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William Wells — 23 Patents

SUSurefire: 21 patents #7 of 61Top 15%
VAVarian: 2 patents #151 of 684Top 25%
Brooks Road, CA: #37 of 1,361 inventorsTop 3%
California: #24,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
William Wells has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Surefire. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in June 2025. William Wells ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list William Wells in Brooks Road, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12326240 Selectively attachable lighting devices and methods Andrew Castañeda 2025-06-10
11448371 Lighting device power control circuit systems and methods William A. Hunt 2022-09-20
D927050 Lighting device mount 2021-08-03
10948266 Attachable weapon light Loc Nguyen 2021-03-16
D885510 Lighting device Loc Nguyen 2020-05-26
D781983 Lighting device 2017-03-21
9551550 Rail mountable device 2017-01-24
9476672 Accessory mounting hand guard for firearm Michael D. Picciotta, George Syrengelas, Lance Graham 2016-10-25
D745209 Lighting device bezel Michael D. Picciotta 2015-12-08
9127906 Accessory mounting hand guard for firearm Michael D. Picciotta, George Syrengelas, Lance Graham 2015-09-08
D733246 Weapon attachment Michael D. Picciotta 2015-06-30
D732134 Lighting device 2015-06-16
8944626 Lighting device with switchable light sources John W. Matthews, Michael D. Picciotta 2015-02-03
D712001 Lighting device 2014-08-26
D709158 Lighting device 2014-07-15
D708694 Hand guard Michael D. Picciotta, George Syrengelas 2014-07-08
8182109 Lighting device with switchable light sources John W. Matthews, Michael D. Picciotta 2012-05-22
8147089 Switchable light sources John W. Matthews, Michael D. Picciotta 2012-04-03
7926218 Laser aiming apparatus using a rocker John W. Matthews, Paul Y. Kim 2011-04-19
D628323 Lighting device John W. Matthews 2010-11-30
D628324 Lighting device John W. Matthews 2010-11-30
4698509 High speed pattern generator for electron beam lithography David Robinson, Richard M. DeLuca, Eric D. Burwen 1987-10-06 $6,134,000
4424450 Hybrid moving stage and rastered electron beam lithography system employing approximate correction circuit Billy W. Ward 1984-01-03 $10,126,000