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Billy Hinners — 7 Patents

SUSunrun: 7 patents #2 of 18Top 15%
San Rafael, CA: #159 of 869 inventorsTop 20%
California: #83,669 of 386,348 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Billy Hinners has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sunrun. The first was granted in 2015 and the most recent in July 2022. Billy Hinners ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Billy Hinners in San Rafael, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2015 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2019.peak 22015: 1 patents20152019: 2 patents20192020: 2 patents20202022: 2 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11386512 Systems and methods for generating permit sets Gary Wayne, Charles R. Buhler, John Hovell, Zachary Richard Campau, Jacob Wachman +2 more 2022-07-12 $46,573,000
11387776 Method and system for optimizing the configuration of a solar power system Gary Wayne 2022-07-12 $46,573,000
10635755 Method and system for optimizing the configuration of a solar power system Gary Wayne 2020-04-28 $22,835,000
10566927 Method and system for optimizing the configuration of a solar power system Gary Wayne 2020-02-18 $28,698,000
10460360 Technique for pricing a solar power system Gary Wayne, John Hovell, Charles R. Buhler, Jake WACHMAN 2019-10-29 $20,159,000
10204183 Method and system for generating multiple configurations for a solar power system Gary Wayne 2019-02-12 $21,924,000
9201987 Method and system for generating multiple configurations for a solar power system Gary Wayne 2015-12-01 $14,214,000