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William M. Lester — 16 Patents

TDTbl Development: 6 patents #3 of 3Top 100%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
Livingston, NJ: #33 of 447 inventorsTop 8%
New Jersey: #5,347 of 69,400 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
William M. Lester has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at Tbl Development. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in May 2013. William M. Lester ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list William M. Lester in Livingston, NJ, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1988.peak 41980: 1 patents19801981: 1 patents19811984: 1 patents19841987: 2 patents19871988: 4 patents19881995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents19961998: 4 patents19982013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
D682094 Sparkler fastener for bottles Andrew Steven Lester 2013-05-14
5828436 Eyeglass frame formed from a non-cylindrical material having resilient, deformable bellows 1998-10-27
5803314 Dispensing closure for a squeezable container 1998-09-08
5782386 Dispensing closure for a squeezable container 1998-07-21
5771642 Earthquake survivable platform for elevated structures 1998-06-30
5515905 Automatic horizontal pressure die injection system 1996-05-14
5477972 Tamper evident closure device for bottles and the like 1995-12-26
4793505 Tamper-indicating container closure with rupturable disk Edward J. Towns, Edward M. Brown 1988-12-27
4793122 Tamper-indicating closure for a container, container and method for making same Edward J. Towns, Edward M. Brown 1988-12-27
4792053 Tamper-indicating capped container with angularly movable tine Edward J. Towns, Edward M. Brown 1988-12-20
4784817 Method of making a container closure Edward J. Towns, Edward M. Brown 1988-11-15
4674642 Pressure-indicative container closure Edward J. Towns, Edward M. Brown 1987-06-23
4673096 Closure and rotatable liner Edward J. Towns, Edward M. Brown 1987-06-16
4428413 High accuracy injector for die casting machines affording automatic melt level compensation 1984-01-31
4253588 Dispensing closure with disc-like membrane valve member Edward M. Brown, Edward J. Towns 1981-03-03
4203536 Dispensing closure for a squeezable container 1980-05-20