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William Lee Imhoff — 4 Patents

GE: 4 patents #8,262 of 36,430Top 25%
Hamilton, OH: #170 of 591 inventorsTop 30%
Ohio: #19,019 of 73,341 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
William Lee Imhoff has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in November 2011. William Lee Imhoff ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list William Lee Imhoff in Hamilton, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2011Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2003.peak 22003: 2 patents20032004: 1 patents20042011: 1 patents2011

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8051565 Method for increasing fatigue notch capability of airfoils Alberto Luna, Joshua Leigh Miller, William Terence Dingwell, Michael Jay Brunck, Paul Moncelle +2 more 2011-11-08 $11,951,000
6729940 Apparatus for stripping coating Gilbert Farmer, Jeffrey Fehrenbach, David Allen Kastrup 2004-05-04 $54,354,000
6620457 Method for thermal barrier coating and a liner made using said method Gilbert Farmer, Thomas John Tomlinson, Raymond W. Heidorn, Jeffrey Fehrenbach, Myron Edward Rutherford 2003-09-16 $54,496,000
6561872 Method and apparatus for stripping coating Gilbert Farmer, Jeffrey Fehrenbach, David Allen Kastrup 2003-05-13 $55,705,000