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William McSweeney — 3 Patents

AMAmpex: 2 patents #74 of 247Top 30%
Newport News, VA: #151 of 572 inventorsTop 30%
Virginia: #9,600 of 34,511 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
William McSweeney has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ampex. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in May 1995. William McSweeney ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list William McSweeney in Newport News, VA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 1995Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1980.peak 11980: 1 patents19801991: 1 patents19911995: 1 patents1995

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
5416649 Single channel method and apparatus for automatically optimizing insert editing in a signal recorder Robert B. Steele 1995-05-16
5077623 Method and apparatus for automatically optimizing the record current in a tape recorder using a reference tape 1991-12-31
4205812 Aircraft landing wheel rotating device 1980-06-03