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Herbert May — 7 Patents

MAMattel: 4 patents #266 of 1,185Top 25%
Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche Ag: 2 patents #722 of 2,421Top 30%
GDGeneral Dynamics Corp., Pomona Division: 1 patents #338 of 871Top 40%
Torrance, CA: #345 of 2,137 inventorsTop 20%
California: #83,669 of 386,348 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Herbert May has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Mattel. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in February 2005. Herbert May ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Herbert May in Torrance, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2005Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1980.peak 11980: 1 patents19801981: 1 patents19811983: 1 patents19831985: 1 patents19851996: 1 patents19961999: 1 patents19992005: 1 patents2005

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6857370 Primer body 2005-02-22
5971470 Folding top for a passenger car Dieter Bauer, Matthias Aydt 1999-10-26
5533777 Actuation mechanism for a top and a top receptacle cover of a motor vehicle Klaus Kleemann, Matthias Aydt, Kurt Pfertner, Alexander Zeissner, Peter Thomas 1996-07-09
4547170 Moveable toy Michael V. Gurtner 1985-10-15 $4,371,000
4373289 Toy trap door mechanism Raymond J. Douglas, Jeffrey B. Poznick, Roger H. Sweet 1983-02-15 $3,969,000
4285159 Direction reversing crib toy Sidney Bass, John S. Cook 1981-08-25 $427,000
4188748 Toy vehicle and housing set Hubert A. Rich 1980-02-19 $1,570,000