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Ernesto Illy — 15 Patents

ISIllycaffè S.P.A.: 9 patents #3 of 68Top 5%
GLGunson'S Sortex Limited: 1 patents #3 of 11Top 30%
Silvaplana, CH: #1 of 1 inventorsTop 100%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Ernesto Illy has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Illycaffè S.P.A.. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in July 2021. Ernesto Illy ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Ernesto Illy in Silvaplana, CH.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1981.peak 21981: 2 patents19811982: 1 patents1984: 2 patents19841985: 1 patents1987: 1 patents19871988: 1 patents1989: 2 patents19891991: 1 patents1994: 1 patents19942017: 1 patents2019: 1 patents20192021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
D925259 Sales kiosk Simone Lusina 2021-07-20
D844354 Sales kiosk Simone Lusina 2019-04-02
D782231 Counter Simone Lusina 2017-03-28
5350123 System for controlling the grinding of roast coffee 1994-09-27
5014611 Coffee machine Furio Suggi Liverani 1991-05-14
4852333 Method for making a ground coffee discoid pad 1989-08-01
4807762 Procedure for sorting a granular material and a machine for executing the procedure William S. Maughan 1989-02-28
4748030 Process for treating roasted coffee 1988-05-31
4708485 Apparatus for monitoring a stream of comminuted solid material 1987-11-24
4555894 Apparatus for making strips of coherent packets containing ground coffee or the like 1985-12-03
4484515 Automatic espresso coffee machine 1984-11-27
4429623 Coffee-making machine 1984-02-07
4353293 Coffee machine 1982-10-12
4254694 Coffee machine 1981-03-10
4253385 Coffee machine 1981-03-03