi-layer papermaker's fabrics with paired machine side cross machine direction yarns Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US5437315A Multilayer forming fabric Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US7059357B2 Warp-stitched multilayer papermaker's fabrics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US6145550A Multilayer forming fabric with stitching yarn pairs integrated into papermaking surface Textiles; Paper 36 Expired
US6253796A Papermaker's forming fabric Textiles; Paper 35 Expired
US6379506B1 Auto-joinable triple layer papermaker's forming fabric Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6896009B2 Machine direction yarn stitched triple layer papermaker's forming fabrics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US6959737B2 Machine direction yarn stitched triple layer papermaker's forming fabrics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US5894867A Process for producing paper using papermakers forming fabric Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US7195040B2 Papermaker's forming fabric with machine direction stitching yarns that form machine side knuckles Textiles; Paper 12 Expired
US7219701B2 Papermaker's forming fabric with machine direction stitching yarns that form machine side knuckles Textiles; Paper 11 Expired
US7624766B2 Warped stitched papermaker's forming fabric Textiles; Paper 11 Active
US7441566B2 Machine direction yarn stitched triple layer papermaker's forming fabrics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US7275566B2 Warped stitched papermaker's forming fabric with fewer effective top MD yarns than bottom MD yarns Textiles; Paper 7 Expired
US7931051B2 Multi-layer papermaker's forming fabric with long machine side MD floats Textiles; Paper 6 Active
US8196613B2 Multi-layer papermaker's forming fabric with paired MD binding yarns Textiles; Paper 6 Active
USRE40066E1 Multi-layer forming fabric with stitching yarn pairs integrated into papermaking surface General 5 Expired
US7581567B2 Papermaker's forming fabric with cross-direction yarn stitching and ratio of top machine direction yarns to bottom machine direction yarns of 2:3 Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US7487805B2 Papermaker's forming fabric with cross-direction yarn stitching and ratio of top machined direction yarns to bottom machine direction yarns of less than 1 Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US10018247B2 Fabric for toothed power transmission belt and belt Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active

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