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John C. Venthem — 5 Patents

SUSummagraphics: 4 patents #8 of 40Top 20%
AMAmetek: 1 patents #70 of 215Top 35%
Georgetown, TX: #192 of 611 inventorsTop 35%
Texas: #28,633 of 125,132 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
John C. Venthem has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Summagraphics. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in April 1995. John C. Venthem ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list John C. Venthem in Georgetown, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 1995Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1993.peak 21989: 1 patents19891993: 2 patents19931994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents1995

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5405205 Sheet medium transport system, particularly for printers and plotters Marlan L. Schmidt, James A. Parnell 1995-04-11 $340,000
5333005 Apparatus for raising and lowering plotter marking devices James A. Parnell 1994-07-26 $235,000
5267802 Ribbon cassette storage and transfer apparatus for a printer James A. Parnell, Charles D. Zinsmeyer 1993-12-07 $144,000
5214448 Belt-drive tensioning system which uses a pivoting member 1993-05-25 $111,000
4888710 Pen tip position detector James A. Parnell, Mark G. Hill, Dan R. Poole 1989-12-19 $3,282,000