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William E. Gibbs — 8 Patents

GE: 5 patents #6,849 of 36,430Top 20%
Chesapeake, VA: #15 of 343 inventorsTop 5%
Virginia: #3,883 of 34,511 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
William E. Gibbs has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in October 2002. William E. Gibbs ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list William E. Gibbs in Chesapeake, VA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2002Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1990.peak 21988: 1 patents19881989: 1 patents19891990: 2 patents19901991: 1 patents19911997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents19982002: 1 patents2002

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6464192 Vehicle support for use with jack 2002-10-15
D397277 Bread cutter 1998-08-25
5638621 Spool and wedge assembly and method of use thereof Garth Alexander Keech 1997-06-17
5008298 Expandable thermoplastic resin beads Richard B. Allen, Lynn M. Hans 1991-04-16 $20,546,000
4968466 Expandable thermoplastic resin beads Richard B. Allen, Lynn M. Martynowicz 1990-11-06
4920153 Expandable thermoplastic resin beads Richard B. Allen, Lynn M. Hans 1990-04-24 $8,696,000
4874796 Expandable thermoplastic resin beads Richard B. Allen, Lynn M. Hans 1989-10-17 $23,950,000
4782098 Expandable thermoplastic resin beads Richard B. Allen, Lynn M. Hans 1988-11-01 $8,000,000