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Edward E. Ross — 12 Patents

DMDel Monte: 9 patents #1 of 67Top 2%
AEAtlas Pacific Engineering: 1 patents #26 of 47Top 60%
MGMagnuson Group: 1 patents #3 of 25Top 15%
San Rafael, CA: #95 of 869 inventorsTop 15%
California: #51,404 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Edward E. Ross has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Del Monte. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in August 2000. Edward E. Ross ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Edward E. Ross in San Rafael, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2000Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1985.peak 31980: 1 patents19801981: 2 patents19811985: 3 patents19851986: 1 patents19861987: 1 patents19871993: 1 patents19931996: 2 patents19962000: 1 patents2000

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6109421 Corn transfer and alignment apparatus Dennis R. Beland, Craig A. Furlo, M. Scott Howarth, Brian E. Knutson, James W. Laughton +4 more 2000-08-29
5562799 Constant fusing pressure thermoplastic lid sealing apparatus and method Terry D. Donnelly 1996-10-08 $54,977,000
5544731 Agitating apple orientor Konrad E. Meissner 1996-08-13
5250311 Apparatus and method for peeling and coring perishable produce Ronald J. Thibault 1993-10-05 $22,885,000
4653393 Apparatus for peeling pineapples 1987-03-31 $86,405,000
4606263 Apparatus for peeling pineapples Jurgen H. Strasser 1986-08-19 $50,550,000
4552189 Machine and method for cleaning can flanges 1985-11-12 $17,510,000
RE32025 Cocktail filling machine and method 1985-11-12
D278469 Combined mailbox and signal 1985-04-16
4304085 Cocktail filling machine and method 1981-12-08 $25,004,000
4253574 Apparatus and method for sorting pickles 1981-03-03 $29,725,000
4221104 Fruit processing apparatus and method 1980-09-09 $21,294,000