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William Rickman — 12 Patents

GTGlobal Algae Technology: 6 patents #2 of 4Top 50%
OSOgden Environmental Services: 3 patents #1 of 8Top 15%
GAGeneral Atomics: 1 patents #154 of 350Top 45%
Lebanon, TN: #7 of 99 inventorsTop 8%
Tennessee: #1,515 of 20,272 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
William Rickman has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Global Algae Technology. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in September 2025. William Rickman ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list William Rickman in Lebanon, TN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1990.peak 21988: 1 patents19881990: 2 patents19902004: 1 patents20042019: 2 patents20192021: 1 patents20212023: 2 patents20232024: 1 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12426556 Systems and methods for algae cultivation using direct air capture David A. Hazlebeck, Paul Hazlebeck 2025-09-30
12371654 Biological and algae harvesting and cultivation systems and methods David A. Hazlebeck 2025-07-29
11952567 Biological and algae harvesting and cultivation systems and methods David A. Hazlebeck 2024-04-09
11767501 Biological and algae harvesting and cultivation systems and methods David A. Hazlebeck 2023-09-26
11680242 Biological and algae harvesting and cultivation systems and methods David A. Hazlebeck 2023-06-20
10934520 Biological and algae harvesting and cultivation systems and methods David A. Hazlebeck 2021-03-02
10501721 Biological and algae harvesting and cultivation systems and methods David A. Hazlebeck, Rodney Corpuz 2019-12-10
10351815 Biological and algae harvesting and cultivation systems and methods David A. Hazlebeck 2019-07-16
6709602 Process for hydrothermal treatment of materials Michael H. Spritzer, Niles W. Johanson, Glenn T. Hong 2004-03-23
4973464 Method for the removal of cyanides from spent potlinings from aluminum manufacture 1990-11-27 $6,301,000
4946026 Residue removal system for a conveyor assembly 1990-08-07 $5,525,000
4763585 Method for the combustion of spent potlinings from the manufacture of aluminum James L. Kaae, Bernard W. Gamson 1988-08-16 $9,029,000