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Inventor

John N. Hobbs

Inventor
Troy, OH, US

Overview

9→
Patents
1976–2005
Patent span
Performing operations
Primary field (CPC B)

Patents· 9 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

B65Hprimary
B65HHandling thin or filamentary material, e.g. sheets, webs, cables42%
B42CBookbinding17%
B65GTransport or storage devices, e.g. conveyors for loading or tipping, shop conveyor systems or pneumatic tube conveyors17%
B26DCutting8%
B42BPermanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures or permanently attaching objects thereto8%
Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification8%
PatentTitleYear
6,918,729'Method and device for trimming a book'20056,769,678'Sheet separating device'20046,494,661'Device and method for providing a cover for a book'20025,265,858'Apparatus for converting a sheet material feeder from on edge to bottom feed'19935,203,549'Collator with printer having inclined printing path and displaceable conveyor belts to expose printing surface'19935,100,118'Sheet material handling apparatus'19924,240,540'Gating method and apparatus'19804,240,538'Method and apparatus for accumulating and gating articles'19803,986,614'Signature handling'1976

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1976Patents assigned to HARRIS INTERTYPE CORP (1)· patent assignee history
1976Based in Allentown, PA, US· patent location history
1980Patents assigned to HARRIS CORP (2)· patent assignee history
1980Based in Freemansburg, PA, US· patent location history
1992–1993Patents assigned to AM INT (3)· patent assignee history
1992–2002Based in Troy, OH, US· patent location history
2002–2004Patents assigned to HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCH AG (2)· patent assignee history
2004–2005Based in Hampton, NH, US· patent location history
2005Patents assigned to GOSS INT AMERICAS INC (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
AM INT31992–1993
HARRIS CORP21980
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCH AG22002–2004
GOSS INT AMERICAS INC12005
HARRIS INTERTYPE CORP11976
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Troy, OH, US41992–2002
Hampton, NH, US22004–2005
Freemansburg, Pennsylvania, US21980
Allentown, Pennsylvania, US11976