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William D. Yates — 7 Patents

ATAT&T: 1 patents #10,636 of 18,772Top 60%
UFUS Air Force: 1 patents #6,232 of 16,312Top 40%
Columbia, SC: #119 of 1,151 inventorsTop 15%
South Carolina: #2,197 of 15,501 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
William D. Yates has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at AT&T. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in February 2025. William D. Yates ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list William D. Yates in Columbia, SC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2025.peak 21994: 1 patents19941997: 1 patents19972009: 1 patents20092023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12235067 Variable payload magazine with automatic reload feature Michael Anderson, Grant Appel, Seth Konig, George Gardner, Shawn Mathis +2 more 2025-02-25
12208770 Vehicle equipped with safety system and method of responding to an unauthorized possession of a vehicle 2025-01-28
12151645 Vehicle equipped with safety system and method of responding too an unauthorized possession of a vehicle 2024-11-26
11820324 Vehicle equipped with safety system and method of responding to an unauthorized possession of a vehicle 2023-11-21
7609823 High capacity advanced 8YY mass calling event network architecture Todd R. Bermudez, James Caldwell, Danny Chism, Roy DeFrain, Andrew Grigg +1 more 2009-10-27 $47,251,000
5647164 Insect trap 1997-07-15
D349554 Insect trap 1994-08-09