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Charles R. Williams — 31 Patents

FDFirst Data: 15 patents #18 of 729Top 3%
ADAvery Dennison: 4 patents #231 of 1,021Top 25%
HSHalliburton Energy Services: 2 patents #2,875 of 5,294Top 55%
OEOtis Engineering: 2 patents #82 of 228Top 40%
MTMonsanto Technology: 2 patents #1,446 of 1,657Top 90%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
AHAnchor Hocking: 1 patents #36 of 87Top 45%
Houston, TX: #494 of 21,073 inventorsTop 3%
Texas: #3,737 of 125,132 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #115,823 of 4,157,543Top 3%
31 Patents All Time
Charles R. Williams has been granted 31 US patents while listed as an inventor at First Data. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in July 2024. Charles R. Williams ranks #115,823 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.8%). Patent records list Charles R. Williams in Houston, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1985.peak 31980: 1 patents19801981: 1 patents1985: 3 patents1987: 1 patents19871996: 1 patents1998: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 2 patents2001: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022005: 1 patents2007: 1 patents2008: 2 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 2 patents2011: 2 patents20112016: 2 patents2017: 1 patents2019: 2 patents20192021: 2 patents2022: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 31 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12045228 Systems and methods for a federated directory service Vijay K. Royyuru, Lanny Byers, Cindy White 2024-07-23
11267999 Acrylic emulsion adhesives Mark D. Gower, Eric L. Bartholomew, Qiang Luo 2022-03-08 $61,160,000
11204914 Systems and methods for a federated directory service Vijay K. Royyuru, Lanny Byers, Cindy White 2021-12-21
11170357 Systems and methods for transactional document processing Brian Green 2021-11-09
10460302 Systems and methods for transactional document processing Brian Green 2019-10-29
10287464 Acrylic emulsion adhesives Mark D. Gower, Eric L. Bartholomew, Qiang Luo 2019-05-14 $36,103,000
9785921 Systems and methods for processing decoupled debit transactions Charles McGinnis, Christopher Joseph Baehr 2017-10-10
9501706 Device stand for point-of-sale mobile devices Mollie Hellige, Corey Sze-Suen Chao 2016-11-22
9460425 Systems and methods for determining check information 2016-10-04
7945494 Device with GPS to manage risk for financial transactions 2011-05-17
7905396 Systems and methods for assessing the risk of a financial transaction using authenticating marks Lisa Tidwell, Amy Swift, Cassandra Mollett, Mark Wallin, Lance Pate 2011-03-15
7783563 Systems and methods for identifying payor location based on transaction data Lisa Tidwell, Amy Swift, Cassandra Mollett, Mark Wallin, Lance Pate 2010-08-24
7743981 GPS database to manage risk for financial transactions 2010-06-29
7500607 System for managing risk of financial transactions with location information 2009-03-10
7398925 Systems and methods for assessing the risk of a financial transaction using biometric information Lisa Tidwell, Amy Swift, Cassandra Mollett, Mark Wallin, Lance Pate 2008-07-15
7386509 Apparatus and methods for correlating magnetic indicia data with database records Amy Swift 2008-06-10
7287689 Systems and methods for assessing the risk of a financial transaction using authenticating marks Lisa Tidwell, Amy Swift, Cassandra Mollett, Mark Wallin, Lance Pate 2007-10-30
6948656 System with GPS to manage risk of financial transactions 2005-09-27 $59,628,000
6401529 Apparatus and method for determining constituent composition of a produced fluid Clark E. Robison, Neal G. Skinner 2002-06-11 $22,618,000
6306982 Process for the production of general purpose PSA's Ivan Lee, Colin C. Smith, James R. Bodwell, James P. Akeley 2001-10-23 $40,232,000
6107382 Process for the production of improved PSA's Colin C. Smith, James R. Bodwell, James P. Akeley, Ivan Lee 2000-08-22 $19,699,000
6071354 Methods of cleaning treadmills 2000-06-06
5913384 Treadmill lubricating devices and methods 1999-06-22
5718289 Apparatus and method for use in injecting fluids in a well Mark A. Schnatzmeyer 1998-02-17 $35,353,000
5518543 Apparatus for spraying at a spraying station aligned with a continuously moving conveyor belt Michael Lee Pietrowski, Gordon D. Norlin, Thomas Mohr, Thomas Haug, John W. Herrmann 1996-05-21