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William Bell — 7 Patents

KIKla Instruments: 1 patents #46 of 99Top 50%
Kla-Tencor: 1 patents #1,511 of 2,049Top 75%
San Jose, CA: #8,545 of 32,062 inventorsTop 30%
California: #83,669 of 386,348 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
William Bell has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Kla Instruments. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in May 2007. William Bell ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list William Bell in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2007Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1992.peak 21989: 1 patents19891992: 2 patents19921998: 1 patents19982001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents20022007: 1 patents2007

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7210721 Side mounted ladder rack for pick-up truck 2007-05-01
RE37740 Method and apparatus for optical inspection of substrates Curt H. Chadwick, Robert R. Sholes, John D. Greene, Francis D. Tucker, III, Michael E. Fein +2 more 2002-06-11
6223896 Carrying case with flexible shield for laptop computer Mayumi Hayashi, Masami Iizumi 2001-05-01
5755453 Trailer guide with an elevatable tube for viewing purposes 1998-05-26
5131755 Automatic high speed optical inspection system Curt H. Chadwick, Robert R. Sholes, John D. Greene, Francis D. Tucker, III, Michael E. Fein +2 more 1992-07-21
5085517 Automatic high speed optical inspection system Curt H. Chadwick, Robert R. Sholes, John D. Greene, Francis D. Tucker, III, Michael E. Fein +5 more 1992-02-04
4877326 Method and apparatus for optical inspection of substrates Curt H. Chadwick, Robert R. Sholes, John D. Greene, Francis D. Tucker, III, Michael E. Fein +2 more 1989-10-31 $1,918,000