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William Coates — 4 Patents

BSBriggs & Stratton: 3 patents #180 of 502Top 40%
USUnited States Steel: 1 patents #107 of 309Top 35%
Lee's Summit, MO: #119 of 514 inventorsTop 25%
Missouri: #5,303 of 23,789 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
William Coates has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at Briggs & Stratton. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in January 2025. William Coates ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list William Coates in Lee's Summit, MO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1981.peak 11981: 1 patents19812022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12193346 Turf aerators and assemblies for same Brandon J. King 2025-01-14
11716916 Turf aerators and assemblies for same Brandon J. King 2023-08-08
11272652 Turf aerators and assemblies for same Brandon J. King 2022-03-15
4269266 Recuperator tube construction M. William Vance 1981-05-26 $18,183,000