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William Ford — 30 Patents

Sony: 29 patents #1,235 of 25,231Top 5%
MCMurata Manufacturing Co.: 2 patents #2,631 of 5,295Top 50%
Stuttgart, DE: #117 of 5,983 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
William Ford has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in September 2024. William Ford ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list William Ford in Stuttgart, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2012.peak 42004: 3 patents20042005: 2 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 2 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 3 patents20102011: 3 patents2012: 4 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents2017: 1 patents20172019: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12095038 Secondary battery Qiaoshu Hu, Takumi HIASA, Kazumasa TAKESHI, Graham SANDFORD, Joshua WALTON +7 more 2024-09-17
11968895 N and P active materials for organic photoelectric conversion layers in organic photodiodes Silvia Rosselli, David Danner, Tzenka Miteva, Gabriele Nelles, Vitor Deichmann +4 more 2024-04-23 $747,000
11770974 P active materials for organic photoelectric conversion layers in organic photodiodes Silvia Rosselli, Nikolaus Knorr, Anthony Roberts, Tzenka Miteva, Gabriele Nelles +5 more 2023-09-26 $934,000
11005126 Electrolytic solution for secondary battery, secondary battery, battery pack, electric vehicle, electric power storage system, electric power tool, and electronic device Takumi HIASA, Toru Odani, Kazumasa TAKESHI, Tadahiko Kubota, Nadejda Krasteva +5 more 2021-05-11
10790454 N and P active materials for organic photoelectric conversion layers in organic photodiodes Silvia Rosselli, David Danner, Tzenka Miteva, Gabriele Nelles, Vitor Deichmann +4 more 2020-09-29 $956,000
10464935 Specific N and P active materials for organic photoelectric conversion layers in organic photodiodes Silvia Rosselli, Nikolaus Knorr, Tzenka Miteva, Gabriele Nelles, Vitor Deichmann +4 more 2019-11-05 $703,000
9701629 Use of dithiocarbamate esters and bis-dithiocarbamate esters in the preparation of organic-inorganic nanocomposites Heinz-Georg Nothofer, Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2017-07-11 $442,000
9299932 Solid-state assembly of layers and an electric device comprising such assembly Deqing Gao, Florian Von Wrochem, Garbiele Nelles 2016-03-29 $520,000
8691392 Junctions comprising molecular bilayers for the use in electronic devices Jurina Wessels, Florian Von Wrochem, Bjoern Luessem, Deqing Gao, Heinz-Georg Nothofer 2014-04-08 $173,000
RE44510 Multifunctional linker molecules for tuning electronic charge transport through organic-inorganic composite structures and uses thereof Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2013-09-24
8299227 Method of immobilizing and stretching a nucleic acid on a substrate Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2012-10-30
8227582 Production of platinum particle nucleic acid composite comprising subnanometer size particles Jurina Wessels, Oliver Harnack, Akio Yasuda 2012-07-24 $76,000
8173842 Multifunctional linker molecules for tuning electronic charge transport through organic-inorganic composite structures and uses thereof Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2012-05-08 $120,000
8092899 Method of activating a silicon surface for subsequent patterning of molecules onto said surface Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2012-01-10 $123,000
8057901 Composite materials comprising carbon nanotubes and metal carbonates Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda, Jack Barger 2011-11-15 $192,000
8058002 Method of immobilizing and stretching a nucleic acid on a substrate Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2011-11-15 $192,000
7923576 Multifunctional linker molecules for tuning electronic charge transport through organic-inorganic composite structures and uses thereof Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2011-04-12 $279,000
7854914 Soluble carbon nanotubes Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2010-12-21 $568,000
7785901 Method of attaching hydrophilic species to hydrophilic macromolecules and immobilizing the hydrophilic macromolecules on a hydrophobic surface Oliver Harnack, Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2010-08-31 $286,000
7642541 Functional device and method of manufacturing it Eriko Matsui, Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda, Ryuichiro Maruyama, Tsuyonobu Hatazawa 2010-01-05 $807,000
7531157 Soluble carbon nanotubes Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2009-05-12 $906,000
7427477 Method of activating a silicon surface for subsequent patterning of molecules onto said surface Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2008-09-23 $1,273,000
7276172 Method for preparing a nanowire crossbar structure and use of a structure prepared by this method Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2007-10-02 $1,178,000
7211439 Selective chemical sensors based on interlinked nanoparticle assemblies Tobias Vossmeyer, Isabelle Besnard, Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2007-05-01 $1,058,000
7030271 Multifunctional linker molecules for tuning electronic charge transport through organic-inorganic composite structures and uses thereof Jurina Wessels, Akio Yasuda 2006-04-18 $1,052,000