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William Lucy — 6 Patents

IBM: 5 patents #18,770 of 70,183Top 30%
UFUS Air Force: 1 patents #6,232 of 16,312Top 40%
Durham, NC: #853 of 4,103 inventorsTop 25%
North Carolina: #8,673 of 45,564 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
William Lucy has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in February 2021. William Lucy ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list William Lucy in Durham, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2020.peak 31995: 1 patents19952019: 1 patents20192020: 3 patents20202021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10930100 Detecting unauthorized physical access via wireless electronic device identifiers Hank Ibell, John A. Feller, Christopher Meyer 2021-02-23 $3,028,000
10601784 Obscuring internet searches from external web service providers John A. Feller, Hank Ibell, Joseph Marrero Corchado 2020-03-24 $1,716,000
10601785 Obscuring internet searches from external web service providers John A. Feller, Hank Ibell, Joseph Marrero Corchado 2020-03-24 $1,716,000
10529152 Detecting unauthorized physical access via wireless electronic device identifiers Hank Ibell, John A. Feller, Christopher Meyer 2020-01-07 $1,754,000
10417845 Detecting unauthorized physical access via wireless electronic device identifiers Hank Ibell, John A. Feller, Christopher Meyer 2019-09-17 $3,647,000
5467728 Retractable bow diving plane for a submarine William F. Firman 1995-11-21