Number | Name | Date | Kind |
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746869 | Moulton | Dec 1903 | A |
774446 | Moulton | Nov 1904 | A |
885196 | Steil | Apr 1908 | A |
1076534 | Wallen | Oct 1913 | A |
1146264 | Kelly | Jul 1915 | A |
1483694 | Stukey | Feb 1924 | A |
1649664 | Carter | Nov 1927 | A |
1674336 | King | Jun 1928 | A |
2171695 | Harper | Sep 1939 | A |
2178128 | Waite | Oct 1939 | A |
2424533 | Faires | Jul 1947 | A |
2521039 | Carpenter | Sep 1950 | A |
2531222 | Kesling | Nov 1950 | A |
2574623 | Clyde | Nov 1951 | A |
2590118 | Oddo, Jr. | Mar 1952 | A |
2627268 | Leppich | Feb 1953 | A |
2833278 | Ross | May 1958 | A |
2867212 | Nunn, Jr. | Jan 1959 | A |
2882893 | Godfroy | Apr 1959 | A |
3107668 | Thompson | Oct 1963 | A |
3124129 | Grossberg | Mar 1964 | A |
3132647 | Corniello | May 1964 | A |
3219033 | Wallshein | Nov 1965 | A |
3277892 | Tepper | Oct 1966 | A |
3312216 | Wallshein | Apr 1967 | A |
3321832 | Weisberg | May 1967 | A |
3434470 | Strickland | Mar 1969 | A |
3457916 | Wolicki | Jul 1969 | A |
3513838 | Foderick et al. | May 1970 | A |
3522805 | Wallshein | Aug 1970 | A |
3864832 | Carlson | Feb 1975 | A |
3871370 | McDonald | Mar 1975 | A |
3884226 | Tepper | May 1975 | A |
4016650 | Leusner et al. | Apr 1977 | A |
4026024 | Tradowsky | May 1977 | A |
4114614 | Kesling | Sep 1978 | A |
4169473 | Samelson | Oct 1979 | A |
4182312 | Mushabac | Jan 1980 | A |
4227877 | Tureaud et al. | Oct 1980 | A |
4289127 | Nelson | Sep 1981 | A |
4304227 | Samelson | Dec 1981 | A |
4376628 | Aardse | Mar 1983 | A |
4382783 | Rosenberg | May 1983 | A |
4433956 | Witzig | Feb 1984 | A |
4439147 | Magill et al. | Mar 1984 | A |
4439149 | Devincenzo | Mar 1984 | A |
4495945 | Liegner | Jan 1985 | A |
4505672 | Kurz | Mar 1985 | A |
4553549 | Pope et al. | Nov 1985 | A |
4568280 | Ahlin | Feb 1986 | A |
4569342 | von Nostitz | Feb 1986 | A |
4593686 | Lloyd et al. | Jun 1986 | A |
4602905 | O'Keefe, III | Jul 1986 | A |
4639220 | Nara et al. | Jan 1987 | A |
4669459 | Spiewak et al. | Jun 1987 | A |
4676240 | Gardy | Jun 1987 | A |
4715368 | George | Dec 1987 | A |
4773853 | Kussick | Sep 1988 | A |
4796628 | Anderson | Jan 1989 | A |
4799500 | Newbury | Jan 1989 | A |
4862903 | Campbell | Sep 1989 | A |
4901737 | Toone | Feb 1990 | A |
4906234 | Voychehovski | Mar 1990 | A |
4932867 | Ueno | Jun 1990 | A |
4955393 | Adell | Sep 1990 | A |
RE33442 | George | Nov 1990 | E |
5003994 | Cook | Apr 1991 | A |
5018533 | Hawkins | May 1991 | A |
5028232 | Snow | Jul 1991 | A |
5042506 | Liberati | Aug 1991 | A |
5046512 | Murchie | Sep 1991 | A |
5052409 | Tepper | Oct 1991 | A |
5056534 | Wright | Oct 1991 | A |
5078600 | Austin | Jan 1992 | A |
5092346 | Hays et al. | Mar 1992 | A |
5103838 | Yousif | Apr 1992 | A |
5117816 | Shapiro et al. | Jun 1992 | A |
5154184 | Alvarez | Oct 1992 | A |
5154609 | George | Oct 1992 | A |
5183057 | Syrop et al. | Feb 1993 | A |
5188529 | Lüth | Feb 1993 | A |
5267862 | Parker | Dec 1993 | A |
5277202 | Hays | Jan 1994 | A |
5313960 | Tomasi | May 1994 | A |
5316020 | Truffer | May 1994 | A |
5365945 | Halstrom | Nov 1994 | A |
5373859 | Forney | Dec 1994 | A |
5409017 | Lowe | Apr 1995 | A |
5566683 | Thornton | Oct 1996 | A |
5678567 | Thornton et al. | Oct 1997 | A |
5718244 | Thornton | Feb 1998 | A |
5720302 | Belfer | Feb 1998 | A |
5755219 | Thornton | May 1998 | A |
5807100 | Thornton | Sep 1998 | A |
5829441 | Kidd et al. | Nov 1998 | A |
5846082 | Thornton | Dec 1998 | A |
5879155 | Kittelson | Mar 1999 | A |
6076526 | Abdelmessih | Jun 2000 | A |
6155262 | Thornton et al. | Dec 2000 | A |
6247926 | Thornton | Jun 2001 | B1 |
Number | Date | Country |
---|---|---|
7876294 | Sep 1994 | AU |
156627 | Dec 1904 | DE |
2320501 | Apr 1973 | DE |
3543931 | Jun 1987 | DE |
3707952 | Sep 1988 | DE |
3719009 | Dec 1988 | DE |
19524534 | May 1996 | DE |
0312368 | Oct 1988 | EP |
0359135 | Sep 1989 | EP |
1569129 | Nov 1980 | GB |
Entry |
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