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Billy E. Inman — 5 Patents

SISpencer Wright Induatries: 3 patents #8 of 40Top 20%
MRMilliken Research: 2 patents #90 of 275Top 35%
Chattanooga, TN: #77 of 608 inventorsTop 15%
Tennessee: #3,760 of 20,272 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Billy E. Inman has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Spencer Wright Induatries. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in December 1984. Billy E. Inman ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Billy E. Inman in Chattanooga, TN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 1984Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1981.peak 21980: 1 patents19801981: 2 patents19811984: 2 patents1984

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
4487140 Method to replace looper elements — 1984-12-11
4477957 Method to replace looper elements — 1984-10-23
4285287 Apparatus for shifting tufting machine needle bar — 1981-08-25
4285288 Tufting apparatus for preventing sew-thru and tagging Wheeler E. Phillips 1981-08-25
4185569 Method and apparatus for tufting even level cut pile and loop pile in the same row of stitching — 1980-01-29

Frequent Collaborators

Wheeler E. Phillips1 shared

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