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Robert L. Williams — 29 Patents

General Motors: 8 patents #1,982 of 18,328Top 15%
Spotify Ab: 5 patents #106 of 529Top 25%
BNBoard Of Regents-Univ Of Nebraska: 3 patents #4 of 11Top 40%
OUOhio University: 2 patents #45 of 205Top 25%
ACAllied Consulting: 2 patents #297 of 1,310Top 25%
TUThe Texas A&M University: 1 patents #14 of 93Top 20%
BLBendix Limited: 1 patents #237 of 548Top 45%
Eden Prairie, MN: #84 of 1,491 inventorsTop 6%
Minnesota: #2,087 of 52,454 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Robert L. Williams has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in August 2024. Robert L. Williams ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Robert L. Williams in Eden Prairie, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2013.peak 31980: 1 patents19801983: 1 patents1984: 1 patents19841985: 2 patents1986: 1 patents19861994: 1 patents1996: 2 patents19961997: 1 patents1998: 2 patents19982004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052007: 1 patents2010: 2 patents20102012: 2 patents2013: 3 patents20132014: 2 patents2020: 1 patents20202023: 1 patents2024: 3 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12057114 Media content steering Bryan Roy, Philip Edmonds, Matthew Joseph Kane, Jennifer Thom-Santelli, Neha Kothari +6 more 2024-08-06 $185,494,000
11935526 Voice recognition system for use with a personal media streaming appliance Daniel Bromand, Richard Mitic, Horia Jurcut, Jennifer Thom-Santelli, Henriette Cramer +3 more 2024-03-19 $202,195,000
11935534 Voice recognition system for use with a personal media streaming appliance Daniel Bromand, Richard Mitic, Horia Jurcut, Jennifer Thom-Santelli, Henriette Cramer +3 more 2024-03-19 $202,195,000
11769532 Generation and distribution of a digital mixtape Henriette Cramer, Sarah Mennicken, Kurt Jacobson, Rohit Kumar, Henrik Lindström +2 more 2023-09-26 $281,127,000
10803864 Voice recognition system for use with a personal media streaming appliance Daniel Bromand, Richard Mitic, Horia Jurcut, Jennifer Thom-Santelli, Henriette Cramer +3 more 2020-10-13 $189,223,000
8755981 Real time compensation of changing friction characteristics of a clutch in a transmission Steven P. Moorman, Matthew D. Whitton 2014-06-17 $14,859,000
8721498 Method for crankshaft torque modification during transmission shifts using multiple torque actuators and control system for same Mark A. Schang, David Szpara 2014-05-13 $8,181,000
8606476 Closed-loop clutch control using a filtered piston position signal Matthew D. Whitton, Steven P. Moorman, Cheol W. Kim 2013-12-10 $5,499,000
8589042 System and method for adaptive transmission clutch torque control Matthew D. Whitton, Kurt Mitts, Daniel Deras 2013-11-19 $6,680,000
8579762 Negative torque upshift offgoing clutch control systems and methods Mark A Yacoub, Matthew D. Whitton, Craig J. Hawkins, Mark A. Schang, Christopher Jay Weingartz 2013-11-12 $9,193,000
8323150 Quick skip-at-sync control system and method Harinath Atmaram, Matthew D. Whitton, Mark A. Schang 2012-12-04 $7,440,000
8308611 Shift control systems and methods for an automatic transmission Shashikanth Rangaraju, Matthew D. Whitton 2012-11-13 $9,913,000
7753642 Apparatus and method associated with cable robot system Paul M. Bosscher 2010-07-13
7694606 Ergonomic wheelchair handle 2010-04-13
7212898 Method and apparatus for adaptive control of power-on skip through neutral downshifts Matthew D. Whitton 2007-05-01 $13,223,000
D500572 Decorative table lamp Thomas Linder 2005-01-04
D497275 Built-in wall cabinet Debra Williams 2004-10-19
5803203 Active scaffolding systems 1998-09-08
D394454 Page marking device Norman Williams 1998-05-19
5614072 Increased efficiency of electrophoretic separations by mobility matching Gyula Vigh, Yasir Y. Rawjee 1997-03-25
5514863 Return mail piece and method of marking the same 1996-05-07
5510608 Return mail piece and method of marking the same 1996-04-23
5324927 Return mail piece and method of marking the same 1994-06-28
4593464 Method of making a triaxial electrical connector Christopher Marks 1986-06-10 $4,203,000
4561188 Grade and slope attitude gyroscopic driven indicator for heavy earth moving equipment James R. Garrett 1985-12-31