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James C. Bates — 3 Patents

KEKemet Electronics: 1 patents #111 of 180Top 65%
Chesterfield, MO: #1,913 of 6,461 inventorsTop 30%
Missouri: #6,669 of 23,789 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
James C. Bates has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at Kemet Electronics. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in July 2021. James C. Bates ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list James C. Bates in Chesterfield, MO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1989.peak 11989: 1 patents19892010: 1 patents20102021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11072279 Reflective device for warning of the presence of a stalled vehicle 2021-07-27
7658986 Anodes with corner and edge modified designs Jeffrey Poltorak, Yongjian Qiu, Christian Guerrero, Lance Paul Thornton, Randy S. Hahn +1 more 2010-02-09
4796538 Hold down bar for rail car hatch covers Ralph M. McLean, Jr. 1989-01-10