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Gerald C. Bird — 7 Patents

3M: 6 patents #2,542 of 11,543Top 25%
Round Rock, TX: #475 of 1,915 inventorsTop 25%
Texas: #21,608 of 125,132 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Gerald C. Bird has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in January 1999. Gerald C. Bird ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Gerald C. Bird in Round Rock, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 1999Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1992.peak 21989: 1 patents19891992: 2 patents19921997: 1 patents19971998: 2 patents19981999: 1 patents1999

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5857572 Component carrier tape Steven J. Flynn, David L. Vall 1999-01-12
5851664 Semiconductor wafer processing adhesives and tapes Richard E. Bennett, Mark K. Nestegard, Eleanor Rudin 1998-12-22 $15,100,000
5729963 Component carrier tape 1998-03-24 $24,255,000
5648136 Component carrier tape 1997-07-15 $17,669,000
5150787 Component carrier tape Paul E. Hansen 1992-09-29 $9,936,000
5132160 Component carrier tape 1992-07-21 $10,584,000
4812948 Shoe grounding strap Orville M. Wiste 1989-03-14 $11,505,000