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Alan R. Watson — 38 Patents

GEGentex: 30 patents #38 of 567Top 7%
ELElectro-Voice: 6 patents #1 of 17Top 6%
Niles, MI: #3 of 188 inventorsTop 2%
Michigan: #1,487 of 86,293 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #84,675 of 4,157,543Top 3%
38 Patents All Time
Alan R. Watson has been granted 38 US patents while listed as an inventor at Gentex. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in August 2015. Alan R. Watson ranks #84,675 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Alan R. Watson in Niles, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 38 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9106312 Vehicular microphone system and method for post processing optimization of a microphone signal Michael A. Bryson, Robert R. Turnbull 2015-08-11 $16,787,000
8787590 Rearview assemblies incorporating hands-free telephone components Michael A. Bryson 2014-07-22 $20,723,000
8682005 Vehicle accessory microphone G. Bruce Poe 2014-03-25 $20,663,000
8675889 Two wire autobias vehicular microphone system having user input functionality and method of forming same Robert R. Turnbull 2014-03-18 $22,124,000
8467551 Vehicular directional microphone assembly for preventing airflow encounter Robert R. Turnbull, Michael A. Bryson 2013-06-18 $27,450,000
8224012 Vehicle accessory microphone Robert C. Knapp, Robert R. Turnbull, William R. Spence, G. Bruce Poe, Michael A. Bryson 2012-07-17 $26,288,000
8111179 Method and system for reducing signal distortion in a continuously variable slope delta modulation scheme Robert R. Turnbull 2012-02-07 $24,835,000
8081772 Vehicular microphone assembly using fractional power phase normalization Robert R. Turnbull, Michael A. Bryson 2011-12-20 $27,420,000
7916380 Variable reflectance mirrors and windows William L. Tonar, Frederick T. Bauer 2011-03-29 $31,174,000
7821696 Electrochromic rearview mirror assembly incorporating a display/signal light William L. Tonar, Jeffrey A. Forgette, John S. Anderson, David J. Cammenga, Robert R. Turnbull +2 more 2010-10-26 $7,268,000
7817020 Optical user interface system for automotive modules Robert R. Turnbull, David A. Blaker, Michael A. Bryson, David L. Plangger, G. Bruce Poe 2010-10-19 $10,071,000
7772966 Vehicle rearview mirror assembly incorporating a communication system Robert R. Turnbull, Robert C. Knapp, Eric J. Walstra, G. Bruce Poe, John K. Roberts +1 more 2010-08-10 $18,966,000
7679809 Variable reflectance mirrors and windows William L. Tonar, Fredrick T. Bauer 2010-03-16 $26,210,000
7616768 Vehicle accessory microphone having mechanism for reducing line-induced noise Michael A. Bryson, William R. Spence 2009-11-10 $7,868,000
7502156 Variable reflectance mirrors and windows William L. Tonar, Frederick T. Bauer 2009-03-10 $9,701,000
7447320 Vehicle accessory microphone Michael A. Bryson 2008-11-04 $5,458,000
7443988 Vehicle accessory microphone Robert R. Turnbull, Robert C. Knapp, G. Bruce Poe 2008-10-28 $9,129,000
7379224 Electrochromic rearview mirror assembly incorporating a display/signal light William L. Tonar, Jeffrey A. Forgette, John S. Anderson, David J. Cammenga, Robert R. Turnbull +2 more 2008-05-27 $4,398,000
7327226 Vehicle rearview mirror assembly incorporating a communication system Robert R. Turnbull, Robert C. Knapp, Eric J. Walstra, G. Bruce Poe, John K. Roberts +1 more 2008-02-05 $16,345,000
7266204 Rearview mirror assemblies incorporating hands-free telephone components Michael A. Bryson 2007-09-04 $6,282,000
7196836 Rearview assembly having an integral crush zone Frederick T. Bauer, Daniel J. Bostwick, Wayne J. Rumsey, Robert R. Turnbull 2007-03-27 $12,740,000
7136494 Vehicle accessory microphone assembly having a windscreen with hydrophobic properties Robert C. Knapp, Robert R. Turnbull, William R. Spence, G. Bruce Poe, Michael A. Bryson 2006-11-14 $17,963,000
7130431 Vehicle accessory microphone Robert C. Knapp, Robert R. Turnbull, William R. Spence, G. Bruce Poe, Michael A. Bryson 2006-10-31 $16,629,000
7120261 Vehicle accessory microphone Robert R. Turnbull, Robert C. Knapp, G. Bruce Poe 2006-10-10 $8,465,000
7042616 Electrochromic rearview mirror assembly incorporating a display/signal light William L. Tonar, Jeffrey A. Forgette, John S. Anderson, David J. Cammenga, Robert R. Turnbull +2 more 2006-05-09 $19,723,000