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Michael Welch — 7 Patents

Sony: 4 patents #9,005 of 25,231Top 40%
OTOnwafer Technologies: 1 patents #6 of 7Top 90%
Disney: 1 patents #4,015 of 6,686Top 65%
Kla-Tencor: 1 patents #1,638 of 2,049Top 80%
Orlando, FL: #529 of 4,387 inventorsTop 15%
Florida: #7,971 of 67,251 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Michael Welch has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in July 2025. Michael Welch ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Michael Welch in Orlando, FL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2007.peak 22007: 2 patents20072008: 2 patents20082009: 2 patents20092025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12346127 Simulating an operation of a control system of a ride system based on stochastic events Michael Tschanz, Jose CORPUZ 2025-07-01
7580767 Methods of and apparatuses for maintenance, diagnosis, and optimization of processes Paul MacDonald, Michiel V. P. Krüger, Mason L. Freed, Costas J. Spanos 2009-08-25 $17,907,000
7483692 System and method of predicting user input to a mobile terminal Robert A. Zak, Peter M. Mangum, Paul H. Nichols, Myra Rice 2009-01-27 $556,000
7403743 System and method to unlock hidden multimedia content 2008-07-22 $1,900,000
7340263 Methods and apparatus for displaying textual data embedded in broadcast media signals 2008-03-04 $1,051,000
7303129 Method and device to scan an object and perform selected functions related thereto 2007-12-04 $1,165,000
7299148 Methods and apparatus for low distortion parameter measurements Dean Hunt, Costas J. Spanos, Kameshwar Poolla, Mason L. Freed 2007-11-20