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James P. Waters — 28 Patents

Delphi Technologies: 13 patents #169 of 4,124Top 5%
RTX (Raytheon): 7 patents #1,728 of 15,912Top 15%
GDGeneral Dynamics Corp., Pomona Division: 4 patents #70 of 871Top 9%
EGEssex Group: 1 patents #77 of 141Top 55%
Waterford, MI: #9 of 579 inventorsTop 2%
Michigan: #2,413 of 86,293 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
James P. Waters has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Delphi Technologies. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in January 2018. James P. Waters ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list James P. Waters in Waterford, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2004.peak 51981: 1 patents19811982: 1 patents1986: 3 patents19861990: 2 patents1992: 1 patents19922003: 2 patents2004: 5 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 2 patents20062007: 1 patents2008: 3 patents20082010: 1 patents2013: 3 patents20132014: 1 patents2018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9863335 Method for diagnosing a variable-lift camshaft follower 2018-01-09
8899199 Camshaft phaser and lock pin thereof 2014-12-02
8468989 Method for operating a camshaft phaser Daniel G. Gauthier 2013-06-25
8464675 Method for operating an oil control valve Daniel G. Gauthier 2013-06-18
8428259 Apparatus and method for all-optical encryption and decryption of an optical signal 2013-04-23 $116,781,000
7761217 Diagnostics for two-mode variable valve activation devices Jeffrey S. Gutterman 2010-07-20
7467611 Rate limiting and balancing control system for dual independent camshaft phasing Daniel L. McKay 2008-12-23
7325534 Supplemental internal air cooling of an internal combustion engine Jon C. Darrow, Timothy W. Kunz 2008-02-05
7314034 System for verifying cylinder deactivation status in a multi-cylinder engine Kenneth M. Simpson, Jon C. Darrow 2008-01-01
7295738 System and method for performing dispersion compensation 2007-11-13 $142,931,000
7063057 Method for effectively diagnosing the operational state of a variable valve lift device Jon C. Darrow 2006-06-20
7047924 Method for diagnosing the operational state of a two-step variable valve lift device Jon C. Darrow 2006-05-23
6968103 Optical fiber coupler and method for making same Kenneth R. Schroll, Richard Thomas Kane, Peter M. Fried, Janet Mrotek 2005-11-22 $68,341,000
6819831 Adjustable, reconfigurable, multi-port optical fiber coupler Kenneth R. Schroll, Janet Armstrong 2004-11-16
6775436 Optical fiber U-turn apparatus and method Kenneth R. Schroll 2004-08-10 $71,653,000
6758187 Method and apparatus to estimate oil aeration in an engine 2004-07-06 $892,000
6725821 Apparatus and method for starting an engine William S. Warren, Jean Botti 2004-04-27 $3,395,000
6718921 Method and apparatus for cleaning an oil control valve for an internal combustion engine Amanpal S. Grewal, Daniel L. McKay, Daniel G. Gauthier, Jeffrey M. Pfeiffer 2004-04-13 $2,597,000
6665469 Light injector/extractor for multiple optical fibers Kenneth R. Schroll, Janet Armstrong 2003-12-16 $104,008,000
6640028 Bend-type fiber optic light injector Kenneth R. Schroll 2003-10-28 $98,674,000
5101664 Optical pressure transducer Bruce Hockaday 1992-04-07 $5,031,000
4904082 Fringe visibility enhancement arrangement and method 1990-02-27 $6,726,000
4892406 Method of and arrangement for measuring vibrations 1990-01-09 $4,720,000
4627731 Common optical path interferometric gauge Mark R. Fernald 1986-12-09 $7,234,000
4610274 Fluidic device Walter L. Glomb, Jr. 1986-09-09 $6,209,000