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William E. Phillips, III — 13 Patents

3M: 10 patents #1,596 of 11,543Top 15%
EAEye Lighting International Of North America: 1 patents #4 of 10Top 40%
Cincinnati, OH: #728 of 8,043 inventorsTop 10%
Ohio: #5,928 of 73,341 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
William E. Phillips, III has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in January 2025. William E. Phillips, III ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list William E. Phillips, III in Cincinnati, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2008 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2013.peak 42008: 1 patents20082009: 2 patents20092010: 1 patents20102011: 3 patents20112012: 1 patents20122013: 4 patents20132025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12196930 High image quality during off-axis projection using a free-form mirror Todd S. Rutherford, Brandon Antonio Sosa 2025-01-14
8496360 LED lighting apparatus with reflectors Todd S. Rutherford 2013-07-30
8459800 Optical projection subsystem Patrick R. Destain, Jennifer L. Grace, John Duncan, Tomasz A. Pol, Michael W. O'Keefe +2 more 2013-06-11 $10,349,000
8388150 Optical element having a toric surface — 2013-03-05 $15,942,000
8382293 Light source module Jacob Moskovich, Zhisheng Yun 2013-02-26 $10,432,000
8136947 Optical element having a toric surface and method of making — 2012-03-20 $14,439,000
8075140 LED illumination system with polarization recycling Ronald E. English, Jr., Patrick R. Destain 2011-12-13 $22,522,000
8070295 Optical projection subsystem Patrick R. Destain, Jennifer L. Grace, John Duncan, Tomasz A. Pol, Michael W. O'Keefe +2 more 2011-12-06 $10,958,000
7901083 Optical projection subsystem Patrick R. Destain, Jennifer L. Grace, John Duncan, Tomasz A. Pol, Michael W. O'Keefe +2 more 2011-03-08 $7,745,000
7717599 Integrating light source module Jennifer L. Grace, Patrick R. Destain 2010-05-18 $20,886,000
7619680 Vehicular imaging system with selective infrared filtering and supplemental illumination Robert L. Bingle, Keith J. Vadas 2009-11-17
7529029 Polarizing beam splitter John Duncan, Michael W. O'Keefe, Jiaying Ma, Patrick R. Destain 2009-05-05 $37,545,000
7362507 Polarizing beam splitter John Duncan, Michael W. O'Keefe, Jiaying Ma, Patrick R. Destain 2008-04-22 $16,800,000

Frequent Collaborators

Patrick R. Destain7 shared
Michael W. O'Keefe5 shared
John Duncan5 shared
Jennifer L. Grace4 shared
Tomasz A. Pol3 shared
Alexander Glinski3 shared

Nearby-Ranked Inventors

Jianping Shen13
Eric John Telfeyan13
George R. Breiwa, III13
Thomas Sugar13
Andrew Howley13
Howard Halpern13
Po-Yuan Wang13
Douglas Vanesko13
Tanuj Trivedi13