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William Elkins — 14 Patents

COCoolsystems: 4 patents #4 of 23Top 20%
San Jose, CA: #4,673 of 32,062 inventorsTop 15%
California: #43,920 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
William Elkins has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Coolsystems. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in December 2014. William Elkins ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list William Elkins in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2003.peak 21987: 1 patents19871989: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911993: 1 patents1994: 1 patents19942001: 1 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2009: 2 patents20092014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8900170 Temperature control headliner 2014-12-02
7565705 Garment for a cooling and hydration system Kenneth L. Blanchard, Maurice Jordan 2009-07-28
7509692 Wearable personal cooling and hydration system Kenneth L. Blanchard, Maurice Jordan 2009-03-31
7198093 Compliant heat exchange panel 2007-04-03
7001417 Cooling/heating system 2006-02-21
6695872 Therapy component of an animate body heat exchanger and method of manufacturing such component 2004-02-24
D473948 Circumferential wrap for applying cooling and compression Robert Miros 2003-04-29
6551347 Cooling/heating system 2003-04-22
6178562 Cap and vest garment components of an animate body heat exchanger 2001-01-30
5314543 Method for cleaning a prosthesis by heating in a microwave oven William K. Kerr, Louis M. Ohls 1994-05-24
5201411 Apparatus for cleaning a prosthesis William K. Kerr, Louis M. Ohls 1993-04-13
5033136 Bedding system with selective heating and cooling 1991-07-23
4884304 Bedding system with selective heating and cooling 1989-12-05
4691762 Personal temperature control system Eugene W. Connell, Robert E. Short 1987-09-08