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Michael T. Drummond — 22 Patents

SDSonoco Development: 11 patents #19 of 354Top 6%
SPSonoco Products: 11 patents #3 of 151Top 2%
Florence, SC: #8 of 362 inventorsTop 3%
South Carolina: #524 of 15,501 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Michael T. Drummond has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sonoco Development. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in June 2014. Michael T. Drummond ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Michael T. Drummond in Florence, SC, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8740052 Membrane closure for container 2014-06-03 $10,922,000
8651311 Measuring scoop and support for a container Kurt Ziegenfelder, Veronique Sins 2014-02-18 $10,085,000
8333288 Child resistant container having cap and locking ring Paul Edward Miller, Robert Michael Schock 2012-12-18 $5,220,000
6881286 Tubular container with a heat seal having non-symmetrical inner and outer beads Alan D. Williams, Floyd Boatwright, Jeffrey M. Schuetz 2005-04-19 $9,480,000
6857561 Composite container with membrane and bead closure system Alan D. Williams 2005-02-22 $10,317,000
6391135 Methods and apparatus for manufacturing tubular containers Glenda J. Cahill, W. Gerald Gainey, Alan D. Williams 2002-05-21 $18,169,000
6296600 Composite container having foamed adhesive Alan D. Williams 2001-10-02 $18,823,000
6264098 Tubular container with a heat seal having non-symmetrical inner and outer beads Alan D. Williams, Floyd Boatwright, Jeffrey M. Schuetz 2001-07-24 $10,050,000
6234386 Container with heat seal surface having a substantially planar portion Alan D. Williams, Rick A. Osman, Michael G. Gentile, Varadarajan Krishnaraj 2001-05-22 $9,968,000
6196450 Easy-open composite container with a membrane-type closure Krishnaraju Varadarajan, Alan D. Williams 2001-03-06 $10,538,000
6135346 Composite container having foamed adhesive Alan D. Williams 2000-10-24 $18,245,000
5979748 Tubular container with a heat seal having an inner and outer bead and method of manufacturing said container Alan D. Williams 1999-11-09 $24,451,000
5857613 Easy-open container for refrigerated dough products and the like General Taylor, W. Gerald Gainey 1999-01-12 $23,310,000
5829669 Tubular container and methods and apparatus for manufacturing same Glenda J. Cahill, W. Gerald Gainey, Alan D. Williams 1998-11-03 $21,574,000
5713824 Method for forming an easy-open container having an improved reinforcing and tear strip Calvin G. Hill, Richard M. Lowman, Jr., William C. Suski, Rodney W. Roberts, James W. Lowry 1998-02-03 $9,321,000
5556365 Spirally-wound easy-open container having a score cut opening panel William C. Suski, Calvin G. Hill, James W. Lowry, Rodney W. Roberts 1996-09-17 $13,545,000
5547451 Easy-open container having directionally-oriented label tear Calvin G. Hill, Richard M. Lowman, Jr., William C. Suski, Rodney W. Roberts, James W. Lowry 1996-08-20 $14,005,000
5494215 Easy-open container having directionally-oriented label tear Calvin G. Hill, Richard M. Lowman, Jr., William C. Suski, Rodney W. Roberts, James W. Lowry 1996-02-27 $6,754,000
5487506 Easy-open container having an improved reinforcing and tear strip Calvin G. Hill, Richard M. Lowman, Jr., William C. Suski, Rodney W. Roberts, James W. Lowry 1996-01-30 $12,952,000
5482205 Spirally-wound easy-open container having a score cut opening panel William C. Suski, Calvin G. Hill, James W. Lowry, Rodney W. Roberts 1996-01-09 $13,374,000
5251809 Easy-open container for refrigerated dough products and the like General Taylor, W. Gerald Gainey 1993-10-12 $12,938,000
5076440 Easy-open container having improved label 1991-12-31 $8,321,000