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Kurt Ziegenfelder — 11 Patents

SDSonoco Development: 9 patents #24 of 354Top 7%
Florence, SC: #28 of 362 inventorsTop 8%
South Carolina: #1,348 of 15,501 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Kurt Ziegenfelder has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sonoco Development. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in November 2025. Kurt Ziegenfelder ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Kurt Ziegenfelder in Florence, SC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2017.peak 42014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents20162017: 4 patents20172022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12466604 Container with removable end Lawrence Robert Carpenter, Tony Thomas, Paul Edward Miller 2025-11-11
12344443 Container closures STEVE KUBILIUS 2025-07-01
11999530 Container with removable end Lawrence Robert Carpenter, Tony L. Thomas, Paul Edward Miller 2024-06-04 $22,967,000
11691803 Portion control dispenser 2023-07-04
11225370 Portion control dispenser 2022-01-18 $9,181,000
9829362 Container and spout with open-position locking feature Lawrence Robert Carpenter 2017-11-28 $5,637,000
9796513 Overcap with cutting ring for rigid paper cans Lawrence Robert Carpenter 2017-10-24
9759594 Container and overcap with hinged spout for metered dispensing Lawrence Robert Carpenter 2017-09-12 $7,377,000
9580224 Composite container with internal fitment Robert Thor Versluys 2017-02-28 $16,766,000
9227766 Pouring spout for container 2016-01-05 $13,970,000
8651311 Measuring scoop and support for a container Michael T. Drummond, Veronique Sins 2014-02-18 $10,085,000