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William D. Lewis — 16 Patents

QUQuantum: 4 patents #101 of 703Top 15%
DEDigital Equipment: 3 patents #412 of 2,100Top 20%
IMImation: 1 patents #303 of 622Top 50%
IBM: 1 patents #44,878 of 70,183Top 65%
Irvine, CA: #648 of 6,241 inventorsTop 15%
California: #37,952 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
William D. Lewis has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at Quantum. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in October 2024. William D. Lewis ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list William D. Lewis in Irvine, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1993.peak 21985: 1 patents19851990: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911993: 2 patents1994: 1 patents19941995: 2 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2021: 2 patents20212023: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12130017 Multi-purpose grill system 2024-10-29
11802392 Coupler guard system 2023-10-31
10995477 Coupler guard system 2021-05-04
10926626 Hood guard Chris Lewis 2021-02-23
6315230 Tape reel assembly with washer guard for a data storage tape cartridge Carter J. Hansen 2001-11-13 $7,360,000
6050031 Apparatus and method for preventing unauthorized entry into a structure through an opening containing an air conditioner Joseph William Strasser, Jr. 2000-04-18
5666237 Method for mapping thermal asperities of a magnetic recording surface in data storage device 1997-09-09 $61,870,000
5537034 Method for mapping thermal asperities of a magnetic recording surface in data storage device 1996-07-16 $8,594,000
5448428 Phase locking a disk drive spindle to a reference signal William F. Even 1995-09-05 $4,140,000
5438464 Synchronization of multiple disk drive spindles William F. Even 1995-08-01 $12,557,000
5375020 Method and apparatus for writing or reading servo information Vinay Aggarwal, Bernardo Rub 1994-12-20 $17,519,000
5216655 Method and apparatus for surface reallocation for improved manufacturing process margin Patrick Hearn, Fernando A. Zayas, Antonios E. Prentakis 1993-06-01 $11,759,000
5184998 Corrugated cardboard or chipboard carton forming machine Kenneth H. Volk, Douglas A. Volk, Paul Voccia 1993-02-09
5031054 In-drive defect detector 1991-07-09 $31,683,000
4938351 Modular electrical component packaging system 1990-07-03 $21,510,000
4500294 Method and device for detecting dental cavities 1985-02-19