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Bruce E. Chester — 9 Patents

3M: 9 patents #1,781 of 11,543Top 20%
Irvine, CA: #1,127 of 6,241 inventorsTop 20%
California: #67,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Bruce E. Chester has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in November 1998. Bruce E. Chester ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Bruce E. Chester in Irvine, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5836444 Pouch for orthodontic appliance Kenneth E. Hoevel, Gregory D. Crowe 1998-11-17 $18,961,000
5762192 Packaging curable materials Dwight W. Jacobs, Kenneth E. Hoevel 1998-06-09 $12,619,000
5655653 Pouch for orthodontic appliance 1997-08-12 $18,597,000
5636736 Packaging curable materials Dwight W. Jacobs, Kenneth E. Hoevel 1997-06-10 $25,683,000
5538129 Package for adhesive precoated dental appliance James D. Cleary, Evangelos G. Georgakis, Russell A. Jordan, Kenneth E. Hoevel, Randall E. Adam 1996-07-23 $12,128,000
5429229 Packaged dental article Kenneth E. Hoevel, Dwight W. Jacobs, Lawrence G. Brusby, Evangelos G. Georgakis 1995-07-04
5350059 Dental dispensing system James D. Cleary 1994-09-27 $5,855,000
5348154 Packaging curable materials Dwight W. Jacobs, Kenneth E. Hoevel 1994-09-20 $10,099,000
5328363 Packaged dental article Kenneth E. Hoevel, Dwight W. Jacobs, Lawrence G. Brusby, Evangelos G. Georgakis 1994-07-12 $7,093,000