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William Bloothoofd — 5 Patents

HEHercules: 5 patents #91 of 725Top 15%
Wilmington, DE: #916 of 3,182 inventorsTop 30%
Delaware: #1,843 of 7,163 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
William Bloothoofd has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Hercules. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in May 1991. William Bloothoofd ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list William Bloothoofd in Wilmington, DE, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1983 to 1991Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1983.peak 21983: 2 patents19831984: 1 patents19841987: 1 patents19871991: 1 patents1991

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5012738 Printing plate locking device 1991-05-07 $6,223,000
4638758 Capped printing plate making machine 1987-01-27 $16,619,000
4450226 Method and apparatus for producing a printing plate 1984-05-22 $2,896,000
4403566 Apparatus for producing a printing plate 1983-09-13 $3,392,000
4383759 Method and apparatus for producing a capped printing plate Norman E. Hughes 1983-05-17 $10,638,000