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William P. Flies — 15 Patents

DADatakey: 13 patents #1 of 6Top 20%
Frontenac, MN: #1 of 3 inventorsTop 35%
Minnesota: #4,986 of 52,454 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
William P. Flies has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Datakey. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in April 2017. William P. Flies ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list William P. Flies in Frontenac, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1985.peak 31981: 1 patents19811982: 2 patents19821983: 1 patents19831984: 2 patents19841985: 3 patents19851986: 2 patents19861987: 2 patents19871990: 1 patents19902017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9620765 Battery disconnect device utilizing original single segment unmodified battery ground cable to connect/disconnect current flow at chassis connection site 2017-04-11
D306720 Computer display terminal 1990-03-20
D291897 Identification tag 1987-09-15
4659915 Receptacle design for use with electronic key-like device 1987-04-21 $258,000
4620088 Receptacle design for use with electronic key-like device 1986-10-28 $226,000
4578573 Portable electronic information devices and method of manufacture William H. Wehrmacher 1986-03-25 $100,000
4549076 Orientation guide arrangement for electronic key and receptacle combination 1985-10-22 $111,000
D279586 Identification tag 1985-07-09
D278836 Identification tag 1985-05-14
D274126 Electronic information key 1984-06-05
4436993 Electronic key 1984-03-13 $205,000
4379966 Receptacle for electronic information key 1983-04-12
D265049 Electronic information key 1982-06-22
4326125 Microelectronic memory key with receptacle and systems therefor 1982-04-20
4297569 Microelectronic memory key with receptacle and systems therefor 1981-10-27