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Franz Sutter — 28 Patents

IAInstitut Straumann Ag: 13 patents #1 of 58Top 2%
SUSynthes Usa: 4 patents #79 of 457Top 20%
UNUnknown: 3 patents #7,366 of 83,584Top 9%
WGWankel Gmbh: 2 patents #7 of 10Top 70%
SAStraumann Holding Ag: 1 patents #67 of 143Top 50%
SASulzer Orthopaedie Ag: 1 patents #17 of 50Top 35%
Niederdorf, CH: #1 of 12 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Franz Sutter has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Institut Straumann Ag. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in April 2004. Franz Sutter ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Franz Sutter in Niederdorf, CH.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2004Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 1982.peak 51980: 1 patents19801982: 5 patents1983: 1 patents19831984: 2 patents1985: 1 patents19851990: 1 patents1991: 2 patents19911992: 2 patents1993: 1 patents19931994: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents1999: 2 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 3 patents20012002: 2 patents2004: 1 patents2004

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6726480 Support for sustaining and/or forming a dental prosthesis 2004-04-27
6461160 Device for holding and/or creating a dental prosthesis 2002-10-08
6386877 Implant for holding and/or forming a dental prosthesis or artificial finger joint 2002-05-14
6332777 Device for forming a dental prosthesis 2001-12-25
6247932 Container holding a cartridge and a dental implant arranged therein 2001-06-19
6227859 Dental implant and device with a dental implant 2001-05-08
6102951 Mounting system for metallic support shells Roland Jakob, Michael Adam, Roland Schoch 2000-08-15
5947733 Connector between an implant and an abutment Vincenzo Grande, Roger Tschirky 1999-09-07
5882200 Device for connecting a dental implant to a conical secondary element Francis J. Sutter 1999-03-16
5667384 Device for forming a dental prosthesis and method of manufacturing such a device Vincenzo Grande, Francis J. Sutter 1997-09-16
5549704 Universal joint prosthesis 1996-08-27
5368483 Device-for fixing a dental prosthesis to a jaw bone Ulrich Mundwiler 1994-11-29
5196016 Auxiliary means and method for fastening a capping on bone tissue or the like Daniel Buser, Ulrich Mundwiler 1993-03-23
5151103 Point contact bone compression plate Slobodan Tepic, Stephen Perren, Fritz Straumann 1992-09-29
5078605 Device for the treatment of a bone, particularly a jaw bone, and/or tooth Alexander Frei, Andreas E. Schwammberger 1992-01-07
5067557 Machine unit consisting of a rotary piston internal combustion engine and a rotary piston compressor Roland Nuber, Werner Schubert, Wolfgang Sohler 1991-11-26
5053036 Point contact bone compression plate Stephan N. Perren, Fritz Straumann, Slobodan Tepic 1991-10-01
4971533 Piston of a rotary piston engine Werner Schubert 1990-11-20
4553942 Device including a screw pin and a driven member for screwing the pin into a tooth 1985-11-19
4484570 Device comprising an implant and screws for fastening said implant to a bone, and a device for connecting two separated pieces of bone Fritz Straumann, Joram Raveh 1984-11-27
4447209 Implant for securing a denture 1984-05-08
4388921 Device comprising a plate and screws for fastening a plate to a bone Fritz Straumann 1983-06-21
4341206 Device for producing a hole in a bone T. Robert Perrett, Paul Gisin 1982-07-27
4338076 Oil burner for low heating capacities Fritz Straumann 1982-07-06
4332036 Universal joint prosthesis with cap Fritz Straumann 1982-06-01