Editing William Shockley (section)

==Patents==
Shockley was granted over ninety US patents.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Google Patents assignee:(Shockley William)|url=https://patents.google.com/?assignee=Shockley+William|access-date=December 12, 2020|website=patents.google.com}}</ref> Some notable ones are:
* {{patent|US|2502488|''Semiconductor Amplifier''.}} April 4, 1950; his first granted patent involving transistors.
* {{patent|US|2569347|''Circuit element utilizing semiconductive material''. }} September 25, 1951; His earliest applied for (June 26, 1948) patent involving transistors.
* {{patent|US|2655609|''Bistable Circuits''.}} October 13, 1953; Used in computers.
* {{patent|US|2787564|''Forming Semiconductive Devices by Ionic Bombardment''.}} April 2, 1957; The diffusion process for implantation of impurities.
* {{patent|US|3031275|''Process for Growing Single Crystals''.}} April 24, 1962; Improvements on process for production of basic materials.
* {{patent|US|3053635|''Method of Growing Silicon Carbide Crystals''.}} September 11, 1962; Exploring other semiconductors.