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William Swan — 7 Patents

BSBethlehem Steel: 2 patents #54 of 326Top 20%
SPS&S Precision: 1 patents #7 of 11Top 65%
Apple: 1 patents #12,397 of 18,612Top 70%
POPolaroid: 1 patents #804 of 902Top 90%
Chesterton, IN: #8 of 90 inventorsTop 9%
Indiana: #5,329 of 33,936 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
William Swan has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Bethlehem Steel. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in September 2017. William Swan ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list William Swan in Chesterton, IN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1982.peak 11982: 1 patents19821983: 1 patents19831986: 1 patents19861996: 1 patents19962004: 1 patents20042010: 1 patents20102017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9755331 Electrical wire connector 2017-09-05
7836625 Low profile mount and foregrip for firearm Johnny E. Swan 2010-11-23
6681828 Method and apparatus for separating image-bearing media Arthur H. Clough, Walter P. Haimberger, Alfredo G. Knaizzeh 2004-01-27
5501333 Collapsible container 1996-03-26
4587703 Method and apparatus using a multifaceted turret for robotic assembly Sohiel Azizi 1986-05-13 $21,809,000
4396461 One-spot car coke quenching process Victor A. Neubaum, deceased, S. Robert Schwartz, Robert C. Fetterman 1983-08-02 $7,474,000
4344822 One-spot car coke quenching method S. Robert Schwartz, Robert C. Fetterman, Victor A. Neubaum, deceased 1982-08-17 $904,000