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James E. Engel — 14 Patents

The Boeing: 11 patents #911 of 15,756Top 6%
Newport Beach, CA: #159 of 1,653 inventorsTop 10%
California: #43,920 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
James E. Engel has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at The Boeing. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in November 2021. James E. Engel ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list James E. Engel in Newport Beach, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2013.peak 21987: 1 patents19871997: 1 patents19972011: 1 patents20112013: 2 patents20132014: 1 patents20142016: 2 patents20162017: 2 patents20172019: 2 patents20192020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11161380 Device to align a trailer coupler to a hitch ball 2021-11-02
10613041 System and method for quantifying x-ray backscatter system performance Matthew T. Grimshaw, Talion Edwards, Gary E. Georgeson, Daniel J. Wright, Morteza Safai +3 more 2020-04-07 $35,668,000
10436724 System and method for quantifying X-ray backscatter system performance Matthew T. Grimshaw, Talion Edwards, Gary E. Georgeson, Daniel J. Wright, Morteza Safai +3 more 2019-10-08 $43,415,000
10317349 X-ray scatter systems and methods for detecting structural variations Gary E. Georgeson, Morteza Safai 2019-06-11 $34,162,000
9851312 Backscatter inspection systems, and related methods William Talion Edwards, Gary E. Georgeson, Morteza Safai 2017-12-26 $29,422,000
9709514 X-ray backscatter system and method for detecting discrepancies in items William Talion Edwards, Gary E. Georgeson 2017-07-18 $16,816,000
9398676 System and method for quantifying X-ray backscatter system performance Matthew T. Grimshaw, Talion Edwards, Gary E. Georgeson, Daniel J. Wright, Morteza Safai +3 more 2016-07-19 $16,477,000
9305344 Method for improving linear feature detectability in digital images Gary E. Georgeson, Morteza Safai, William Talion Edwards, Matthew T. Grimshaw, Yuan-Jye Wu 2016-04-05 $15,165,000
8828538 Thick doped adhesive tape to enhance backscatter X-ray detectability Chin H. Toh 2014-09-09 $33,718,000
8542876 Methods and systems for enhancing backscatter X-ray foreign object debris detection Rodney S. Wright, Chin H. Toh, William Talion Edwards 2013-09-24 $21,280,000
8366848 Thick doped adhesive tape to enhance backscatter X-ray detectability Chin H. Toh 2013-02-05 $14,717,000
7983387 Method and system to predict detectability and identify foreign objects Chin H. Toh, Rodney S. Wright 2011-07-19 $15,939,000
5643182 Roller massager 1997-07-01
4714275 Toy sticker collection album and collectible stickers therefor Sidney Diamond 1987-12-22