Inventor · Burlington, WI, US

Thomas E. Close

10Patents
7h-index
4Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 4, 1974 → Nov 25, 2002

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5996167A Surface treating articles and method of making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 118 Expired
US3956976A Apparatus for expanding and transferring a carton Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Expired
US6251002A Surface treating articles and method of making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4254604A Cartoner and product infeed conveyor therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US5375961A Apparatus and method for debagging articles Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US5346050A Carton conveying apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US7169199B2 Curable emulsions and abrasive articles therefrom Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US5395208A Rotary article storage and outfeed apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US3996843A Method of expanding a carton Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US6514363B2 Surface treating articles and method of making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired

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