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Continental Industries
— 29 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#20,859
of
105,732
Top 20%
23
inventors
29
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2012
Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2003.
peak 3
1985: 2 patents
1985
1989: 1 patents
1992: 1 patents
1992
1994: 1 patents
1996: 1 patents
1996
1997: 1 patents
1998: 2 patents
1998
1999: 2 patents
2000: 2 patents
2000
2001: 1 patents
2002: 1 patents
2002
2003: 3 patents
2004: 3 patents
2004
2005: 1 patents
2007: 1 patents
2007
2008: 1 patents
2010: 1 patents
2010
2011: 3 patents
2012: 1 patents
2012
Top Inventors at Continental Industries
All Time
Showing
1–23
of
23
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Donald W. Wartluft
8
2
Gerald D. Haynes
5
3
David Lewis Lofton
4
#4
Timothy F. Wood
3
#5
David E. Bentley
2
#5
James Quintus
2
#5
Steven Mihojevich
2
#5
Thomas R. Dosmann
2
#9
Cary Mans
1
#9
Abraham B. Contreras
1
#9
Brian E. Davidson
1
#9
David S. Jordan
1
#9
David Leiter
1
#9
Dan Wilson
1
#9
Eldon W. Morain
1
#9
Gabriel J. Gassner
1
#9
John T. Williamson
1
#9
Kevin Dewayne Jones
1
#9
Mike Clark
1
#9
Ronald B. Cohen
1
#9
Tim Wood
1
#9
Wayne Wallen
1
#9
William J. Morrissey
1
Most Valuable Patents
Patent
Est. Value
Year
Plastic pipe coupler with internal sealer
$2M
1997
One piece air diffuser
$2M
1989
Pipe coupler device
$1M
1996
Latch and lock assembly
$1M
1985
Plastic pipe coupler
$1M
1994
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