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William J. Major — 5 Patents

UNUnknown: 4 patents #4,220 of 83,584Top 6%
Walnut Creek, CA: #345 of 1,300 inventorsTop 30%
California: #107,996 of 386,348 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
William J. Major has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Unknown. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in June 2009. William J. Major ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list William J. Major in Walnut Creek, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2009Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1989.peak 11989: 1 patents19891990: 1 patents19901991: 1 patents19912007: 1 patents20072009: 1 patents2009

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7540689 Counterweight system 2009-06-02
7163306 Book spine mounted book light William R. Major 2007-01-16
5038666 Automatic firearm 1991-08-13
4972617 Automatic firearm 1990-11-27
4889032 Automatic firearm 1989-12-26