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William Lauer — 11 Patents

GSGeneral Scanning: 4 patents #10 of 50Top 20%
MEMetra Electronics: 2 patents #13 of 32Top 45%
CCCitizen Finetech Miyota Co.: 1 patents #10 of 38Top 30%
TGThe Gsi Group: 1 patents #90 of 181Top 50%
Westford, MA: #156 of 1,013 inventorsTop 20%
Massachusetts: #11,676 of 88,656 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
William Lauer has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Scanning. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in August 2024. William Lauer ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list William Lauer in Westford, MA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12060979 LED headlamp system with brightness control William H. Jones, Edward Robertson, Jason H. Anderson, John Wiley Horton 2024-08-13
11767960 LED headlamp system with brightness control William H. Jones, Jr, Edward Robertson, Jason H. Anderson, John Wiley Horton 2023-09-26
D688723 Pico projector with pop-up connector 2013-08-27
D517505 Single fuse holder Scott Disbennett, Edward Robertson, John C. Williams 2006-03-21
6987786 Controlling laser polarization James Cordingley, Donald V. Smart, Michael Plotkin, Joohan Lee, Jonathan S. Ehrmann 2006-01-17 $4,319,000
6911622 Laser processing Pierre Trepagnier, Donald V. Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin 2005-06-28 $3,624,000
6559412 Laser processing Pierre Trepagnier, Donald V. Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin 2003-05-06
6531657 Adapter wire harness for installing different autosound components into different vehicles William H. Jones, David Dean Schaefer, John J. LeLasher, III 2003-03-11
6381259 Controlling laser polarization James Cordingley, Donald V. Smart, Michael Plotkin 2002-04-30 $5,202,000
6300590 Laser processing Pierre Trepagnier, Donald V. Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin 2001-10-09 $4,979,000
6181728 Controlling laser polarization James Cordingley, Donald V. Smart, Michael Plotkin 2001-01-30 $5,652,000