Inventor · Decatur, IL, US

William C. Hoffman

24Patents
11h-index
22Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: May 2, 1975 → Aug 21, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4090219A Liquid crystal sequential color display Physics 149 Expired
US5617154A Light filtering contact lens Physics 90 Expired
US4006968A Liquid crystal dot color display Electricity 80 Expired
US4349817A Liquid crystal display system using fiber optic faceplates Physics 66 Expired
US5846457A Light filtering contact lens method Physics 40 Expired
US4252397A Insulation piercing electric connector bonded to electric conductor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US4344668A Fiber optic light traps for electro-optical display devices Physics 31 Expired
US5517867A Liquid extraction apparatus Physics 23 Expired
US4733959A Apparatus and method for tinting hydrophilic contact lenses Physics 21 Expired
US4917371A Automatic document feeder and registration system therefor Physics 16 Expired
US4809969A Automatic document feeder and registration system therefor Physics 13 Expired
US4839200A Enhanced resolution ink jet printing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US4621799A Automatic document feeder and registration system therefor Physics 10 Expired
US5337640A Cutter blade assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US5440058A Method for separating compounds in process streams Human Necessities 7 Expired
US8153726B2 Highly oxygen permeable rigid contact lenses from polyacetylenes Physics 7 Active
US4725053A Automatic document feeder and registration system therefor Physics 6 Expired
US9174902B2 Removal of organic salts from bio-derived glycol products of polyol hydrogenolysis Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8846205B2 Hybrid strategies for reducing leaching of metal biocides from biodegradable substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US7740692B2 Wood preservative composition Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US8853459B2 Decolorization of amines Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US8105635B2 Post-impregnation treatments to improve distribution of metal biocides in an impregnated substrate Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US8124808B2 Transalkoxylation of nucleophilic compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US10399064B2 Rhenium recovery from used reductive amination catalysts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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