Inventor · Merrimack, NH, US

Wayne N. Collette

112Patents
45h-index
34Co-inventors
90Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 3, 1979 → Aug 16, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4863046A Hot fill container Performing Operations; Transporting 258 Expired
US5971184A Hot-fillable plastic container with grippable body Performing Operations; Transporting 243 Expired
US5472105A Hot-fillable plastic container with end grip Performing Operations; Transporting 228 Expired
US5332121A Squeezable multi-layer dispensing container with one-way valve Performing Operations; Transporting 197 Expired
US5255889A Modular wold Performing Operations; Transporting 189 Expired
US5908128A Pasteurizable plastic container Performing Operations; Transporting 188 Expired
US5704503A Hot-fillable plastic container with tall and slender panel section Performing Operations; Transporting 187 Expired
US5303834A Squeezable container resistant to denting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 179 Expired
US5178289A Panel design for a hot-fillable container Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 173 Expired
US5279433A Panel design for a hot-fillable container Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 166 Expired
USD315869S Container body for liquids or the like General 147 Expired
US5281387A Method of forming a container having a low crystallinity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 139 Expired
US5411699A Modular mold Performing Operations; Transporting 128 Expired
USD393802S Container with waist ribs General 123 Expired
USD352245S Vacuum panel container General 120 Expired
US5829614A Method of forming container with high-crystallinity sidewall and low-crystallinity base Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 118 Expired
US4785949A Base configuration for an internally pressurized container Performing Operations; Transporting 114 Expired
US5092475A Reinforced and paneled hot fill container Performing Operations; Transporting 108 Expired
US5301838A Multilayer bottle with separable inner layer and method for forming same Performing Operations; Transporting 104 Expired
US6112925A Enhanced shelf-life pressurized container with ribbed appearance Performing Operations; Transporting 96 Expired
US4755404A Refillable polyester beverage bottle and preform for forming same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 96 Expired
US5759653A Oxygen scavenging composition for multilayer preform and container Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 95 Expired
US5976653A Multilayer preform and container with polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), and method of forming same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 95 Expired
US4725464A Refillable polyester beverage bottle and preform for forming same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 89 Expired
US5427258A Freestanding container with improved combination of properties Performing Operations; Transporting 76 Expired

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