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William Allen Yates — 11 Patents

IEInterlink Electronics: 8 patents #6 of 45Top 15%
MUMichigan Technological University: 2 patents #22 of 94Top 25%
HAHughes Aircraft: 1 patents #1,260 of 2,963Top 45%
Calumet, MI: #2 of 30 inventorsTop 7%
Michigan: #8,574 of 86,293 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
William Allen Yates has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Interlink Electronics. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in November 2004. William Allen Yates ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list William Allen Yates in Calumet, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6820804 Method and system for performing a purchase transaction using a remote control and a television Jack Segal, Steven B. Branton 2004-11-23 $1,842,000
6765557 Remote control having touch pad to screen mapping Jack Segal, Steven B. Branton, Jeff Mossontte 2004-07-20 $1,714,000
6750803 Transformer remote control Jack Segal, Eric P. Rose 2004-06-15 $1,890,000
6538643 Remote control having a touch pad operable in a pad-to-screen mapping mode for highlighting preselected parts of a slide displayed on a display screen Tamio Mori 2003-03-25 $530,000
6396523 Home entertainment device remote control Jack Segal, Steven B. Branton, Jeff Mossontte 2002-05-28 $1,214,000
D448358 Remote control James Dexter Tickle, Michael R. Smither, Steven B. Branton, Jack Segal 2001-09-25
6225976 Remote computer input peripheral Michael R. Smither, Jack Segal, Steven B. Branton, James Dexter Tickle, John K. Martinelli 2001-05-01 $2,044,000
D390211 Combined computer control and touch pad Michael R. Smither, Jack Segal, James Dexter Tickle 1998-02-03
5318383 Closed-loop automated waste processing system and method Jon N. Leonard 1994-06-07
5142994 Pallet and apparatus for forming a pallet with deep drawn legs L. Bogue Sandberg, Bruce A. Haataja, Douglas C. Jurmu, Robert D. Palardy, Frank H. Story 1992-09-01
4790966 Method for forming a pallet with deep drawn legs L. Bogue Sandberg, Bruce A. Haataja, Douglas C. Jurmu, Robert D. Palardy, Frank H. Story 1988-12-13