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Joseph C. Hourihan — 12 Patents

PPPlaytex Products: 6 patents #38 of 199Top 20%
ACAmerican Cyanamid: 4 patents #354 of 1,554Top 25%
Little Falls, NJ: #5 of 87 inventorsTop 6%
New Jersey: #7,365 of 69,400 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Joseph C. Hourihan has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Playtex Products. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in April 2012. Joseph C. Hourihan ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Joseph C. Hourihan in Little Falls, NJ, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1988.peak 21982: 1 patents19821987: 1 patents1988: 2 patents19881991: 1 patents1992: 1 patents19921998: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052009: 1 patents2012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8146174 Glove having a cuffed portion Rosemary Knuth, Ross Steven Randolph, Gerald Merovitz 2012-04-03
7480945 Glove having a cuffed portion Rosemary Knuth, Ross Steven Randolph, Gerald Merovitz 2009-01-27
6913758 Antimicrobial glove and method of making same Barbara Donovan, Gerald Merovitz 2005-07-05 $4,872,000
6560782 Antimicrobial glove and method of making same Barbara Donovan, Gerald Merovitz 2003-05-13 $4,993,000
6352745 Method of making fragranced gloves Gerald Merovitz, Barbara Donovan 2002-03-05 $2,157,000
5756106 Discrete hair care composition Linda M. Concannon, Uma Tripathi 1998-05-26 $6,517,000
5094838 Aerosol hair spray composition Alice B. Benson, Uma Tripathi 1992-03-10
5000948 Film release of hair-treating compositions Arun Nandagiri, Kathy Pilko, Alice B. Benson 1991-03-19
4725431 Method for the preparation of water-in-oil emulsion antiperspirants Helga Krevald 1988-02-16 $14,786,000
4719103 Method for the preparation of water-in-oil emulsion antiperspirants Helga Krevald 1988-01-12 $9,857,000
4704271 Water-in-oil emulsion antiperspirant stick Helga Krevald 1987-11-03 $6,266,000
4313393 Indicator device for detecting the amount of sebum in hair and scalp and method therefor Frank D. Barbuscio, LeRoy Hunter, Mary Inglis, Helen E. Oberstar, Hosny Saad 1982-02-02 $1,133,000