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William C. Welch — 7 Patents

NVIDIA: 3 patents #2,179 of 7,811Top 30%
UPUniversity Of Pittsburgh: 2 patents #465 of 1,817Top 30%
ZSZimmer Spine: 2 patents #96 of 192Top 50%
SSSulzer Spine-Tech: 1 patents #13 of 25Top 55%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
Lancaster, PA: #160 of 963 inventorsTop 20%
Pennsylvania: #11,887 of 74,527 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
William C. Welch has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at NVIDIA. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in October 2009. William C. Welch ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list William C. Welch in Lancaster, PA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2009Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1995.peak 31995: 3 patents19951999: 1 patents19992003: 1 patents20032006: 1 patents20062009: 1 patents2009

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7597695 Posterior oblique lumbar arthrodesis Daniel G. Schmiel, Rodney L. Houfburg, Daniel McPhillips 2009-10-06 $91,309,000
7033392 Posterior oblique lumbar arthrodesis Daniel G. Schmiel, Rodney L. Houfburg, Daniel McPhillips 2006-04-25 $39,548,000
6626905 Posterior oblique lumbar arthrodesis Daniel G. Schmiel, Rodney L. Houfburg, Daniel McPhillips 2003-09-30
5931517 WCW trench cleaner 1999-08-03
5437898 Ceramic veneer composite structure John S. Forry, Thomas C. Simonton, Jerome D. Wisnosky 1995-08-01 $6,324,000
5418041 Method of applying a ceramic image to a complex ceramic article Raymond C. Kent, Terry N. Tice 1995-05-23 $5,697,000
5411791 Ceramic veneer composite structure John S. Forry, Thomas C. Simonton, Jerome D. Wisnosky 1995-05-02 $10,203,000