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Timothy R. Willis — 53 Patents

TETearscience: 27 patents #4 of 31Top 15%
AbbVie: 10 patents #215 of 1,308Top 20%
ETEternatear: 5 patents #1 of 2Top 50%
UNUnknown: 4 patents #4,220 of 83,584Top 6%
Raleigh, NC: #98 of 6,378 inventorsTop 2%
North Carolina: #512 of 45,564 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #48,528 of 4,157,543Top 2%
53 Patents All Time
Timothy R. Willis has been granted 53 US patents while listed as an inventor at Tearscience. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in September 2024. Timothy R. Willis ranks #48,528 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list Timothy R. Willis in Raleigh, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2011.peak 61988: 1 patents19881989: 2 patents1990: 1 patents1991: 2 patents19911992: 3 patents1993: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042006: 1 patents2011: 6 patents2012: 6 patents20122013: 4 patents2014: 3 patents2015: 3 patents20152017: 2 patents2018: 1 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 3 patents2022: 2 patents20222023: 4 patents2024: 4 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 53 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12090042 Intraocular lenses (IOLs) and related assemblies and intraocular attachment methods Steven Bacich 2024-09-17
12005139 Ophthalmic formulations and related methods Ralph P. Stone 2024-06-11
11964047 Ophthalmic formulations and related methods Ralph P. Stone 2024-04-23
11957702 Ophthalmic suspension vehicles and related methods for pharmaceutical ingredient delivery Ralph P. Stone 2024-04-16
11771714 Ophthalmic suspension vehicles and related methods for pharmaceutical ingredient delivery Ralph P. Stone 2023-10-03
11752167 Ophthalmic suspension vehicles and related methods for pharmaceutical ingredient delivery Ralph P. Stone 2023-09-12
11679079 Ophthalmic formulations and related methods Ralph P. Stone 2023-06-20
11679078 Ophthalmic formulations and related methods Ralph P. Stone 2023-06-20
11471475 Ophthalmic suspension vehicles and related methods for pharmaceutical ingredient delivery Ralph P. Stone 2022-10-18
11278493 Ophthalmic formulations providing durable ocular lubrication Ralph P. Stone 2022-03-22
10980413 Apparatuses and methods for determining tear film break-up time and/or for detecting lid margin contact and blink rates, particularly for diagnosing, measuring, and/or analyzing dry eye conditions and symptoms Donald R. Korb, Stephen M. Grenon, Caroline Blackie, Steve Bacich 2021-04-20
10940074 Melting meibomian gland obstructions Stephen M. Grenon, Omer Jack Barrier, David L. Foshee, Donald R. Korb 2021-03-09
10905898 Methods and apparatuses for treating gland dysfunction Stephen M. Grenon, Donald R. Korb, Benjamin T. Gravely 2021-02-02
10695166 Intraocular lenses (IOLs) and related assemblies and intraocular attachment methods Steven Bacich 2020-06-30
10413174 Apparatuses and methods for determining tear film break-up time and/or for detecting lid margin contact and blink rates, particularly for diagnosing, measuring, and/or analyzing dry eye conditions and symptoms Donald R. Korb, Stephen M. Grenon, Caroline Blackie, Steve Bacich 2019-09-17
10376273 Methods and apparatuses for treatment of meibomian glands Donald R. Korb, Stephen M. Grenon 2019-08-13
9913678 Methods, apparatuses, and systems for reducing intraocular pressure as a means of preventing or treating open-angle glaucoma Beth Friedland, Donald R. Korb, Steve Grenon, John Martin Jans, Keith Gausmann 2018-03-13
9719977 Methods and systems for treating meibomian gland dysfunction using radio-frequency energy Donald R. Korb, Stephen M. Grenon, Benjamin T. Gravely, Steven Bacich 2017-08-01
9545197 Apparatuses and methods for determining tear film break-up time and/or for detecting lid margin contact and blink rates, particulary for diagnosing, measuring, and/or analyzing dry eye conditions and symptoms Donald R. Korb, Stephen M. Grenon, Caroline Blackie, Steve Bacich 2017-01-17
9216028 Apparatuses for treatment of meibomian glands Donald R. Korb, Stephen M. Grenon 2015-12-22
9060843 Method and apparatus for treating gland dysfunction employing heated medium Stephen M. Grenon, Donald R. Korb, Benjamin T. Gravely 2015-06-23
8950405 Treatment of obstructive disorders of the eye or eyelid Stephen M. Grenon, Donald R. Korb 2015-02-10
8915253 Method and apparatus for treating gland dysfunction employing heated medium Stephen M. Grenon, Donald R. Korb, Benjamin T. Gravely 2014-12-23
8685073 Apparatus for treating meibomian gland dysfunction Donald R. Korb, Benjamin T. Gravely 2014-04-01
8632578 System for providing heat treatment and heat loss reduction for treating meibomian gland dysfunction Donald R. Korb, Stephen M. Grenon, John Martin Jans 2014-01-21