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Wayne Williams — 5 Patents

Ford: 5 patents #3,393 of 17,473Top 20%
Livonia, MI: #316 of 1,586 inventorsTop 20%
Michigan: #18,552 of 86,293 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Wayne Williams has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 2016 and the most recent in February 2019. Wayne Williams ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Wayne Williams in Livonia, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2016 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2016.peak 22016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10202144 Vehicle curvature determination Andrew Brown, Scott J. Lauffer, John P. Joyce, Steven R. El Aile, Tobias John Pallett +1 more 2019-02-12 $5,357,000
10108197 Deceleration determination of a vehicle Scott J. Lauffer, John P. Joyce, Tobias John Pallett, Andrew Brown, Shane Elwart 2018-10-23 $3,167,000
9738284 Vehicle acceleration determination Tobias John Pallett, Hui Lin, Scott J. Lauffer, Shane Elwart 2017-08-22 $4,713,000
9457684 Redundant electrical power for autonomous vehicles Dale Scott Crombez, Jerome Charles Ivan, James Robert McBride, Paul Joseph Szuszman, Roger Arnold Trombley +2 more 2016-10-04 $6,516,000
9446768 System and method for energy optimization in autonomous vehicle operation Christopher Attard, Dale Scott Crombez, Jerome Charles Ivan, John P. Joyce, James Robert McBride +9 more 2016-09-20 $7,333,000