Inventor

William B. Black

Inventor
Eagan, MN, US

Overview

20→
Patents
1977–2020
Patent span
Performing operations
Primary field (CPC B)

Patents· 20 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

Y10Tprimary
Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification20%
G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus15%
B32BLayered products, i.e. products built-up of strata of flat or non-flat, e.g. cellular or honeycomb, form13%
D01DMechanical methods or apparatus in the manufacture of artificial filaments, threads, fibres, bristles or ribbons13%
D01FChemical features in the manufacture of artificial filaments, threads, fibres, bristles or ribbons10%
B29DProducing particular articles from plastics or from substances in a plastic state5%
B41MPrinting, duplicating, marking, or copying processes5%
F27DDetails or accessories of furnaces, kilns, ovens or retorts, in so far as they are of kinds occurring in more than one kind of furnace5%
A61BDiagnosis3%
B42DBooks3%

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1980–1988Patents assigned to MONSANTO CO (4)· patent assignee history
1980–1988Based in Pensacola, FL, US· patent location history
1985–1988Patents assigned to CELANESE CORP (3)· patent assignee history
1988Based in Bridge of Weir, GB· patent location history
1988Based in Sale, GB· patent location history
2008–2020Patents assigned to 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO (8)· patent assignee history
2008–2020Based in Eagan, MN, US· patent location history
2012–2018Patents assigned to BLACK WILLIAM B (4)· patent assignee history
2012Based in Stone Mountain, GA, US· patent location history
2013–2018Patents assigned to WEBER MICHAEL F (3)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO82008–2020
BLACK WILLIAM Bself42012–2018
MONSANTO CO41980–1988
CELANESE CORP31985–1988
WEBER MICHAEL F32013–2018
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Eagan, Minnesota, US82008–2020
Pensacola, Florida, US71980–1988
Bridge of Weir, GB21988
Stone Mountain, Georgia, US12012
Sale, GB11988