Inventor · Oak Ridge, TN, US

Paul E. Beatty

20Patents
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12Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 16, 1992 → Aug 15, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5513586A Belt driven looper drive Textiles; Paper 58 Expired
US5706745A Tufting machine belt driven drive assembly Textiles; Paper 38 Expired
US5572939A Tufting machine drive assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US5913052A System and method for debugging digital signal processor software with an architectural view and general purpose computer employing the same Physics 14 Expired
US9556548B2 Method for selective display of yarn in a tufted fabric with offset rows of needles Textiles; Paper 13 Active
US8671858B2 Servo driven crank adjusted shifting mechanism Textiles; Paper 10 Active
US5784594A Generic interactive device model wrapper Physics 10 Expired
US5287819A High speed dynamically balanced tufting machine Textiles; Paper 9 Expired
US5857422A Tufting machine belt driven drive assembly Textiles; Paper 9 Expired
US7578249B2 Tufting machine head shaker Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US10889931B2 Backing shifter for variable or multi-gauge tufting Textiles; Paper 5 Active
US10167585B2 Method for selective display of yarn in a tufted fabric with double end yarn drives Textiles; Paper 3 Active
US9663885B2 Method for selective display of yarn in a tufted fabric with double end yarn drives Textiles; Paper 2 Active
US12320049B2 Advanced stitch placement with backing shifting Textiles; Paper 0 Active
US11802359B2 Optimized backing shifter for variable or multi-gauge tufting Textiles; Paper 0 Active
US11505886B2 Variable or multi-gauge tufting with color placement and pattern scaling Textiles; Paper 0 Active
US9487897B2 Method for selective display of yarn in a tufted fabric with offset rows of needles General 0 Revoked
US11686027B2 Multi height looper and backing shifter Textiles; Paper 0 Active
US12325942B2 Four roll servo driven yarn feed module for precision yarn feed Textiles; Paper 0 Active
US11613836B2 Lightweight quad mount tufting machine shiftable needle bar assembly Textiles; Paper 0 Active

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