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William J. Patrick — 6 Patents

IBM: 6 patents #16,491 of 70,183Top 25%
Fishkill, NY: #132 of 387 inventorsTop 35%
New York: #23,374 of 115,490 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
William J. Patrick has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in September 1990. William J. Patrick ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list William J. Patrick in Fishkill, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1984 to 1990Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1988.peak 21984: 1 patents19841987: 1 patents19871988: 2 patents19881990: 2 patents1990

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
4954142 Method of chemical-mechanical polishing an electronic component substrate and polishing slurry therefor Jeffrey Carr, Lawrence D. David, William L. Guthrie, Frank B. Kaufman, Kenneth P. Rodbell +2 more 1990-09-04 $15,163,000
4944836 Chem-mech polishing method for producing coplanar metal/insulator films on a substrate Klaus D. Beyer, William L. Guthrie, Stanley R. Makarewicz, Eric Mendel, Kathleen Anne Perry +4 more 1990-07-31 $17,895,000
4789648 Method for producing coplanar multi-level metal/insulator films on a substrate and for forming patterned conductive lines simultaneously with stud vias Melanie M. Chow, John Cronin, William L. Guthrie, Carter W. Kaanta, Barbara Luther +2 more 1988-12-06 $14,999,000
4717596 Method for vacuum vapor deposition with improved mass flow control Steven G. Barbee, Gregory P. Devine, Gerard Seeley 1988-01-05 $34,804,000
4640221 Vacuum deposition system with improved mass flow control Steven G. Barbee, Gregory P. Devine, Gerard Seeley 1987-02-03 $35,250,000
4437922 Method for tailoring oxygen precipitate particle density and distribution silicon wafers Bernard K. Bischoff, Thomas H. Strudwick 1984-03-20 $18,183,000