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William Hurst — 6 Patents

SCSolo Cup: 3 patents #18 of 42Top 45%
SOSolo Cup Operating: 3 patents #17 of 55Top 35%
Lisle, IL: #111 of 567 inventorsTop 20%
Illinois: #15,248 of 84,256 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
William Hurst has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Solo Cup. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in July 2007. William Hurst ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list William Hurst in Lisle, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7246715 Reclosable container lid Stephen Alan Smith, Dawn Huston, Warren Giles Wiedmeyer, Stephen Sullivan, Rich Chin +11 more 2007-07-24
7159732 Reclosable container lid Stephen Alan Smith, Dawn Huston, Warren Giles Wiedmeyer, Stephen Sullivan, Rich Chin +10 more 2007-01-09
7156251 Reclosable container lid Stephen Alan Smith, Dawn Huston, Warren Giles Wiedmeyer, Stephen Sullivan, Rich Chin +10 more 2007-01-02
7134566 Container lid with closure member Stephen Alan Smith, Dawn Huston, Warren Giles Wiedmeyer, Stephen Sullivan, Rich Matthiew Chin +8 more 2006-11-14
6732875 Reclosable container lid Stephen Alan Smith, Dawn Huston, Warren Giles Wiedmeyer, Stephen Sullivan, Rich Chin +10 more 2004-05-11
6679397 Container lid with closure member Stephen Alan Smith, Dawn Huston, Warren Giles Wiedmeyer, Stephen Sullivan, Rich Matthiew Chin +8 more 2004-01-20