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William D. Hay — 5 Patents

Microsoft: 2 patents #17,644 of 40,388Top 45%
UTUpa Technology: 1 patents #4 of 13Top 35%
Peekskill, NY: #83 of 232 inventorsTop 40%
New York: #27,005 of 115,490 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
William D. Hay has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in December 2013. William D. Hay ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list William D. Hay in Peekskill, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1980.peak 21980: 2 patents19801982: 1 patents19822012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8612391 Creating and utilizing network restore points Daron Spektor, David Edward William Mercer 2013-12-17 $25,958,000
8117164 Creating and utilizing network restore points Daron Spektor, David Edward William Mercer 2012-02-14 $18,405,000
4343092 Probe guide and holder Robert O. Wahl, Raymond J. Prohaska 1982-08-10
4229652 Backscatter apparatus and method for measuring thickness of a continuously moving coated strip of substrate material Jacques Weinstock, Derek Lieber 1980-10-21
4190770 Backscatter instrument having indexing feature for measuring coating thickness of elements on a continuously moving web of substrate material James Stuart Saunders, Jacques Weinstock, Derek Lieber 1980-02-26