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Reel/Frame:004889/0874   Pages: 68
Recorded: 09/01/1987
Conveyance: CHANGE OF NAME (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). (HAMBURG)
Total properties: 291
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Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/07/1971
Application #:
04737701
Filing Dt:
Title:
APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES
2
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/11/1973
Application #:
05232223
Filing Dt:
Title:
APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING CONTAINERS FOR CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
3
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/29/1974
Application #:
05253925
Filing Dt:
Title:
APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FILTER RODS OR THE LIKE
4
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/02/1979
Application #:
05255032
Filing Dt:
05/19/1972
Title:
APPARATUS FOR APPLYING PLASTICIZER TO FIBROUS FILTER MATERIAL IN FILTER ROD MAKING MACHINES
5
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/28/1974
Application #:
05292630
Filing Dt:
Title:
APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING RECEPTACLES
6
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/06/1973
Application #:
05292632
Filing Dt:
09/27/1972
Title:
APPARATUS FOR TESTING CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
7
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/29/1975
Application #:
05316295
Filing Dt:
12/18/1972
Title:
APPARATUS FOR SPLICING WEBS OF CIGARETTE PAPER OR THE LIKE
8
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/09/1974
Application #:
05331028
Filing Dt:
Title:
MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HINGED-LID PACKS FOR GROUPS OF CIGARETTE S OR THE LIKE
9
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/18/1977
Application #:
05404604
Filing Dt:
Title:
APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING FILTER ROD SECTIONS OR THE LIKE
10
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/25/1977
Application #:
05455926
Filing Dt:
Title:
METHOD AND MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HINGED-LID PACKS FOR GROUPS O F CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
11
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/18/1976
Application #:
05503243
Filing Dt:
Title:
APPARATUS FOR CHANGING THE SPACING OF CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
12
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/14/1978
Application #:
05515320
Filing Dt:
Title:
APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
13
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/16/1976
Application #:
05596904
Filing Dt:
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING THE WRAPPERS OF CIGARETTES AND THE LI KE
14
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/01/1977
Application #:
05612584
Filing Dt:
Title:
METHOD AND MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTES WITH COMPOSITE FILLERS
15
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/30/1977
Application #:
05622333
Filing Dt:
Title:
APPARATUS FOR MAKING COMPOSITE FILTER PLUGS
16
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/20/1977
Application #:
05681909
Filing Dt:
Title:
APPARATUS FOR SEVERING ROD-SHAPED SMOKERS' PRODUCTS
17
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/12/1978
Application #:
05740368
Filing Dt:
Title:
METHOD AND MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HINGED-LID PACKS FOR GROUPS O F CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
18
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/07/1978
Application #:
05742888
Filing Dt:
11/18/1976
Title:
APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING A RIBBON OF LABELS INTO DISCRETE LABELS
19
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/03/1979
Application #:
05764681
Filing Dt:
02/01/1977
Title:
APPARATUS FOR MONITORING ROD-SHAPED COMMODITIES IN CIGARETTE MAKING MA CHINES OR THE LIKE
20
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/24/1978
Application #:
05766927
Filing Dt:
02/09/1977
Title:
21
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/30/1979
Application #:
05787556
Filing Dt:
04/14/1977
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING TOBACCO TO TOBACCO CUTTING MACHINES
22
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/27/1979
Application #:
05795560
Filing Dt:
05/10/1977
Title:
APPARATUS FOR BUILDING A CONTINUOUS TOBACCO STREAM
23
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/02/1979
Application #:
05795563
Filing Dt:
05/10/1977
Title:
APPARATUS FOR REMOVING SHEETS FROM STACKS
24
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/19/1978
Application #:
05804336
Filing Dt:
06/07/1977
Title:
APPARATUS FOR EXPELLING GASES FROM LIQUID ADHESIVES
25
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/23/1978
Application #:
05804451
Filing Dt:
Title:
TIP TURNING APPARATUS FOR CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
26
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/04/1981
Application #:
05834645
Filing Dt:
09/19/1977
Title:
APPARATUS FOR INCREASING THE PERMEABILITY OF WRAPPING MATERIAL FOR ROD-SHAPED SMOKERS PRODUCTS
27
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/29/1980
Application #:
05834782
Filing Dt:
09/19/1977
Title:
DISTRIBUTOR FOR CIGARETTE MAKERS OR THE LIKE
28
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/18/1980
Application #:
05841108
Filing Dt:
10/11/1977
Title:
29
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/29/1980
Application #:
05856571
Filing Dt:
12/01/1977
Title:
APPARATUS FOR CHANGING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN PAIRS OF COAXIAL CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
30
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/07/1986
Application #:
05864441
Filing Dt:
12/27/1977
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE PERMEABILITY OF WRAPPING MATERIAL FOR ROD-SHAPED SMOKERS PRODUCTS
31
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/29/1981
Application #:
05870605
Filing Dt:
01/18/1978
Title:
DEVICE FOR HEATING THE SEAMS OR WRAPERS FOR ROD-LIKE IN CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINES OR THE LIKE
32
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/17/1980
Application #:
05880575
Filing Dt:
02/23/1978
Title:
APPARATUS FOR FILLING CHARGERS WITH CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
33
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/11/1979
Application #:
05883370
Filing Dt:
03/06/1978
Title:
34
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/23/1980
Application #:
05887311
Filing Dt:
03/16/1978
Title:
SOLENOID OPERATED VALVE
35
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/24/1981
Application #:
05906753
Filing Dt:
05/17/1978
Title:
APPARATUS FOR DRYING TOBACCO
36
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/30/1980
Application #:
05922575
Filing Dt:
07/06/1978
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONING TOBACCO
37
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/08/1985
Application #:
05926040
Filing Dt:
07/19/1978
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEDING CIGARETTES OR ANALOGOUS ARTICLES TO PACKING MACHINES OR THE LIKE
38
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/02/1980
Application #:
05933789
Filing Dt:
08/15/1978
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE HEIGHT OF A STREAM OF TOBACCO OR THE LIKE
39
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/23/1980
Application #:
05935598
Filing Dt:
08/21/1978
Title:
APPARATUS FOR INCREASING THE PERMEABILITY OF WRAPPING MATERIAL FOR ROD-SHAPED SMOKERS PRODUCTS
40
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/01/1980
Application #:
05936203
Filing Dt:
08/24/1978
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING THE VOLUME OF TOBACCO OR THE LIKE
41
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/16/1980
Application #:
05945696
Filing Dt:
09/25/1978
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING FILTER ROD SECTIONS IN FILTER TIPPING MACHINES
42
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/13/1981
Application #:
05951187
Filing Dt:
10/13/1978
Title:
APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING TOOLS IN MACHINES FOR THE PROCESSING OF ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES
43
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/17/1981
Application #:
05953964
Filing Dt:
10/23/1978
Title:
APPARATUS FOR CUTTING PAPER WEBS OR THE LIKE
44
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/06/1980
Application #:
05954093
Filing Dt:
10/24/1978
Title:
APPARATUS FOR SUBDIVIDING RUNNING WEBS INTO SECTIONS OF VARYING LENGTH
45
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/10/1981
Application #:
05955691
Filing Dt:
10/30/1978
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORATING THE ENVELOPES OF FILTER CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
46
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/02/1980
Application #:
05959860
Filing Dt:
11/13/1978
Title:
APPARATUS FOR CONVOLUTING ADHESIVE-COATED UNITING BANDS AROUND ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES
47
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/15/1980
Application #:
05961196
Filing Dt:
11/16/1978
Title:
APPARATUS FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE-COATED LABELS TO CIGARETTE PACKS OR THE LIKE
48
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/25/1980
Application #:
05961197
Filing Dt:
11/16/1978
Title:
APPARATUS FOR APPLYING PULVERULENT COLORING MATTER TO WEBS OF CIGARETTE PAPER OR THE LIKE
49
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/05/1981
Application #:
05963087
Filing Dt:
11/22/1978
Title:
APPARATUS FOR PERFORATING CIGARETTE PAPER OR THE LIKE
50
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/25/1980
Application #:
05969737
Filing Dt:
12/15/1978
Title:
APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE CONFIGURATION OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF A SUPPLY OF TOBACCO IN A DISTRIBUTOR FOR USE IN CIGARETTE MAKERS OR THE LIKE
51
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/22/1981
Application #:
05971433
Filing Dt:
12/20/1978
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ROD-LIKE TOBACCO FILLERS
52
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/25/1980
Application #:
06002317
Filing Dt:
01/10/1979
Title:
REPOSITORY FOR STORAGE OF PAPER MONEY OR OTHER VALUABLES
53
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/27/1981
Application #:
06003364
Filing Dt:
01/15/1979
Title:
APPARATUS FOR PERFORATING WEBS OF WRAPPING MATERIAL FOR ROD-SHAPED SMOKERS PRODUCTS
54
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/06/1981
Application #:
06005323
Filing Dt:
01/22/1979
Title:
APPARATUS FOR INSERTING PACKS INTO THE GAPS OF A MOVING FILE OF CIGARETTE PACKS OR THE LIKE
55
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/17/1981
Application #:
06005709
Filing Dt:
01/23/1979
Title:
APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING THE CONSTITUENTS OF A PNEUMATICALLY CONVEYED TOBACCO-CONTAINING STREAM
56
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/24/1981
Application #:
06005710
Filing Dt:
01/23/1979
Title:
METHOD AND MACHINE FOR MAKING ROD-SHAPED SMOKERS PRODUCTS WITH MULTIPLEX FILTER MOUTHPIECES
57
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/14/1980
Application #:
06006218
Filing Dt:
01/24/1979
Title:
SAFE FOR STORAGE OF PAPER MONEY AND OTHER VALUABLES
58
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/18/1981
Application #:
06009519
Filing Dt:
02/05/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE TIMING OF OPERATION OF MEANS FOR INFLUENCING CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
59
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/16/1980
Application #:
06010240
Filing Dt:
02/08/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOSITE FILTER MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
60
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/09/1980
Application #:
06016528
Filing Dt:
03/01/1979
Title:
METHOD AND MACHINE FOR MAKING RECESSED COMPOSITE FILTER MOUTHPIECES
61
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/10/1981
Application #:
06020520
Filing Dt:
03/14/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING PARTICLES OF TOBACCO TO SHREDDING MACHINES
62
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/23/1980
Application #:
06024180
Filing Dt:
03/26/1979
Title:
APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING THE RESISTANCE OF CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE TO AXIAL FLOW OF GASES THERETHROUGH
63
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/07/1981
Application #:
06025041
Filing Dt:
03/29/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BANDING TOWS OF FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
64
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/18/1981
Application #:
06025042
Filing Dt:
03/29/1979
Title:
METHOD AND MACHINE FOR MAKING A FILTER ROD
65
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/05/1981
Application #:
06028320
Filing Dt:
04/09/1979
Title:
METHOD AND MACHINE FOR PROCESSING WEBS OF CIGARETTE PAPER OR THE LIKE
66
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/08/1982
Application #:
06033387
Filing Dt:
04/26/1979
Title:
APPARATUS FOR TESTING THE WRAPPERS OF CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
67
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/31/1982
Application #:
06037995
Filing Dt:
05/09/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONING TOBACCO
68
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/23/1982
Application #:
06041316
Filing Dt:
05/22/1979
Title:
APPARATUS FOR SEVERING AND SHIFTING PLUGS FOR CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
69
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/25/1980
Application #:
06057972
Filing Dt:
07/16/1979
Title:
APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING PORTIONS OF OR ENTIRE SMOKERS PRODUCTS
70
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/13/1981
Application #:
06060239
Filing Dt:
07/23/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING PARTICLES OF TOBACCO TO SHREDDING MACHINES
71
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/22/1981
Application #:
06061283
Filing Dt:
07/27/1979
Title:
METHOS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AN ELONGATED FILLER FROM FIBERS, ESPECIALLY TOBACCO FIBERS
72
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/18/1981
Application #:
06061351
Filing Dt:
07/27/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APARATUS FOR PRODUCING AN ELONGATED WRAPED ROD FROM FIBERS, ESPECIALLY TOBACCO SHREDS
73
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/28/1981
Application #:
06061352
Filing Dt:
07/27/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS PRODUCING A CONTINUOUS FILLER OF TOBACCO OR THE LIKE
74
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/21/1981
Application #:
06072158
Filing Dt:
09/05/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING FILTER PLUGS TO CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
75
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/07/1981
Application #:
06074330
Filing Dt:
09/11/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
76
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/06/1981
Application #:
06076208
Filing Dt:
09/17/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING AN EQUALIZED TOBACCO STREAM
77
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/10/1981
Application #:
06076411
Filing Dt:
09/17/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING THE BULK WEIGHT OF TOBACCO OR THE LIKE
78
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/21/1981
Application #:
06078073
Filing Dt:
09/24/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PINPOINTING THE CAUSES OF MALFUNCTION OF MACHINES FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND/OR PROCESSING OF CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
79
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/09/1980
Application #:
06079482
Filing Dt:
09/27/1979
Title:
APPARATUS FOR CONVOLUTING ADHESIVE-COATED UNITING BANDS AROUND GROUPS OF ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES IN FILTER TIPPING AND LIKE MACHINES
80
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/10/1981
Application #:
06079828
Filing Dt:
09/28/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE TO RUNNING WEBS OF WRAPPING MATERIAL
81
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/10/1981
Application #:
06079829
Filing Dt:
09/28/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SIGNALS FOR ADJUSTMENT OF CIGARETTE ROD MAKING MACHINES OR THE LIKE
82
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/28/1981
Application #:
06081156
Filing Dt:
10/02/1979
Title:
APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING PARTICLES OF TOBACCO OR THE LIKE FROM A GASEOUS CARRIER MEDIUM
83
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/11/1981
Application #:
06081314
Filing Dt:
10/03/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFLUENCING THE PERMEABILITY OF WRAPPERS OF FILTER CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
84
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/14/1981
Application #:
06088473
Filing Dt:
10/26/1979
Title:
APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE FROM TRAYS INTO MAGAZINES OF PACKING MACHINES OR THE LIKE
85
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/20/1981
Application #:
06096418
Filing Dt:
11/21/1979
Title:
SUPPYING BOBBINS TO WEB SPLICING DEVICES
86
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/08/1981
Application #:
06096422
Filing Dt:
11/21/1979
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILLING AND SEALING CONTAINERS
87
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/26/1982
Application #:
06109921
Filing Dt:
01/07/1980
Title:
APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING ADHESIVE-COATED SHEETS TO CIGARETTE PACKS OR THE LIKE
88
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/21/1981
Application #:
06111263
Filing Dt:
01/11/1980
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINERS
89
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/20/1982
Application #:
06119543
Filing Dt:
02/07/1980
Title:
APPARATUS FOR FILLING CONTAINERS
90
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/18/1982
Application #:
06126701
Filing Dt:
03/03/1980
Title:
APPARATUS FOR SUBDIVIDING A WEB OF WRAPPING MATERIAL INTO SECTIONS OF PREDETERMINED LENGTH
91
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/13/1982
Application #:
06130391
Filing Dt:
03/14/1980
Title:
APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING CIGARETTES ON TMARKER TO A CONSUMING MACHINEN
92
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/28/1982
Application #:
06130392
Filing Dt:
03/14/1980
Title:
APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORT AND TEMPORARY STORAGE OF CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE BETWEEN PRODUCING AND PROCESSING MACHINE
93
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/28/1983
Application #:
06130620
Filing Dt:
03/17/1980
Title:
APPARATUS FOR STORING AND TRANSPORTING COMMINUTED TOBACCO OR THE LIKE
94
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/22/1981
Application #:
06141125
Filing Dt:
04/17/1980
Title:
APPARATUS FOR TESTING GROUPS OF CIGARETTES OR LIKE ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES
95
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/02/1982
Application #:
06143184
Filing Dt:
04/24/1980
Title:
METHOD OF APPLYING ATOMIZED LIQUID PLASTICIZER TO RUNNING TOW OF FILAMENTARY FILTER MATERIAL
96
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/04/1984
Application #:
06144028
Filing Dt:
04/28/1980
Title:
APPARATUS FOR MAKING FILLERS FOR ROD-SHAPED SMOKERS' PRODUCTS HAVING DENSE ENDS
97
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/18/1982
Application #:
06146486
Filing Dt:
05/15/1980
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND SEGREGATING DEFECTIVE COMMODITIES FROM A SERIES OF DISCRETE COMMODITIES
98
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/21/1982
Application #:
06149975
Filing Dt:
05/15/1980
Title:
APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC COMPENSATION OF WEAR UPON ORBITING KNIVES IN TOBACCO CUTTING MACHINES OR THE LIKE
99
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/02/1982
Application #:
06152183
Filing Dt:
05/22/1980
Title:
ROTARY SUPPORT FOR ROLLS OF CONVOLUTED WEBS AND MEANS FOR DAMPING ITS NATURAL FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS
100
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/08/1981
Application #:
06154291
Filing Dt:
05/29/1980
Title:
APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MULTIPLE TESTING OF WRAPPERS OF CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE
Assignors
1
Exec Dt:
07/13/1987
2
Exec Dt:
06/17/1987
Assignee
1
Correspondence name and address
PETER K. KONTLER
ONE LANDMARK SQUARE
STAMFORD, CT 06901

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