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James E. Bates — 2 Patents

KEKellogg: 1 patents #186 of 236Top 80%
Battle Creek, MI: #163 of 396 inventorsTop 45%
Michigan: #35,377 of 86,293 inventorsTop 45%
Overall (All Time): #1,709,992 of 4,157,543Top 45%
2 Patents All Time
James E. Bates has been granted 2 US patents while listed as an inventor at Kellogg. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in November 2012. James E. Bates ranks #1,709,992 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 41.1%). Patent records list James E. Bates in Battle Creek, MI, US.

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Showing 1–2 of 2 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8313495 Needle holder and suture cutter surgical instrument 2012-11-20
D647687 Grooved food bar Terence Andren, Luz Palacios, Albert Peter Karls, Jr., Hillis Kauffman 2011-11-01