Ernesto Illy
15Patents
9h-index
3Co-inventors
65Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 27, 1979 → Jun 10, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4253385A | Coffee machine | Human Necessities | 124 | Expired |
| US4484515A | Automatic espresso coffee machine | Human Necessities | 86 | Expired |
| US5014611A | Coffee machine | Human Necessities | 81 | Expired |
| US4429623A | Coffee-making machine | Human Necessities | 77 | Expired |
| US4254694A | Coffee machine | Human Necessities | 63 | Expired |
| US4353293A | Coffee machine | Human Necessities | 38 | Expired |
| US4555894A | Apparatus for making strips of coherent packets containing ground coffee or the like | Performing Operations; Transporting | 29 | Expired |
| US4852333A | Method for making a ground coffee discoid pad | Performing Operations; Transporting | 15 | Expired |
| US4807762A | Procedure for sorting a granular material and a machine for executing the procedure | Performing Operations; Transporting | 10 | Expired |
| USD844354S1 | Sales kiosk | General | 9 | Active |
| US4748030A | Process for treating roasted coffee | Human Necessities | 7 | Expired |
| US4708485A | Apparatus for monitoring a stream of comminuted solid material | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| USD925259S1 | Sales kiosk | General | 5 | Active |
| US5350123A | System for controlling the grinding of roast coffee | Human Necessities | 4 | Expired |
| USD782231S1 | Counter | General | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.