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ERNIE BALL INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    12
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    208,540
About

ERNIE BALL INC has a total of 12 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1975. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Canada. Its main competitors in its focus markets consumer goods are OBERG ROBERT L, FENDER C LEO and KAMAN MUSIC CORP.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing ERNIE BALL INCs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 United States 7
#2 WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) 3
#3 Canada 1
#4 EPO (European Patent Office) 1

Patent filings per year

Chart showing ERNIE BALL INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Focus industries

# Industry
#1 Consumer goods

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Ball Brian 3
#2 Ball Brian N 3
#3 Harrington James C 3
#4 Gimpel Dudley D 2
#5 Ball Sterling 2
#6 Gimpel Dudley Dean 1
#7 Montell Drew 1
#8 Wolstein Robert James 1
#9 Montell Drew Thomas 1
#10 Lindauer Hans F 1

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2019295511A1 System for preparing musical instrument strings
US2015143972A1 Aluminum copper wrap wire for musical instruments
WO2013158170A1 Ultra-high tensile strength maraging steel music instrument string
EP2700067A1 Musical instrument string having cobalt alloy wrap wire
WO2012016071A1 Musical instrument switching system
US6433264B1 Compensated nut for a stringed instrument
US5569872A Musical pick-up device with isolated noise cancellation coil
US4581976A Reinforced musical instrument string
US4004485A Mechanism for adjusting tension of an elongated filament