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William James Sumner — 5 Patents

GE: 5 patents #6,849 of 36,430Top 20%
Mechanicville, NY: #35 of 102 inventorsTop 35%
New York: #27,005 of 115,490 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
William James Sumner has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in January 2008. William James Sumner ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list William James Sumner in Mechanicville, NY, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7318699 Moisture removal grooves on steam turbine buckets and covers and methods of manufacture Joseph Mark Serafini, David Alan Caruso, Mark Edward Burnett 2008-01-15 $95,045,000
7010462 System and method for evaluating efficiency losses for turbine components John David Alaksiewicz, Chris Bron, Mary Phillips, Peter Schofield, David Edwin Kautzmann +1 more 2006-03-07 $29,857,000
6980928 System and method for providing efficiency and cost analysis during steam path audits Catherine Mary Graichen, James Patrick Quaile 2005-12-27 $37,503,000
4776765 Means and method for reducing solid particle erosion in turbines James Vogan, Robert J. Lindinger 1988-10-11 $13,513,000
4643645 Stage for a steam turbine Kenneth E. Robbins, Stephen G. Ruggles, Dan Duncan, John C. Williams, Stephen K. Tung +1 more 1987-02-17 $10,011,000