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William L. Fontenot — 15 Patents

SOSofec: 7 patents #5 of 39Top 15%
FMFmc: 7 patents #146 of 1,735Top 9%
CTCooper Technologies: 1 patents #755 of 757Top 100%
Houston, TX: #1,432 of 21,073 inventorsTop 7%
Texas: #9,849 of 125,132 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
William L. Fontenot has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sofec. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in May 2022. William L. Fontenot ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list William L. Fontenot in Houston, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11319030 In situ turret bearing remediation and assembly Stephen P. Lindblade, Miles A. Hobdy, David M. Seaman, Patrick R. Thornberry 2022-05-03
10538291 In situ turret bearing remediation and assembly Stephen P. Lindblade, Miles A. Hobdy, David M. Seaman, Patrick R. Thornberry 2020-01-21
10046834 Replaceable element roller bearing assembly Stephen P. Lindblade 2018-08-14
8950349 Replaceable roller bearing Stephen P. Lindblade, James Nelson Pratt 2015-02-10
8671864 Turret bearing structure for vessels Stephen P. Lindblade, Caspar Heyl 2014-03-18
7421967 Mooring apparatus and method Yonghui Liu, Stephen P. Lindblade, Brent A. Salyer 2008-09-09
7325508 Dual-axis chain support assembly L. Terry Boatman, Roger D. Mickan 2008-02-05
6925890 Anchor chain load measurement arrangement 2005-08-09 $5,725,000
6763862 Submerged flowline termination at a single point mooring buoy Charles A. Zimmermann 2004-07-20 $11,883,000
6688348 Submerged flowline termination buoy with direct connection to shuttle tanker 2004-02-10 $5,719,000
6631745 Riser pull-in method and apparatus Charles Garnero, Brent A. Salyer, Stephen P. Lindblade, L. Terry Boatman 2003-10-14 $9,821,000
6439146 Mooring tube assembly with swivel mounted chain support David M. Seaman, Humphrey C. Han, Martin Krafft 2002-08-27 $2,819,000
6347598 Uplift spring assembly to compensate for hull deflection at main bearing of a mooring turret Miles A. Hobdy, L. Terry Boatman 2002-02-19 $7,009,000
6263822 Radial elastomeric spring arrangement to compensate for hull deflection at main bearing of a mooring turret Miles A. Hobdy, L. Terry Boatman 2001-07-24 $14,116,000
5184681 Telescoping riser joint and improved packer therefor 1993-02-09 $35,905,000