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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Brian Williams — 10 Patents

Illinois Tool Works: 2 patents #2,189 of 4,311Top 55%
SLSmiths Industries Public Limited: 1 patents #59 of 171Top 35%
TSTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.: 1 patents #662 of 1,364Top 50%
TLTransocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited: 1 patents #39 of 65Top 60%
Simpsonville, SC: #176 of 1,013 inventorsTop 20%
South Carolina: #1,498 of 15,501 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Brian Williams has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Illinois Tool Works. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in January 2025. Brian Williams ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Brian Williams in Simpsonville, SC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2016.peak 21991: 1 patents19911993: 1 patents19932013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents20142016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents20182023: 1 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12195215 Method for synchronizing a container carrier applicating machine William Roe, Christopher J. Samaras 2025-01-14
11772834 Method for synchronizing a container carrier applicating machine William Roe, Christopher J. Samaras 2023-10-03 $43,439,000
10040586 Package grouping unit with package linear speed reduction Jon Paul Laskis, Mathias N. Coulomb, Giorgio Santoni, Alessandro Morselli, Slobodan Milosevic +1 more 2018-08-07
9771771 Blowout preventer test joint assembly for testing variable bore rams, shear rams and annulars Gregory LaFleur 2017-09-26
9506312 Blowout preventer test joint assembly, for testing variable bore rams, shear rams, and annulars Gregory LaFleur 2016-11-29
9470082 Blowout-preventer-stack one-trip test tool and method Gregory LaFleur 2016-10-18
8684092 System and method for providing additional blowout preventer control redundancy Scott McGrath 2014-04-01
8376051 System and method for providing additional blowout preventer control redundancy Scott McGrath 2013-02-19
5260645 Power supplies David Addison 1993-11-09
D318806 Digital clock 1991-08-06