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William Bird — 6 Patents

3M: 3 patents #4,239 of 11,543Top 40%
BNBarco N.V.: 1 patents #120 of 244Top 50%
Nortel Networks Limited: 1 patents #2,518 of 5,294Top 50%
Ericsson: 1 patents #5,704 of 887Top 645%
Ottawa, CA: #1,127 of 6,399 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
William Bird has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in September 2010. William Bird ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list William Bird in Ottawa, ON, CA.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2010Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2000.peak 22000: 2 patents20002003: 1 patents20032007: 2 patents20072010: 1 patents2010

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7791562 Display unit and methods of displaying an image Bruno Mueller 2010-09-07 $17,221,000
7193631 Display unit and methods of displaying an image Bruno Mueller 2007-03-20 $18,737,000
7176861 Pixel structure with optimized subpixel sizes for emissive displays Nele Dedene, Robbie Thielemans, Herbert Hille 2007-02-13
6507413 Display unit and method of displaying an image Bruno Mueller 2003-01-14 $30,472,000
6148194 Method for determining cell boundary during base station deployment Joel Kao, Roland A. Smith 2000-11-14 $123,189,000
6128327 Frequency hopping Alan Triggs 2000-10-03 $14,160,000