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Kurt E. Merkel — 8 Patents

Eli Lilly: 8 patents #448 of 2,858Top 20%
Mooresville, IN: #19 of 97 inventorsTop 20%
Indiana: #4,660 of 33,936 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Kurt E. Merkel has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Eli Lilly. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in January 1987. Kurt E. Merkel ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Kurt E. Merkel in Mooresville, IN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 1987Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1985.peak 31982: 1 patents19821983: 1 patents19831984: 2 patents19841985: 3 patents19851987: 1 patents1987

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
4637981 Antibiotic A-4696 factor G Charles L. Hershberger, Robert E. Weeks, Gene M. Wild 1987-01-20 $69,865,000
4558036 Actaplanin antibiotics 1985-12-10 $5,409,000
4548925 Antibiotic M43A, pharmaceutical composition and method of use Harvey M. Higgins, Jr., Mack H. McCormick 1985-10-22 $10,784,000
4547488 Antibiotic M43D, pharmaceutical compositions and method of use 1985-10-15 $21,059,000
4479897 Actaplanin antibiotics Ann Hunt 1984-10-30 $6,287,000
4461723 Antibiotic A-4696 factor G Charles L. Hershberger, Robert E. Weeks, Gene M. Wild 1984-07-24 $16,038,000
4375513 Biologically pure culture of Actinoplanes missouriensis Manuel Debono, Robert E. Weeks, Herald J. Cole 1983-03-01 $7,456,000
4322406 Antibiotic A-4696 factors B.sub.1, B.sub.2, B.sub.3, C.sub.1a, C.sub.3 and E.sub.1 Manuel Debono, Robert E. Weeks, Herald J. Cole 1982-03-30 $1,402,000