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Samuel Durham — 23 Patents

LALancer: 9 patents #10 of 98Top 15%
Coca-Cola: 9 patents #96 of 1,471Top 7%
POPolyvend: 1 patents #2 of 6Top 35%
Beebe, AR: #1 of 8 inventorsTop 15%
Arkansas: #103 of 5,804 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Samuel Durham has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Lancer. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in May 2008. Samuel Durham ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Samuel Durham in Beebe, AR, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2008Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1994.peak 31981: 1 patents19811990: 2 patents1991: 2 patents19911994: 3 patents1995: 3 patents19951996: 2 patents1997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents2001: 2 patents20012002: 2 patents2003: 3 patents20032008: 1 patents2008

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7377495 Temperature sensitive pressure regulator for carbonated beverage systems Scott Thompson, Steven R. Christoffersen, David E. Green 2008-05-27
6651849 Dispensing apparatus including a pump package system Alfred A. Schroeder, Michael T. Romanyszyn 2003-11-25 $720,000
6588727 Electric dispensing valve including improved paddle arm Steven R. Christoffersen, Richard M. Boyd 2003-07-08 $776,000
6547100 Soft drink dispensing machine with modular customer interface unit Paul A. Phillips, William A. Edwards, Daniel S. Quartarone, David Pham, Franchot Chang +4 more 2003-04-15 $294,273,000
6460734 Dispensing apparatus including a pump package system Alfred A. Schroeder, Michael T. Romanyszyn 2002-10-08 $650,000
6435375 Modular volumetric valve system Gary V. Paisley 2002-08-20 $788,117,000
6305177 Movable ice gate assembly for a beverage dispenser system William A. Edwards, Randeep Singh Grewal 2001-10-23 $409,000
6209339 Modular ice delivery system for a beverage dispenser Alfred A. Schroeder 2001-04-03 $631,000
5743433 Combination carbonator and plain water booster John T. Hawkins, W. David Vinson, Thomas Guy 1998-04-28 $935,892,000
5685458 Dispensing valve quick connect interfaces including a non-carbonated beverage bridge David A. Renaud, Theresa M. Jackson, Paul A. Phillips, W. David Vinson 1997-11-11 $751,816,000
5494193 Postmix beverage dispensing system Jonathan Kirschner, Simon J. Richter, Mark S. Heflin, Shawn B. Gatipon, Jack F. Brumley +5 more 1996-02-27 $437,590,000
5492455 Pumping apparatus including a quick connect interface Thomas Guy 1996-02-20 $502,000
5433348 Modular dispensing tower Robert S. Deering, Alfred A. Schroeder 1995-07-18 $355,000
5415326 Large volume beverage dispensing nozzle Weldon E. Griffin, David A. Renaud 1995-05-16 $295,000
5390714 cup locator for beverage dispenser Thomas G. North, III, Jose I. Smith, M. Zane Farmer 1995-02-21 $274,088,000
5305924 Beverage dispenser Phillip B. Groover, Kirk W. Charles, Lionel D. Gillespie, Lisa C. Wandrick 1994-04-26 $115,720,000
5305923 Postmix beverage dispensing system Jonathan Kirschner, Simon J. Richter, Mark S. Heflin, Shawn B. Gatipon, Jack F. Brumley +5 more 1994-04-26 $115,720,000
D343332 Beverage dispenser Alfred A. Schroeder, William A. Edwards, Darwin L. Strohmeyer, Thomas G. North, III, Annie T. Ellis +1 more 1994-01-18
5054654 Combination ice and chilled beverage dispenser Alfred A. Schroeder, Robert W. Niedheiser 1991-10-08
D313331 Juice dispenser Alfred A. Schroeder 1991-01-01
4953593 Fluid mixing apparatus for producing variably carbonated water William A. Edwards 1990-09-04
4907725 Liquid dispenser mixing nozzle 1990-03-13 $115,000
4269325 Can vending apparatus Max M. Johnston 1981-05-26