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American Needle
— 19 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#30,525
of
105,732
Top 30%
2
inventors
19
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2011
Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 1994.
peak 5
1994: 5 patents
1994
1995: 1 patents
1995
1999: 3 patents
1999
2000: 1 patents
2000
2001: 1 patents
2001
2002: 1 patents
2002
2007: 3 patents
2007
2008: 2 patents
2008
2009: 1 patents
2009
2011: 1 patents
2011
Top Inventors at American Needle
All Time
Showing
1–2
of
2
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Robert Kronenberger
11
2
Ronald Kronenberger
8
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