Inventor · Lake Villa, IL, US

Craig E. Cappel

29Patents
11h-index
21Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 26, 1997 → Dec 20, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6286999A Tamper-evident reclosable bag Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 132 Expired
US5896627A High-strength slider for a reclosable bag Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 96 Expired
US6361209B1 Handle bag with closure Performing Operations; Transporting 70 Expired
US6712509B2 Reclosable bag having tamper-evident member attached to body panels along a line of weakness located below the rib and groove profiles of the bag zipper Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US6378177B1 Top-filled tamper-evident package Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US7921992B2 Container having internal reservoir Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Active
US6663283B1 Reclosable bags having a tamper-evident member extending over a zipper proximate to a slider Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6780146B2 Methods for applying sliders to reclosable plastic bags Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6517473B1 Device and method for installing sliders on reclosable fasteners for plastic bags Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Expired
US6575625B2 Reclosable bags having a removable member encapsulating a slider Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US9073666B2 Container with stacking feature Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Active
US6918234B2 Process for attaching slider-operated closure on form-fill-seal packaging machinery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7008106B2 Reclosable bag having tamper-evident member removable from the bag along a line of weakness located below the bag zipper Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US8083887B2 Method of forming a container having an internal reservoir Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Active
US7854339B2 Convertible container and plate Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Active
US7341160B2 Reclosable package having an accessible zipper and a method for making the same Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US7178309B2 Machine for processing web of material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6460238B1 Plastic bag slider and end termination installation assembly and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US8439215B2 Convertible container and plate Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US7878356B2 Convertible container and plate Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US7878355B2 Convertible container and plate Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US7228608B2 Methods for applying sliders to reclosable plastic bags Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7200911B2 Methods for applying sliders to reclosable plastic bags Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US10220986B2 Tamper evident container with full tab Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US7506488B2 Methods for applying sliders to reclosable plastic bags Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.