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Richard E. Williams — 12 Patents

3M: 2 patents #5,350 of 11,543Top 50%
CDCougar Package Designers: 1 patents #2 of 5Top 40%
Republic, WA: #1 of 3 inventorsTop 35%
Washington: #8,631 of 76,902 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Richard E. Williams has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in September 2020. Richard E. Williams ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Richard E. Williams in Republic, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1990.peak 21982: 1 patents19821985: 1 patents19851986: 1 patents19861990: 2 patents19901991: 2 patents19911993: 1 patents19931998: 1 patents19982004: 1 patents20042017: 1 patents20172020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10775363 Non-contact soilage detector and flashlight Owen Keith Neely 2020-09-15
9610885 Adjustable load restraint system 2017-04-04
6817472 Packaging component and containment system particularly useful for packaging radiators 2004-11-16
5801826 Spectrometric device and method for recognizing atomic and molecular signatures 1998-09-01
5260730 Optical overhead projector for electronic images Ernest F. Clough, Mark L. Daniel 1993-11-09
5063297 Apparatus for detecting fluorescence of a luminescent material James M. Hardenbrook, Mark L. Daniel 1991-11-05 $8,412,000
5030832 Apparatus for detecting fluorescence of a luminescent material Mark L. Daniel 1991-07-09 $7,416,000
4930886 Opaque adapter for overhead projector Lewis W. Slimak, Jr. 1990-06-05
4912752 Optical projector for transparencies and opaques 1990-03-27
4578571 Portable bar code scanning device and method 1986-03-25
D278792 Picture framing cutter 1985-05-14
4363378 Ladder securing devices and ladder assembly Kenneth J. Budden 1982-12-14