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William J. Down — 8 Patents

GEGilbert Engineering: 6 patents #2 of 10Top 20%
LELrc Electronics: 1 patents #4 of 10Top 40%
Freeville, NY: #12 of 58 inventorsTop 25%
New York: #18,190 of 115,490 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
William J. Down has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Gilbert Engineering. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in June 1996. William J. Down ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list William J. Down in Freeville, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 1996Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1993.peak 21988: 1 patents19881991: 1 patents19911992: 1 patents19921993: 2 patents19931995: 2 patents19951996: 1 patents1996

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
5525076 Longitudinally compressible coaxial cable connector 1996-06-11
5466173 Longitudinally compressible coaxial cable connector 1995-11-14
D355641 Cable connector 1995-02-21
5273444 Tamper-resistant cable terminator system Robert D. Hayward 1993-12-28
5179877 Tamper-resistant cable terminator system Robert D. Hayward 1993-01-19
5141451 Securement means for coaxial cable connector 1992-08-25
5055060 Tamper-resistant cable terminator system Robert D. Hayward 1991-10-08
4738009 Coaxial cable tap Melvin Acker 1988-04-19