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Willis M. King — 6 Patents

Basf Se: 6 patents #2,778 of 13,826Top 25%
Anderson, SC: #103 of 525 inventorsTop 20%
South Carolina: #2,570 of 15,501 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Willis M. King has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Basf Se. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in December 1999. Willis M. King ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Willis M. King in Anderson, SC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 1999Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1998.peak 21993: 1 patents19931994: 1 patents19941997: 1 patents19971998: 2 patents19981999: 1 patents1999

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
5996328 Methods and systems for forming multi-filament yarns having improved position-to-position consistency Melvin R. Thompson, Andrew M. Coons, III, Myles W. Sterling, Leroy Boseman, Donald E. Wright 1999-12-07
5763076 Soft node air entangled yarn and method of production Andrew M. Coons, III, Joe B. Dickerson, Melvin R. Thompson 1998-06-09
5715584 Continuous filament yarn with pixel color effect Andrew M. Coons, III, Melvin R. Thompson, Leonard C. Vickery, Jr., Ian Wolstenholme 1998-02-10
5613285 Process for making multicolor multifilament non commingled yarn Roy E. Chester, Andrew M. Coons, III, Hugh G. Harrelson, Jr., George E. Potter, Carl D. Sanford +4 more 1997-03-25
5327622 Highlighted non-blended continuous filament carpet yarn Andrew M. Coons, III, Leonard C. Vickery, Jr., Melvin R. Thompson 1994-07-12
5184381 Apparatus for producing soft node air entangled yarn Andrew M. Coons, III, Joe B. Dickerson, Melvin R. Thompson 1993-02-09