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William E. Allen — 29 Patents

Caterpillar: 17 patents #246 of 8,398Top 3%
Stanford University: 3 patents #905 of 5,197Top 20%
CACnh Industrial America: 2 patents #646 of 1,456Top 45%
FSFeedback Sports: 2 patents #2 of 8Top 25%
EUEast Carolina University: 1 patents #57 of 125Top 50%
FTFlorida Institute Of Technology: 1 patents #22 of 61Top 40%
Albany, CA: #19 of 590 inventorsTop 4%
California: #18,137 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
William E. Allen has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in July 2025. William E. Allen ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list William E. Allen in Albany, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1995.peak 31989: 1 patents19891991: 1 patents1992: 1 patents1993: 2 patents19931995: 3 patents1996: 1 patents1997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents1999: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2012: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents2019: 1 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 2 patents2023: 1 patents2025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12359253 Method of in situ gene sequencing Xiao Wang, Karl Deisseroth 2025-07-15
12233528 Indexed collar clamps for telescoping stand Dominic Lovely 2025-02-25
12207578 Finishing tool assembly position control system for an agricultural tillage implement Derek Sicheneder, Kea V. Chin 2025-01-28
11624685 Method and system for imaging and analysis of a biological specimen Karl Deisseroth, Brian Hsueh, Li Ye 2023-04-11
11179835 Caliper piston tool Michael Bretz, Dominic Lovely 2021-11-23
11147205 System and method for monitoring tool float on an agricultural implement Michael Glennon, Rick L. Gerber 2021-10-19 $26,056,000
10813264 Depth control for ground engaging tools of an implement Duqiang Wu, Navneet Gulati, Michael Glennon 2020-10-27 $4,156,000
10568516 Methods and devices for imaging and/or optogenetic control of light-responsive neurons Samuel Yang, Karl Deisseroth, Isaac V. Kauvar, Aaron Andalman 2020-02-25
10495554 Method and system for imaging and analysis of a biological specimen Karl Deisseroth, Brian Hsueh, Li Ye 2019-12-03
9242648 Boosting parking brake drive-through torque Bryan Thomas Siegel, Norval P. Thomson 2016-01-26 $30,102,000
8626541 System for managing loading operations of haul vehicles Tien Dzung Doan, John J. Krone 2014-01-07 $13,108,000
8307429 System and method of generically detecting the presence of emulated environments Richard A. Ford, Gerald A. Marin 2012-11-06
7274699 Method for setting masks for message filtering 2007-09-25 $253,955,000
7078528 Biimidazole diamide anion binding agents Corey P. Causey 2006-07-18
6917300 Method and apparatus for tracking objects at a site 2005-07-12 $31,759,000
6744406 Determining desired pseudolite locations based on predicted GPS coverage James J. Kalafut 2004-06-01 $22,455,000
6112143 Method and apparatus for establishing a perimeter defining an area to be traversed by a mobile machine John P. Sewell 2000-08-29 $11,845,000
5955586 Highly boronated derivatives of texaphyrins Jonathan L. Sessler, Vladimir Kral 1999-09-21
5848368 Method for controllably loading haul vehicles by a mobile loading machine Ronald O. Groth 1998-12-08 $26,756,000
5701793 Method and apparatus for controlling an implement of a work machine Cynthia M. Gardner, Robert E. Stone, John D. Duffy, James E. Schimpf 1997-12-30 $12,609,000
5483455 Method and apparatus for determining the location of a vehicle Norman K. Lay, Carl A. Kemner, Joel L. Peterson, Richard B. League 1996-01-09 $28,343,000
5471147 Apparatus and method for determining the linear position of a hydraulic cylinder Ali A. Bitar, Robert A. Herold 1995-11-28 $20,878,000
5424623 Coordinated control for a work implement Paul D. Anderson, Walter J. Bradbury, John M. Hadank, Richard B. League 1995-06-13 $15,134,000
5379220 Electronic steering control David A. Paul 1995-01-03 $61,590,000
5188502 Linkage arrangement for a multi-purpose vehicle Andrew J. Tonsor, Wilton E. Quant, Javad Hosseini, Michael F. Hopkins 1993-02-23 $17,464,000