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John Ellis Bacon — 8 Patents

SDSonoco Development: 5 patents #54 of 354Top 20%
SPSonoco Products: 3 patents #24 of 151Top 20%
Hartsville, SC: #15 of 141 inventorsTop 15%
South Carolina: #1,932 of 15,501 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
John Ellis Bacon has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sonoco Development. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in September 2000. John Ellis Bacon ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list John Ellis Bacon in Hartsville, SC, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6120426 Apparatus for forming an outwardly-rolled lip on a cylindrical container body 2000-09-19 $7,882,000
D424378 Container James W. Lowry, Kenan James Clougherty, Ted M. Westphal 2000-05-09
6032823 Non-round easy-grip composite container 2000-03-07 $6,036,000
5971259 Reduced diameter double seam for a composite container 1999-10-26 $22,529,000
5932798 Can strength and leakage test device Keith Rea 1999-08-03 $27,770,000
5788112 Container and end closure adapted for evacuating and back-flushing of gases during closing Teddy M. Westphal 1998-08-04 $17,153,000
D382446 Container 1997-08-19
5431619 Process and apparatus for forming an outwardly curled lip on cylindrical container body William C. Suski 1995-07-11 $14,617,000